Our mission was to go off the channel today to find a remote anchorage, a few miles south of the Big Chute Marine Railway, for a couple of days. We were successful in finding the perfect spot tucked away in The Lost Channel. It is quiet here except for…
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Trent Severn Waterway-Gamebridge, Canada – 6/22/06
The area after Fenelon Falls brought us through some very shallow and weedy water. Also along this patch we were in about 5 miles of canal that was similar to a small gorge with walls of rock on both sides and no room for any on coming boats to pass. I…
Trent Severn Waterway-Fenelon Falls, Canada – 6/21/06
We left early the next day for Fenelon Falls. This is home to some fellow Loopers we met in Ft. Myers, FL, Norm and Barb Hewton on Beta Omega. This was another long day cruising but what sights we have seen. More miles covered and less locks to travel …
Trent Severn Waterway-Juniper Island, Canada – Anchorage – 6/20/06
We left Peterborough for a long day on the water. Starting with the Lift Lock. We were all very excited to experience this locking marvel. The tie up process was amazingly easy and we all had cameras in hand.We only traveled 10 miles, but we had to loc…
Trent Severn Waterway-Peterborough, Canada – 6/18-19/06
Peterborough, Ontario is the largest city we’ve stayed at since New York City. We’ve been on the move almost everyday for awhile and decided to stay a couple of days at the City Marina to get caught up on chores. We are still traveling with Rick and Ma…
Trent Severn Waterway-Campbellford, Canada – 6/17/06
We arrived in Cambellford and docked at a municipal wall right down down right next to a beautiful park.We enjoyed a restful night and went into town on Saturday morning to have breakfast at a local Irish restaurant. We learned what a shalaylie was. Do…
Trent Severn Waterway to Campbellford, Canada – 6/16/06
The Trent Severn Waterway is a short cut through Canada that goes from Lake Ontario-about 80 miles east of Toronto-to the Georgian Bay in Severn. It has 44 unique locking experiences and is 240 miles long. We left Trenton for a 9 hour, 31 mile, 12 lock…
Trenton, Ontario, Canada – 6/15/06
Our next destination was to head to Trenton. A 38 mile run through beautiful waters with small cottages, large farms on hills off the water’s edge. At times cautious navigation was required because of shallow waters and narrow channels. Overall a very …
Lake Ontario to Picton, Ontario, Canada – 6/14/06
We left Oswego with a flotilla of vessels at 7 a.m. Wednesday early morning and to our delight we had no wind and glass like water conditions for our 65 mile trek (40 of it across the open waters of Lake Ontario.It was a wonderful crossing and we are s…
Oswego, NY – 6/12-13/06
Oswego, NY was our last stop in the U.S.A until we get back to Michigan. An old port town that again has a rich military history between the French, english Native Americans and ultimately what would become America. Oswego sits at the mouth of the Oswe…
