I asked Google AI, what percent of the world public is familiar with the city of Saguenay, Canada. The answer was significantly less than 1%. I never before even heard of it. So yesterday, I toured this city of 170,000 or so, and will do what I can to entertain and educate you. In a way, my feelings were similar to some of the less exciting cities we visited on the American Melody from Memphis to New Orleans, our previous cruise on this two-month journey. But there was something special about Saguenay. Maybe, especially that great ice fishing story at the end. Is in the region of Quebec, Canada. On the Saguenay River, 120 miles north of Quebec City by overland route. Formed in 2002 by merging the cities of Chicoutimi and Jonquiere, and town of La Baie. Population of 152,000, with 5.4% indigenous peoples. The broader administrative region covers a total area of over 41,313 square miles, about the size of South Korea, which has a population of mor...
Our cruise from Manhattan to Toronto continues on the Viking Octantis. We are on the St. Laurence Seaway. Seaway, because there are locks on the western portion of the St. Lawrence River. River flows from the Great Lakes in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario into the North Atlantic Ocean, and is #2 to the Mississippi River in North America. Remember my saying that a drop of water takes about three months to travel the entire length of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico? Similarly, this hypothetical drop takes 6 to 8 years to pass through Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean. Or, from the furthest Lake Superior extreme, more than 200 years. Among the highlights include: Is fresh until around the city of Quebec, and eventually is ocean salty near Tadoussac. Portions of the seaway have peak tides up to 20 feet twice daily. You would thus think that tidal plants would be prominent, for studies estimate a potential of 1.5 gigawatts, or 1555 megawatts. ...