The Endorphin Voyager Sets Sail: Georgian Bay and North Channel in Ontario

Dinner at Killearney Mountain Lodge
We have now traveled 165 miles through the Georgian Bay!
Next we will be traveling through the North Channel!

7/28 through 8/8

We have been anchoring out quite a bit and for us this is a relatively new experience, with the exception of the Bahamas. We have enjoyed a mixture of solitude and peacefulness when we find ourselves alone in a small cove and then companionship when we anchor in a popular spot. People are so friendly! Probably because they are vacationing! They come to our boat to speak to us, while on their paddle boards or kayaks! We are a novelty because we are from Florida! We watch kids jump off the steep cliffs, swim and enjoy fishing in the lake. We hike up to the top of these huge cliffs and are surprised to find people at the top! It has been a lot of fun. I have finally been able to read a few books while on anchor.

Steep climb

Covered Portage view of our boat

View from the top

One of our favorite places was Covered Portage Cove. We anchored in this cove, surrounded by granite cliffs with plenty of trees and foliage. The sounds of other boats and people echoed off the walls of the cliffs. We enjoyed a nice hike to the top and picked wild blueberries. I kept an eye out for bears, because bears like blueberries, too1 We kept a handful to make blueberry pancakes.

Another very challenging 2 mile hike was at Mary Anne Cove, where we hiked and climbed over boulders to get to the top. It was very difficult, but we were rewarded with a gorgeous view of Frazier Bay and Baie Fine. The mountains are made of white quartz, almost looking like there is snow on them! There are plenty of spiders around here! One joined us for a few days and every night would weave his web which we found in the mornings.

Lazy Dingy Ride

Swim in Lake Topaz, Water was green and clear!

"The Pool" Anchorage
White quartz looked like snow

Hiked 695 feet to top of Frazier Bay Hill

Rough trail- had to look hard for it!

We spent a few days in Little Current, a very small town on Manitoulin Island in the North Channel . We walked to a grocery. We still did not have internet! We ate several meals at the Anchor Inn where we caught up on some emails since they had free WiFi.