We traveled 26.2 NM, 4 hours and 2 minutes from Covered Portage to Baie Fine (The Pool), anchorage. Baie Fine is a fjord-like cut. It is a 10 mile passage to The Pool at its far end. There is a dinghy dock on the north shore and is at the base of the marked …
We were now officially out of Georgian Bay and into the Northern Channel. The North Channel provides a protected passage between the large islands of northern Lake Huron and the mainland. It lies nearly east-west and runs from the lighthouse at Killarney in the east to De Tour village in the west, 130 statute miles. …
July 28, Travel Day 133, covered Portage Anchorage Read More »
We traveled 5.8 NM, 1 hour and 4 minutes to Killarney Mountain Lodge. This was a beautiful setting. We met Bill and Margie for lunch at the “World Famous” Herbert Fisheries. Margie and Bill went on to an anchorage and Mike and I stayed at the Lodge Marina. It was time for provisioning, laundry, boat …
July 27, Travel Day 132, Killarney Mountain Lodge Read More »
We traveled 28.4 NM, 4 hours and 20 minutes from Bad River Bay to Collin’s Let Mile 58 Anchorage. Bill and Margie led the way. We shared the anchorage with this beautiful Ranger Tug. After anchoring and settling in we took the dinghy to shore for a hike and conquered the mountain! The sticks come …
We traveled 5.8 NM, 1 hour and 10 minutes to reach Bad River Bay, Devil’s Door anchorage. This is a very popular spot and as we were pulling into the cove 2 large boats were pulling up their anchors to leave. We were getting into position to drop our anchor and I noticed the boat …
WE traveled 25.5 NM, 3 hours and 45 minutes to Bustard Island, harbour -west. We were the only boat at the anchorage! The area had a lot of underground rocks and we stayed in the channel. We used a Mediterranean style stern anchor tie in addition to our bow anchor to keep the boat from …
We traveled 26.4 NM or 3 hours and 50 minutes to Bang Inlet, Wright’s Marina. The small craft route took us to some pretty narrow passages! Happy 90th Birthday to dear Uncle Hans!!
We left Henry’s early and traveled 26.5 NM or 4 hours and 1 minute to reach Hopewell Bay. This was a beautiful anchorage with room for several boats. Theresa and Susan on Masquerade had recommended this spot from their loop. We anchored, swam, did some maintenance, took a dinghy ride exploring and had Linda and …
We had a great offer to hang around for the day and take a dinghy tour with a gold looper but since it was the beginning of the weekend we thought we should move on to get an anchorage early! We should have stayed as our first two choices of anchorages were already filled up …
July 21, Travel Day 126, Henry’s fish Restaurant Read More »
We traveled 9.8 NM or 1 hour and 50 minutes to Ojibway Bay, Canada Parks Dock. 50 islands make up the National Park in Eastern Georgian Bay from Honey Harbour to twelve Mile Bay and are part of the famous 30,000 islands, the world’s largest freshwater archipelago. Beausoleil island is a large island in the …