The stretch from Lakefield through Katchewanooka Lake to Lower Buckhorn Lake is where we start seeing the rugged granite of the Canadian Shield and is one of the most beautiful sections of the waterway.....So here we go
Once known to the Indians as "happy lands and bright waters"
Right by their cottage
Lots of cottages
Follow the buoys carefully....next to our port side
Busy place
Lock 27 Young's Point Mile 104.5 with a 7 foot lift
Patrick Robinson was born in 1852, involved with Steamboats on Stony Lake.
His house still stands near the lock and is now the home of Lockside Trading Company. I'm sure he was related to the Captain!!!!
Busy place compared to many of the lock walls
Clear Lake....obstacle free all the way to Big Island
Lots of resorts
When we enter Stony Lake we pass through Hells Gate
From here we see cottages on small rocky islands
wild, rocky landscapes
more characteristic of Georgian Bay
Follow the buoys and go SLOW
St. Peters-on-the-Rock Anglican Church
This picturesque little church was built in 1914 and still conducts services each Sunday in July and August
Right on the water
Pink Granite
Just something else
Burleigh Falls
Lock 28 Burleigh Falls Mile 113 with a 24 foot lift
There is no longer a Lock 29...The double lock was turned into a single lock in 1968
Come on and don't hit us
There he goes....and he is a beginner
This is the busiest stretch on the Waterway
Entrance to Lovesick Lake
According to a legend, an Indian boy fell in love with a redheaded Irish girl.
He was rejected and heartbroken and nearly died of lovesickness
The lake is a rocky-bottomed, island-studded little gem less than 2 miles long
Lock 30 Lovesick Mile 114.8 with a 4 foot lift
Unusual lock...lock attendants take boats to work
The Lock is situated on an island amid a dam and four spillways that separate Lovesick and Lower Buckhorn Lakes
Today we lock through with a rental houseboat....give him room
Lock 30 is home to raccoons and black bear
Enjoying the sunshine
Buckhorn is the halfway point on the Trent-Severn Waterway
Lock 31 Buckhorn Mile 120.7 with a 11 foot lift
The town of Buckhorn is around the lock
Buckhorn Yacht Harbor Marina
Topping off the diesel....3.78 liters to the US gallon
We have port engine problems again....wouldn't start after Lock 28.... When we got it started we just left it on in the locks (with their permission) until Buckhorn Yacht Harbor Marina. The marina is where our mechanic Ralph works and where Peter, the owner, has been helping us....so find us a slip....send Ralph over to start looking again and cool out...
I'm relaxed
Haven't been in a covered slip since Green Turtle Bay Marina
Quite Nice
Win has died down.....and Ralph will be back at 8AM
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