
Departure from the Fantôme Island, on our road to Niapiskau island !
Les monolithes sont en moins grande quantité, mais ils sont de taille beaucoup plus impressionnante.
There are fewer monoliths, but they are impressive by their size.
The water is the most pure and clear that I have seen in Canada until now.
La faune est également des plus présentes.
À notre arrivée sur l'île, il y a une autre guide de Parcs Canada qui nous attend, cette fois pour nous parler de ce que nous attendons tous: comment sont formés ces fameux monolithes.
At our arrival on the island, another guide from Parks Canada waits for us, this time to talk to us about what we're all waiting: how these monoliths are shaped.
Nous avons tout d'abord droit à un exposé sur comment la croûte terrestre s'est formée, afin de mieux comprendre la suite. Je vais vous épargner les détails, mais ce sont les glaciers qui l'ont fait.
First, we have a little course on how the earth's crust was formed, to understand better after. I will pass many details, but it's the glaciers who did it.

The Mingan islands, unlike the rest of the Mingany, are formed with chalky sedimentary rocks (those who read my post about the Anticosti island will make a link... By the way, the Mingan island are very close of the Anticosti island, that we can see at the skyline) instead of the igneous rocks of the Canadian shield. These rocks are much more crumbly, as many of you may know. In short, the progresive retirement of the glaciers shaped the monoliths we know today. The wind, the sea, the cold and the oxidation did the rest, although their effect wasn't as big as the glaciers. Still today, the monoliths are transforming, but very progressively. I think it's one millimeter per 10 000 years.
Voici donc encore quelques monolithes avec des drôles de formes:
So here's are now other monoliths with particular shapes:
Je ne me rappelle plus ce que ce monolithe est supposé être. Quelqu'un a des suggestions ?
I don't remember what this monolith is supposed to be. Any suggestions ?

La tortue
The turtle

The dolphin

The eagle

A man with a very big tongue ! lol

The wedding cake (you can't see it on the picture, but on the top of the cake there are two fir trees that grew and represent the newly weds.)

And here is now the famous Niapiskau woman ! I learned there were two ways to see a woman in this monolith, but no matter how I concentrate, I just see one. Someone can see both ?

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