Leaving Kingston, we now travel in territories new to us. Last year we visited the Ten Thousand Islands and stayed in Kingston, then traveled north up the Rideau Waterway to Ottawa and Montreal, then south on the Lake Champlain Waterway. This year, we head west to Trenton, where we will travel up the Trent Severn Waterway. We are excited to be discovering new places!
We left Kingston, after we gave the boat a short bath! It is another bright sunny day, with temperatures rising into the 80’s. So we will brave the elements without our sweat shirts and windbreakers today. Almost dressed like the Canadians!
In our travels west, we continued behind Wolfe Island and then behind Amherst Island- these islands separated us from the Lake Ontario. We cruised through the Lake Ontario North Channel which is about 2 miles wide and ranges in depth from 30-160 feet deep. A bit different from our local Intracoastal.
As we moved past the city and it’s airport, the waterfront changed to homes all along the mainland shore. On Amherst Island there are scattered homes, forests and farmland. The island also sports the wind turbines which harness the winds off the lake. A ferry provides the only link from Amherst to the mainland.
Passing Amherst Island, we cruised behind a Prince Edward Island into the Bay of Quinte. Now our view on both mainland and island is forest and farmland. Again the only connection to the mainland is by ferry.
We pulled into Hay Bay and anchored by Ram Island for the evening. Seems a bit odd to us to be anchored with a view of farms, but the farms mixed in with the forest provides a beautiful panorama to view this evening from our boat. Will also be a great night for star gazing.
