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We’re at Spanish, ON at the municipal marina.We cruised 20 miles of the North Channel this morning through gorgeous stuff. All granite islands fringed with pine trees. It’s hard to get a picture of the expansive views here. Then we stopped at Spani…

Yesterday we stopped at Little Current, ON to stock up on groceries for the North Channel. It’s a much larger town than Killarney so they have real grocery stores. However, all the restaurants in town close between 7:30 and 8:00 PM. We wandered into …

We stayed in Killarney, ON today at the Sportsman’s Inn marina…. at least it used to be a marina. Evidently, it was a hotel – restaurant – shops and marina and today only the boat dock is operating and only costs $35 per night to dock a 53 ft. boat t…

We explored the Bustard Islands in the dinghy yesterday.They’re solid pink granite islands scraped into parallel ridges by the last ice age. There is a very thin layer of soil where trees and vegetation gain a tentative foothold. The islands are load…

We’re at the Bustard Islands out in the Georgian Bay. There is very weak and expensive internet here, so I’ll post pictures later. It’s a beautiful group of about 100 islands on the Northwest side of the Georgian bay. We crossed the open waters o…

We’re anchored out at Kumfort Island in Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay. It’s an extremely beautiful setting here. We’re the only boat anchored in this bay. The bay is so small that we’re anchored off the bow and tied to a tree off the stern to ke…

We finished the Trent Severn Waterway today! We’re in Midland, ON at the start of the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. Besides the pretty scenery with granite islands of the Canadian Shield dotting clear, blue waters, there were some exciting things today…

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…