Crustacean Travels

We began our day by pulling anchor and threading our way out of the Admiralty Islands and into the Bateau Channel.  This channel runs between the Canadian shore and Howe Island. The shoreline of Howe Island is a mixture of small cottages and farm buildings, but as we get closer to Kingston, there are many larger homes.  Howe Island is only accessible by boat or cabled ferries on the ends of the island. The Canadian shore was much the same minus the farms. Continuing down the channel, we had to take care to watch for the cabled ferries that connect the mainland to Howe Island.  A cable lies on the river bed and as the ferry moves along the ferry picks up the cable and after the ferry passes the cable falls back to the riverbed.  So you don’t go near the ferries as they are crossing the channel!   Closer to Kingston, we leave Howe Island and we travel behind Wolfe Island, which has wind turbines on its north west side like we saw as we passed this island on it sou...

 We slept in and did some boat chores, then launched the dinghy to explore the Navy Island group of the Thousand Islands ( Mulcaster where we are docked is part of this island group).  The major islands in this section of the Canadian St Lawrence are grouped into Lake Fleet, Navy and Admiralty Islands.  The Lake Fleet islands are named for important ships in Canadian History.  The Navy Islands are named for the captains of those ships and, of course, the Admiralty Islands for the Admirals.  Most of the rest of the islands names are based on their shape or an owner of the island.  After our dinghy ride, we prepared to leave the dock and head out into Middle Channel and headed south about 10 miles to the Admiralty group, where we will anchor for the night. Along the way we passed the Lake Fleet group, but were warned that navigating between these islands with a boat our size can be tricky. So, maybe next year.  We also passed the town of Ganaoque, Ontari...