July 20, 2017
We found out how Canadians play in the summer. They all have summer “cottages” on the
lakes. The TS waterway is actually a
series of locks which link a huge network of lakes. In their short summer, they
all take to the water. Some of the
cottages are funky old cabins, some RV’s and some really beautiful homes, but
all with boats, or houseboats you can rent.
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| cottage country |
We left Young’s Point and had some
really white knuckle cruising among the rocks and islands on Stony Lake and its
neighbors. The problem here is that if
you hit bottom its granite and is not kind to your boat hull.
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| Dange!! There be rocks! |
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| Pretty little church on a small island with really high water |
We cruised with the party boats through
cottage country all day and got to Bobcaygeon, a classic Canadian vacation
town, with a shoe store like I had never seen.
So many pairs of shoes, and really expensive. Canadians don’t have to have a cottage though. Lots of them just have small day cruise boats that they spend the
weekends in, either on the water or just hanging out in the marinas. Kind of floating condos. The best recommended restaurant was Just for
the Halibut, so we got fish and chips to go and ate on the boat. Again, a mob scene on the lock wall, but we
do like to have power when we can so we found a marina.
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| Where's the party? |
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