Day 93, July 29, 2012 (Baie Fine, ON): Baie Fine, only four miles as the crow flies, from Killarney but 20 miles by water is a jewel of the North Channel. This is a fjord hemmed in by quartz and limestone walls that ends in a pool about a quarter mile in diameter. The water is as clear as a pane of glass. We anchored in an unnamed cove on the south side at N 46o 01’, W 81o, 34’, and went into The Pool by dinghy. We climbed the mountain on the northern end to the high lakes: Artists Lake, Three Narrows Lake, and Topaz Lake. We tarried at Topaz Lake. The images speak for themselves.
Day 90, July 26, 2012 (Killarney, ON): Last we left off we were chilling out in Byng Inlet waiting for the wind to die down. Here is a parade of Grand Banks trawlers coming in to shelter and rendezvous out of the bay. Paddlers on the serene inlet are oblivious to what is going on outside in the open water.
Day 87, July 23, 2012 (Between Parry Sound and Killarney, ON): Our plans to overnight on the hook in Hopewell Bay were dashed when our generator sucked in a bunch of weeds and burnt up its raw water impeller. That took us into Pointe au Baril and Desmasdons boatyard for the night. This is a nice little place literally “up the creek.” They cater mostly to small boats with outboards that whiz in and out of the creek at high wake regardless of the docks, and close by, too.
Day 85, July 21, 2012 (Parry Sound, ON): The scenery coming north from Midland gets more spectacular by the mile. Some of it is very slow going because of the “cottager phenomenon.” People own contiguous stretches along the waterway for miles; some areas are posted speed zones and others are not posted. Posted speeds are 10 kph unless posted otherwise. At 10 kph we leave a wake—a small one, but a wake nonetheless. The cottagers get irate at the cruisers who adhere to the limits and spread even a small wake but they are free to fly through the posted zones.