This is yet another milestone of our journey, we have read about the Big Chute in blogs and seen many photos however, to see it in person is an another thing entirely. We docked at the Big Chute Marina to take in the working aspect…
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July 26 and 27th Lake Simcoe
July 26thWe moved from the marina in Sunset Cove to Lock 40 for the night in hopes to cross Lake Simcoe in the morning. It was quite pleasant at lock 40 and no raccoons! Jim spent the day fishing, Ashley spent the day reading, and I spent t…
Fenelon Falls saved by Gold Loopers
Nice boathouse ay?Busy busy at Bobcaygeon tight squeezeHoney I’m HOME!Cooling down in your back yard.A great place for the kids to hang out and cool down. We had fun watching them jump from the cliff.It was a weekend and a hot one at that, all th…
July 21st Lakefield to Lovesick Lake Ontario
Today was extremely hot for Canada, in the 90’s with lots of humidity and even hotter down in the locks with no air. Lakefield marina was a pleasing site, we all took a swim as soon as we tied up for the night, since the water was so refreshing I…
Peterborough Lift Lock…. This is how we started our morning!
The Peterborough Lift Lock is a boat lift located on the Trent Canal in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and is Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The dual lifts are the highest hydraulic boat lifts in the world, with a lift of 19.8 m (65 f…
Trenton to Peterborough Ont.
Its been 5 days without Internet so here goes…We left Trenton on Saturday morning as planned Ashley (our daughter) is now aboard. We spent our first night on the Trent-Severn on a lock wall at lock 10, that’s alot of locking and only trav…
Trenton Ont. Canada
Still waiting for the Captain to return to Sweetpea with SweetPea, our daughter Ashley will be traveling with us for a month or so, she will be with us throughout Canada and into Michigan where she will fly out. The boat (inside) h…
Gateway to the Trent-Severn Waterway
Oh Canada!The Captain abandoning ship? Off to Massachusetts, WOW! he left me in Canada. See you in a few days.This is the view from the sundeck here at Frazier Park Marina.Here I will wait. Lea…
Kingston Ontario Canada July 9th
A resturant in Kingston all decked out with beautiful hanging basketsthe AGLCA burgee along with the Canadian courtesy Flag that we can now fly since clearing customs.A swing band playing a free concert at the city hall outside.There are many beautiful…
