Georgian Bay, Ontario

7/19-7/26      Thirty Thousand Islands

We bought charts

Our first anchorage

We found a small island to take Salty to do her business!

     We traveled to Midland, Ontario and stayed at Bay Port Marina with several other Loopers.  The manager, Ken, gave us a great chart briefing on what to expect and where to go in the Georgian Bay.  There are hundreds of beautiful anchorages to choose from and a few marinas along the way.  We bought paper charts for this area.  We depend so much on on our electronic charts, but the internet is sketchy and it is hard to download the necessary charts at times.  I am so proud of Karl. There are many different choices of routes, but he always comes up with a great plan and we have gone to so many beautiful areas.  There are at least thirty thousand granite islands in this area.  There are many exposed rocks, so navigation can be challenging.  You have to follow the channel markers and the  planned routes very carefully.  The islands are very remote, but surprisingly have many houses and cabins on them.  Many houses are on their own private islands.  All are only accessible by boat.

Boats will often raft up!

Granite islands and tall pine trees seem to grow right out of the rocks!

Peaceful

Small Mouth Bass

Sunset