June 29-July 2
Pop the champagne corks- we have finished the Trent Severn Waterway and therefore all 102 Canadian locks on our trip!! From here on it will be beautiful open water- and rocks of course. Rocks are fine as long as we don't hit any of them in this region of 30,000 islands!
We left Orillia around 7:15 am and made the 9:00 lockage at Couchiching, followed eventually by Swift Rapids, the Big Chute Marine Railway, and the Port Severn locks.
Big Chute is unique- it allows us boaters to “portage” over land without ever stepping off our boats.
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| Next to the Railway |
We drove Mara Beel into the railway car and a sling was put underneath us. Our cruising buddies on Sourciae were placed right behind us.
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| We had to wait for this boat to come up from the lower side. |
We were moved along a railway track, lifted out of the water, carried over a road, and a waterfall, and then carefully placed back into the water 60 feet below.
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| The boat traveling over the road |
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| And back into the water on the other side |
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| Our turn- Sourciae is loaded in behind Mara Beel |
This thing looks way too much like a roller coaster for boats.
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| Looking ahead from our bow |
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| The “Oh s*** "moment |
What an amazing experience!
From here we moved on a bit to the Georgian Bay and Penetanguishene, home of our Looper friends Jeff and Susan. We spent the Canada Day long weekend here in Harbor West Marina. This is the biggest summer holiday here, and is just as busy as the 4thof July is in the States.
Wow, that was an oh s*** moment!!
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