In Quebec ’s Mont-Mégantic International Dark-Sky Reserve, which stretches across the Eastern Townships, municipalities have agreed to reduce their light pollution to preserve the night sky. As you drive eastward into this secluded island of darkness, thousands of stars become visible overhead, an impossible sight from densely packed cities such as Montreal.
“I’ve been sounding the alarm,” he says. “There’s going to be hundreds of thousands of people flooding into the Eastern Townships right along the path.” Educational evenings about astronomy, space exploration and the upcoming total solar eclipse are hosted regularly at l'ASTROlab, a science and interpretation centre at Mont-Mégantic National Park.
“I think it will have a profound effect on people,” says Jeremy Fontana, who co-owns Au Diable Vert with his wife. He recalls seeing his first partial eclipse in Montreal in his 20s, and just how eerie it was. “It’s a lot to deal with on just one day,” he says. “But it’s a once in a lifetime thing.” Gaudreau has his own big project planned for students and anyone else on the Cégep campus: a walk-in pinhole camera – a camera obscura – that will project the image of the eclipse onto a whiteboard inside.Paule Rochette, owner of Hébergement aux Cinq Sens. Despite the promise of an influx of tourists on the day of the eclipse, she plans to hold fast to the core principle of the business – respect for nature – and will only welcome around 25 guests.
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