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Today we left our peaceful anchorage and headed for the Big Chute Marine Railway just a few miles up river from where we anchored. We approached the carriage contraption that they load the boats on and they loaded a sailboat on the front and loaded us behind them. The carriage…

Our mission today was to go off the channel a few miles south of the Big Chute Marine Railway to find a remote anchorage for a couple of days. We were successful in finding the perfect spot tucked away in The Lost Channel. It’s quiet here except for the occasional fishing boat…

We went through three more locks and tied up for the night along with our friends, Rick and Mary, on the otherKismet (Arcadia). So, in Gamebridge it was “game” night on our boat and that seemed appropriate. The area after Fenelon Falls brought us through some very shallow and weedy water….

We left Peterborough for a long half-hour. per lock and that’s if it’s not busy. We haven’t had to wait long to get into the locks since many of the days we’ve been traveling have been during the week and we think the gas crisis has affected boating somewhat. Also,…

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 Mary on the…

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 you know? We ventured…

The Trent Severn Waterway is a short cut through Canada that goes from Lake Ontario about 80 miles east of Toronto to Severn on the Georgian Bay. It has 44 unique locking experiences and is 240 miles long.We left Trenton for a 9-hour, 31-mile, 12-lock day with our friends, Rick…

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 pleasant day was had to reach this active town….

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 so…