Georgian Bay - Part 2

Other Loopers have often told us that "the best is yet to come" in describing Georgian Bay and the North Channel. We did not give it much thought because we were enjoying where ever we were at the time ... but we have to admit now that it's true. We saw far fewer cottages as we cruised to our anchorage in the Bustard Islands. We took the dinghy up this back channel with beautiful rock shores ...

... huge boulders and the pine trees grow right up out of them.

Steve found a wild blueberry patch and we had blueberry pancakes with Nan and Jack.

The next day we had an 18 mile open crossing with flat water and blue skies. We entered Collins Inlet, a 10 mile long narrow cut at the top of Georgian Bay. The rock walls were even higher...

... and higher.

... and the passages were narrow. I took a very short video and it's at the end of this entry.

The town of Killarney, Ontario is an old fishing village in the channel that connects Georgian Bay with the North Channel (both part of Lake Huron). The town was accessible only by water until a road was constructed in 1962. The road is 50 miles from a connecting road, so the town remains fairly isolated except for boaters and those who come to hike and camp in the Killarney Provincial Park. This lighthouse marks the entrance to Killarney Channel.

One of the highlights of a visit to Killarney is a fish and chips dinner at Herberts Fisheries. The fish is caught daily and unloaded from this boat ....

... and fried up with tasty "chips" in this bus.

Big portions and quite tasty.

Other than Herbert's there's not much to see in Killarney and the WiFi at the marina worked so poorly that we couldn't get a blog off, so we set off the next day for some North Channel cruising.

So check out the quick video and don't forget to read the second blog, as i'm again doing two entries.