SeaPhotography Week 200: Singing Sands

In this week’s contest, #Seaphotography gives everyone the freedom to publish the photo of their choice on the single theme of the SEA.

My theme is Fun By The Sea

Folks, young and old enjoy the waters at Basin Head , Prince Edward Island. This is a beautiful summer’s day to walk in the soft squeaky sand on the beach.

Basin Head with it’s Singing Sands Beach is located in King’s County, PEI. It is a Provincial Park bordering on the Northumberland Strait, about 13 Km from the town of Souris.
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A friend and I spend Saturday afternoon at Basin Head. We rubbed our feet in the sand to hear the squeaky singing sound that gave it the name, Singing Sands. The sand seems to sing due to it’s high silica content. It is unique to the province.

Here someone walked right out of their socks and left them on the boardwalk after getting them soaked with a combination of singing sand and sea water.

This lifeguard chair was empty. There were two more chairs on the site with lifeguards on duty.





Although highly discouraged, I saw a couple adventurous teenagers diving from the bridge into the channel below. Luckily no harm was done as they came up laughing, thrilled to have done something naughty.

Looking down from the bluff…





In the distance is the ferry that goes from Souris to the Magdalen Islands.





Dogs are welcome as long as the owners keep them on a lease.

Besides visiting the Singing Sands at Basin Head my friend and played tourists and went on to visit the East Point Lighthouse but that excursion is for another post.

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