Hello to all,
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| Narrow Trent Canal following a catamaran |
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Scene along the Trent Severn- notice space
between markers and shore |
We completed the Trent Severn Waterway on Saturday. It was a great trip. The last section was just beautiful with rivers lakes and sometimes very narrow channels running between granite shores covered with pines and many camps. If this sounds familiar it was similar to Penobscot Bay without the tide and with fresh water that you could actually swim in.
After Orillia, we stopped at Lock 43 - Swift Falls. This was a beautiful spot with a significant drop in elevation- 47 feet. There is no public access and the lock staff comes to work by boat.
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| The Big Chute - a waterless connection between Lakes Ontario and Huron |
The next day we went to Lock 44- the big chute. This is not a lock at all but is actually a railroad car which lifts your boat out of the water and transports it over land about 200 yards down to the next section of the waterway. We tied up to the dock there and then, because the weather threatened, decided to stay for the night. The next day was very windy so we stayed one more day, observing how the wind and current affected the loading of the boats and doing some needed cleaning.
The next day (Saturday) we awoke to find the blue line (where boats waiting to go through tie up) already full of large boats so we got into line as soon as the first boat moved. The trip on the rail car was somewhat thrilling but uneventful and the remaining trip to the last lock ws through some of the prettiest areas we had yet been through. However, when we got to the last lock it was backed up horribly and we had to wait over 3 hours to get through it. We spen that night anchored at Beausoliel Island (another of the Canadian Parks) with 60 or 70 other boats.
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| Time Out entering the Big Chute |
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| Mascot and Sun Cat in the Big Chute |
On Sunday, our next door neighbor, Dan Tipton and Merideth's cousin Lois delivered donuts from Tim Horton's to our boat and we enjoyed a cup of coffee with them before heading into Penatang Harbor where we have been for the last few days attending the AGLCA Rendevous with about 60 other boats which are doing the loop at this time.
Tomorrow is a day for provisioning and on Friday we start a trip through the 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay on a Flotilla of approximately 25 boats.
Still having a great time!
Steve and Jean
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