Swift Rapids Lock

The lock picture shows how much the lift is on this lock. It is the biggest lift of the conventional locks. Once they start the process they have to fill it or empty the lock. The other picture shows the narrow passage, McDonalds Cut.

44 51.421'N

79 32.327'W

Anchorage McLean Bay

The weather prediction was for winds about 10 knots. It turned out to be more like 25 knots and stormy. We decided to anchor out, the winds finally subsided around 10pm and it was calm after that.

44 50.694'N

79 23.540W

Day 2 Orillia

The is part of the beautiful Couchiching Park on the waterfront in Orillia. It's quite large and the marina has room for about 200 boats. There are not many here now. The weather has been rainy and overcast. It is quite warm and humid. As you can see Ed and I are still talking.

Bolsover to Orillia

44 36.833'N

79 24.760W

We did 22 nautical miles yesterday (total nautical miles is 800) and met this large cruise ship picture above with his bow up in the narrow channel. We went across the largest lake in the system, Simco, very smoothly. We decided to go on to Orilla because the winds were calm the first time in three days.

The paddle wheeler came into port just after we arrived. The staff at the marina had their end of season party on it last night.

We are at a marina for a few days, Orillia is a nice town. We are hoping to see a play here and provision the boat. It is rainy and we are expecting a few storms.

Hole in the wall

On our passage from Kirkfield to Bolsover we had to pass under this very narrow bridge. We had to go dead center to make the height and depth. Our neighbors tonight at the marina did not line up right and are having their prop replaced tomorrow.

We are at Sunset Cove Marina in Bolsover.
44 31.177'N
79 04.587'W

We arrived at the marina early and the owner drove us to West Trenton Golf Course where we played 18 holes. It was very picturesque next to the waterway but we forgot the camera again. We are at 778 nautical miles and we are still talking.

Kirkfield Lift Lock

The whole pan that we drove into moved down while the pan on the other side moved up. If you enlarge the top photo you can see that we overlook the canal 55 feet below.

44 35.86'N

78 59.477'W

We spent the night here and watched the very light traffic go through the lift lock.

Securite, Securite, Securite

East meets West

The channel was very narrow and we had to pass a large boat. We did our securite and knew he was coming. They held for us in a "wider" section of the channel.