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We stayed in Port Orillia today one more day to wait for strong winds to die down and Kathy was worried about water levels due to the 4 in. of rain here last night. On my brother, Jim’s, advice I had Poutine for dinner. Kathy had a little pizza. Yeah…

We’re in Port Orillia, ON at the end of Lake Simcoe, close to the end of the Trent Severn Waterway. We stayed on a lock wall at lock #39 last night after going through 8 more locks and about 30 miles of canal. Staying on lock walls is pleasant and usua…

We’re in Buckhorn, ON, docked on a lock wall overnight. It’s a nice tie-up with a park at the lock and dam, and a teeny town across the road. We went through 10 locks and 30 miles of the Trent Severn Waterway today, which puts us at mile 120… halfway…

We cruised up the Trent Severn to Peterborough, ON on 7/13 and stayed over one day in Peterborough to see the city and buy groceries, get a haircut, etc. The Trent Severn was frequently narrow but winding through pine forests and sometimes opening up i…

We’re in Hastings, Ontario.We cruised the Trent Severn Waterway another 30 miles and 6 locks today and we fit under all the low bridges with our radar arch up (hooray!). At one 22 ft. bridge, we only had about 10 inches to spare, however, there are not…

We’re in Campbellford, Ontario on the Trent Severn Waterway, the “TSW”. My Verizon Wireless card is still working. Campbellford is right after lock 12. That’s right, we went through 12 locks today, a personal record for us. They’re easier locks than t…

We’re in Trenton, Ontario where the Trent-Severn Waterway to Lake Huron begins. I can’t believe that my Verizon wireless card from USA is still working to give me internet. Our Verizon cell phones have been on roam only since we entered Canada. We cru…