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Ganonoque,On

Guess they could call this one bird island, good mixture of cormorants and seagullsNancy and Eddie on one of the balonies with turrets behind them A few of the windmills on Wolfe islandThere are harts carved here and there on the castleLeft Kingst…

Ganonoque,On

Guess they could call this one bird island, good mixture of cormorants and seagullsNancy and Eddie on one of the balonies with turrets behind them A few of the windmills on Wolfe islandThere are harts carved here and there on the castleLeft Kingst…

South Bay Cove Marina, Honey Harbor, ON – 7/21/12

Several boats lined up at the lock at 8:30 this morning to go through the last lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway so we waited awhile to leave the marina.Lock Line Up At 8:55 we moved over to the blue line behind Marc’s Ark.  Only problem was …

Rawley’s Resort & Marina, Port Severn, ON – 7/20/12

Finally, after 3 nights on lock walls … WiFi and I can get the last 4 days downloaded.When we were getting ready to leave this morning to get the 8:30 opening of the Lock at Swift Falls, there was a timid Sheppard mix dog hanging around our side of t…

Lock #43, Swift Rapids, ON – 7/19/12

We left our mooring at Lock #39 at 8:30 a.m. when it opened and we locked through with Marc’s Ark and headed for the next lock ½ mile away.  Lock #40 had several boats on their wall so we had a full lock as we dropped another 20 plus feet.&nbsp…

Kingston, On

The fort mascotNancy aiming the cannon to shoot an American warship coming to attack. She hit it 5/5Married quarters, each couple had one curtained off area with 2 beds for themselves and any children. The beds folded out at night, folded up during the…

Kingston, On

The fort mascotNancy aiming the cannon to shoot an American warship coming to attack. She hit it 5/5Married quarters, each couple had one curtained off area with 2 beds for themselves and any children. The beds folded out at night, folded up during the…

Portage, ON Lock #39 – 7/18/12

Following Marc’s ArkWe left the lock wall at 7:30 this morning with Marc’s Ark with no plans as to where we would stop for the night.  We knew we had several locks to go through as well as the Kirkfield Lift Lock (49 feet) which is like the Pete…

Bobcaygeon, ON – 7/17/12

We moved from the marina to the lock wall early this morning when a spot became vacant, a trip of less than ½ mile.  This put us on the side of the canal next to the town which is really neat.  It is not the usual“touristy” town with lot…

Kingston, On

We did have to wait a few minutes for the bascule bridge on the Lasalle Causeway to open.Looked like a dredger along the channel in the River Styx, when we got there they seemed to be piling rocks into the bucket. looked like they were going to put the…