Cruising with Camelot

8/7/15 – 8/17/15 Georgian Bay and North Channel

8/7/15 – 8/12/15 Midland, Ontario – Wye Heritage Marina

Once we entered the Georgian Bay from the last lock on the Trent-Severn, we went right around the corner and into the Wye Heritage Marina, in Midland. We elected this spot because it had all types of maintenance available, and we needed to get the refrigerator serviced. The marina was huge and it was unique in that it had actual roads between the each dock. It was very convenient if you had a car.

These are some shots of the area waterways and nature.

The marina provided transportation to and from town, but we had them just drop us of to spend the afternoon at the downtown Midland Marina. The following shots are from downtown.

We found this place back in an alley.

There were murals such as this one all over town, all depicting some element of the heritage of the area.

We finally got the fridge fixed and headed out for our next destination.

8/13/15 Sans Souci on Frying Pan Island

Georgian Bay is the home of 30,000 islands. It is also a totally rocky terrain. We headed through the small craft channel which is an inside route to Frying Pan Island. It does not go out into the bay itself. This route wound around islands and rocks and was very exacting. There is no sandy bottom here. It is gorgeous green waters and rocks. I can’t believe the number of islands that are inhabited.

The shadow you see is the actual rocks formation under the water.

Had to sneak in a lighthouse

We headed into Henry’s. This is a favorite stop on the route. This is not just a marina and restaurant, but it also provides dockage for floatplanes. The fish is always fresh!

8/14/15 St Amant’s Waterfornt Marina in Brit

We headed out into Georgian Bay planning to run across the bay and it got a little rough so we went back to the small craft route. Here are some shots along our way.

Point Au Baril Lighthouse is open for tours

We headed into St. Amant’s Marina, had dinner, and spent a quiet night.

8/15/15 Sportsman Inn in Kilarney

We headed out to take a straight shot across Georgian Bay in a soupy fog which we expected to lift. It finally did, about ¾ of the way to into the trip. We had very limited visibility for the first 3 -4 hours. Thank God for electronics and a smooth sea, oops that is a smooth bay! I didn’t get many pictures along the way, but this was like travelling in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, so there wasn’t a lot to take pictures of anyway. The below picture is of a remaining fog bank at the foot of the area we were heading into.

We stop for the night in Kilarney, Ontario. Sportsman Inn was a very pretty place and the hospitality was wonderful. They even had their own Spa across the river on the island.

And they had the first Boat In Theatre I have ever seen. Yep, you pull your boat in along the docks and you tune in to an FM station for the audio. I was really disappointed that they weren’t having a show the night we were there. Especially since the shot was taken from our back deck.

Here is another new sight. I don’t know who it belongs to, but it was just across the river also.

And this was our last stop on the Georgian Bay.

8/16/15-8/17/15 Little Current on Manitoulin Island

On leaving Kilarney, we entered the North Channel. And made the short trip to Little Current.

This will be a jigsaw puzzle also

This was a cute little town centered around the waterfront.

We seem to have finally caught up with a lot of the other loopers. There were about 8 others here.

8/18/15 – 8/19/15 Blind River

The North Channel is actually the North Channel of Lake Huron. Once again this is some really rocky water. We left in very cloudy weather and it never really cleared up. At least the water was rather calm.

The chop picked up a little as we pulled into Little River. The wind was also coming up as a storm was coming in. We woke up to find a Coast Guard boat had snuck in during the night to shelter from the storm.