July 18 - Day 12 - Friday Henry's to Port Severn

Departed Henry's around 10:00 AM en route for Rawleys in Port Severn. Ronnie hit a rock approx. 1/2 hour away from our destination. Filou pull him up to the Marina. No one was hurt. We enjoyed dinner at Rawleys resort and sang with Eric at the piano. but the spirit was not there. They trailered their boat back to St-Zotique on Saturday and Filou and He-ro II went on.
Rawley $1.75/ft

July 27 - Day 21 - Alex Bay back to Greg Quay

Departure 10:00 - (Filou left after us) Nice sunny day. report back to custom in Brockville. Then one of our engine overheated - Rollie changed the impeller but that was not the problem it was the water pump of our starboard engine. Therefore we came back on one engine at 8 mph. A little stressfull for my liking . Going through the 3 locks with wind and one engine is not my choice of entertainment. We arrived at 22:30 in Greg Quay -- So many bugs cannot describe it.
Jackie had informed James and other friends on the dock of our problem. They were waiting for us on our dock to help. It was great to see our family boater from the Marina.

HE-RO II SIGNING OUT

July 26 - Day 20 Stay put in Alex Bay

just veg out - enjoyed ourselves - connected with the Fountain Gang - Riveredge had many Quebecer and also they had an event with Hurst Marina - A Searay Aqua polazza - it was a rainy day with some sunny break. we had dinner at the Riveredge and food was excellent.

July 25 - Day 19 Trenton to Alex Bay

Departure at 12:00
We triend to reserve for Kingston but no room. we tried to reserver Alex Bay for Saturday but no room.
so we decided to take Riveredge for the Friday and try to talk our way into Saturday which worked. It was a great day to travel nice weather . we arrived at Riveredge at 17:00 hrs.
Went to the pool and had dinner at Cavalaros - Dinner was great. After dinner we spent the night listening and dancing to the nicest beat in a local bar. What a great night.

July 24 - Day 18 - Campbellford to Trenton

Departure 10:00 hrs. the 2 boats filled up with gaz. This next strech is pretty much only locks with small town and lots of deer flies. I was very happy to see the sign for Lock # 1. We arrived at Trenton at 6:00 - this was the night of Magarita. Restaurant Tomasso's - very good Italian. Greg and Sandy were again great host. Nice town - Manon found a french speaking Hair dresser.

LOCKS: Rainy Falls - Haigs - Meyer - Percy Reach - Glen Ross - Frankford - Trent - Batawa - Glen Miller - Sydney - Trenton ( 11 locks Travel time: 8 hrs.)

July 23 - Day 17 Wednesday Peterborough to Campbellford

Departure at 9:30 - The Otonabee River takes about 2 hours at low speed , with Deer flies and nothing but marsh and wild scenery. Rice Lake gives a break . We arrived at Campbellford at 17:30 hrs. for Amuse gueule on board of the Filou Spaghetti night on board of the He-Ro -
LOCKS: Scott Mill - Hasting (lunch) - Hayley (3 locks) - Crow Bay - Campbellford (7 locks travel time 8 hrs. )

July 22 - Day 16 - Tuesday Viamede to Peterborough

Departure Viamede at 8:48. We went out of Mt Julian, Pass St-Peter Angelican Church in Hells Gate. We arrived in Peterborough at 13:58. Stop at the Museum just after Lock 21. There are soooo many Deer flies in the last stretch, it is no funny. Peterborough has a nice marina - they do not have a pool. We went for a walk downtown and found this very good restaurant Village of Thai which was excellent.

LOCKS: Young Point - Lakefield - Sawyer - Douro - Otonabee - Nassau Mill - Peterborough (lift) - Ashburnham ( 8 locks - travel time 6 hours)

July 21 - Day 15 Monday - Bobcaygeon to Viamede Stony Lake

Departure Bobcaygeon at 14:00.

We got up it was raining. so we decided to spend the day here. Went shopping. Filou did his laundry. Had lunch at a small restaurant. But the sun showed up and Filou decided it was time to go. so we left for the next leg of our trip.

Into Pidgeon Lake then Buckhorn Lake. Everyone recommend that we stay at Viamede in Mt Julian, Stony Lake. We arrived at 17:30 Cost $l.60/ft

We enjoyed the pool, We played pool. The resort was great but the restaurant was very disapointing

LOCKS: Buckhorn - Lovesick - Burleigh Fall - (3 locks travel time 3-1/2 hrs.)

July 20 - Day 14 - Sunday Orillia to Bobcaygeon

Departure Orillia at 8:45 AM - Long Day ahead of us. It is a rainy day with wind of only 7 mph and a high of 26. It is a great day to cross lake Simcoe which went very well . we went through Bolsove Canal Lake then Talbot River which is slow and narrow with nothing but Deer flies back to the Trent Canal then Balsam lake. Lock No. 39 - Portage- had a major damage during the night . They lost the water from the bassin through a damaged dam. We had to wait for it to fill up which took approx. 2 hrs.. We arrived at Bobcaygeon at 19:00. Stayed at Gordon's Marina. We had dinner at the Water Edges which was so good. (Manon had a good meal) . and the girls went shopping at Bigley's the days after which was planned as an easy day.

LOCKS: Gamebridge-Thorah-Portage-Talbot-Bolsove-Kirkfield (lift)-Rosedale-Fenelon-Bobcageon (9 locks - travel time 10 hrs W/ 2 hours wait)

July 19- Day 13 Saturday Port Severn to Orillia

Departure 10:00 - went through some small late with nice cottage. Little Chute is a narrow canal. Sparrow Lake takes us to the Severn River which is a nice river with nice cottage then we go through the Trent Canal for 5 miles. It is not a nice part, it's wild & marsh scenery with Deer flies. We stop for lunch at one the locks - go through lake Couchiching and arrive at Orillia at 17:00. We stayed at the Port of Orillia Marina (705-326-6314) - they have a little beach just near. They had a pocker run which we did not see but the boat were on the docks. We went to Italian restaurant Cosmo's , recommended by everyone. The restaurant is very good. It lived up to its reputation
LOCKS: Big Chute - Swift Rapid ( 2 locks - 7 hours travel)

July 17 - Day 11 Thursday - Midland to Henry's

We left Bayport Marina, Midland around 10:00 en route for famous Henry's on Frying Pan Island in Sans Souci. They are 40 miles from Midland our 16 miles south of Parry Sound. The scenery on the way is beautifull. Many rocky Island with interesting House our Cottage. We arrived around 13:30. Some went for a walk to the end of the town. We enjoyed a swim. The Water is clear and fresh. The Pickerel was the best. Everyone were happy with their food except Manon who had the trout.
We spent the night at Henry's.
They have power but no water. Cost 1.25/ft

July 16 - Wednesday

Easy day. Got the Grocery - Returned the rented truck- Spent some time at the pool. Our Friends Ronnie/Suzanne and Filou/Manon trailered their boat to Midland and we went for dinner at Scully's Crab Shack near Midland Harbour. We all enjoyed our food except for Manon.
Her Pickerel was not the best.

July 13/14/15 - Saturday/Sunday/Monday

Back to Montreal to catch up on office and drove back to Midland. We left Montreal around 6:00 went to Greg Quay to pick the rented truck and we were on our way back to Midland. We arrived at the boat at 2:00 am

July 12-Friday-Day10 - South Bay Cove to Midland

Departure from South Bay Cover at 11:24
Arrived Midland 12.47 - Bayport Marina (888-229-7678)
Andy Zuidema, very resourfull . He will go out of his way to help.
Rented a car for a little visit to Montreal
left at 16:00 arrived at 23:00

July 11 - Day 9 - Friday -Port Severn to Honey Harbour

Departure from Rawleys at 12:30
Through the last lock immediately
and finally entered Georgian Bay.
Went up to Honey Harbour and stayed at South Bay Cove.
Nice Marina - no pool - nice Restaurant.
Bill the manager and his staff very pleasant.
Bags for Hero's business at the end of each dock.
Cost: $1.75/ft = $73.50 + Tax

July10-Thrusday -Day8-Lagoon City to Port Severn

Departure Lagoon City at 10:30
Orillia 11:30
Went through the famous Big chute lock at 16:00
we did not wait, entered right through-
We were in Rawsley at 17:09 - (Tel: 705-538-2272) http://www.rawleylodge.on.ca/
Cost $1.75/ft - $73.50 + tax
They have the best restaurant - this is a must

July 9 - Day 7-Wed,- Bobcaygeon to Lagoon City

Departure for 8:30 lock (Lock 32)
Surgeon Lake 21 MPH - It took approx. 30 min. to cross.
we then entered a small canal from 11:36 to 12:21 at 7.5 MPH
Very windy day.
got out into Lake Simcoe with 3 ft. waves and stopped at Lagoon City at 17:00
We met Bill and Karen who boat in Georgian Bay and they recommended we should stop at
Rawleys and visit South Bay Cove in Honey Harbour and Henry's in Sans Souci
cost: $1.05/Ft = $44.10

July 8 - Day 6 - Tuesday - Buckhorn to Bobcaygeon

Departure buckhon at 9:30
Arrived at Bobcaygeon 11:30 (2-1/2 hrs.) - Gordon Yacht Harbour Marina
Easy , relaxing day well deserved.
This is a nice town, my kind of town, very pictureste marina. Marcie the manager is very entertaining.
Big store in town Bigleys (bathing suits - clothes - shoes)
Cost $1.50/Ft = $63.00 + tax

July 7 - Day 5 - Monday Peterbotough to

Departure from Peterbourough for first lock 8:30

but the ferry had preference over all boats.
We entered the lock at 9:30

after a long day we tried to stop at Youngs Points but no place for us. We had to continue to Buckhorn where we arrived at 19:30. Very Tired - Cost $1.25 ft = $52.50

Nice private beach -

July 6- Day 4 - Sunday -Campbellford to Peterborough

Lock 13-14-15
Left Campbellford for first lock 8:30 AM
Lock 13 is on our Port side
Lock 14 is on our Starboard Side
Lock 15 and on on Port side
After Lock 16 and 17 (252 hours)
The scenery starts looking prettier. Small Cottage, lots of fishermen. Then we hit Rice Lake Wide open. We speed upt to 22 MPH for approx. 30 min.
OTONABEE RIVER around the corner made the next 2hours between 6 to 10 MPH .
Peteborough was a nice sight - stop at 16:30 (8 hrs.)
We met Shawn a Blind man who's passion for boating is very special. He waits around the marina until he can find someone that will go with him in the boat.
Many Loopers have stopped in Peterborough and will go up the locks.
Dockage: $1.25/ft = $52.50 + tax

July 5 - Day 3 - Saturday Trenton to Campbellford

We left Trenton at 8:15 to catch the first lock opening at 8:30. A great day, sunny and warm. There will be 2 boats, ourselves and the Simplicity, a Cape Cruising make of 22 feet. Allan and Linda have left their home base Florida in April and they are doing the Great Loop. They are an attraction by themselves. So Compact and so efficient. We went through the canal at 10 mph. Our wakes would have been too big for the shoreline and the pleasure boats along the canal. Simplicity could have gone faster but to no use since we were partner for the locks. We went through 12 locks. The bottom part of the locks looks like any other lock system. A long canal in a rural environment, very quiet. We stopped at Campbellford (Home of our 2 $bill - see picture) at 16:00 PM. We could have pushed it to Hasting (another 3 hours) before closure of the locks, but we had enough. Cocktails were welcomed - Dinner on the boat was very relaxing.
We found out that Allan is a fisherman and is looking very seriously for a fishing permit which means tomorrow we might have dinner with Allan's catch of the day. Bedtime came at 10:00 hrs. PM

Dock $1.50/Ft = $63.00 + tax (Municipal Dock - Power Available)

July 4 - Day 2 - Friday - Alex to Trenton

we took an easy morning. Breakfast at Riveredge - shopping at Hutchinson - departed Alex bay and our very big neighbourgh at 10:47 AM. After reporting back to Canada Custom in Rockport our official departure was 11:11 AM. This leg of the journey which seems to be very short on a road map, took us on a winding stretch after Kingston which made this journey last 5.5 hours. We arrived in Trenton at 16:15 PM.
We stayed at the Fraser Park Marina
Cost $1.25/ft. Total: $52.50
Gas: 200 gallons at $1.499 total: of $1,258.49.
Craig and Sandy,the Marina owner, were great host.

July3- Day 1 - thursday - departure to Alex bay

8:30 AM - storm at Greg Qay - en route for our voyage to the Trent Severn canal - went throught the 3 locks (Cornwall-Eisenhower-Iroquois) to finish the day at Alex Bay at 19:15 - total of 11 hours with a lot of waiting at the locks - We docked beside the Grand finale , a 147 foot boat of a Delta made. Our boat looked like their dinghy. Rumors are that this is Ivana Trump boat out of Kingston.

Gaz: 200 gal. @ $4.55 = $908.80 US

Trent-Severn Canal - The crew

Captain - Rollie
First Mate - Helene
Second Mate - Hero