Trent Severn Waterway-Juniper Island, Canada - Anchorage - 6/20/06

We left Peterborough for a long day on the water. Starting with the Lift Lock. We were all very excited to experience this locking marvel. The tie up process was amazingly easy and we all had cameras in hand.

We only traveled 10 miles, but we had to lock through 8 locks. It takes about 1/2 hr. per lock and that is if it is not busy. We have not had to wait long to get in the locks since many days we travel during the week and we think the gas crisis has affected boating somewhat about here. Also it is not their busy season until closer to the end of the month.

During one of our lock throughs today we met a boater who was from the area we were in and he directed us to a very nice anchorage at Juniper Island. This particular area has a lot of rock islands similar in formation to the North Channel area of Canada. This region has been the most beautiful we've seen in Canada up to this point. Lots of little, modest cottages, (remember those?), perched on rocky shores, dot the islands in a very natural way.

We spent a very quiet night at anchor listening to the loons sing and watching fish jump and splash in the water.