{"id":586,"date":"2023-07-06T05:02:32","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T10:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailingtruenorth.net\/?p=586"},"modified":"2024-10-09T06:08:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T10:08:16","slug":"day-12-valleyberry-de-salafield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Day 12 &#8211; Valleyberry-de-Salafield?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This French-speaking town is named after a British officer in the war of 1812, Charles de Salaberry, and a paper mill in Scotland, the Valleyfield Mills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is on an island in the St. Lawrence Seaway and has various canals. Therefore, it&#8217;s nicknamed, &#8220;The Venice of Qu\u00e9bec&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We think it should be called, &#8220;The Geneva of Qu\u00e9bec&#8221;:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingtruenorth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1264.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\" width=\"99\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1264.png 720w, https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1264-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We spent a day at dock, taking care of practical things, catching up on work, exploring the town, and enjoying welcome dips in the swimming pool to beat the hot, humid weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great dinner at &#8220;La Nouvelle Orl\u00e9ans&#8221;, a Cajun style restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tomorrow, a big day awaits as we have to transit two lift bridges and two locks in the Beauharnois Canal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingtruenorth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1267.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1267.png 720w, https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1267-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Freeway, the boat cat, taking it easy with Jon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingtruenorth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1269.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1269.png 720w, https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1269-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>La Nouvelle Orl\u00e9ans<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/sailingtruenorth.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1270.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1270.png 720w, https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1270-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Sunset over Marina Valleyfield<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it&#8217;s Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, but we keep getting it backwards. It&#8217;s a curious town in numerous ways&#8230; read on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2023-down-east-circle-route"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4894,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/4894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailingfregata.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}