Day 57-58 2nd year. July 17-18 Lay day in Huckleberry Island and on to Regatta Bay and Snug Harbor. Mile 13 Total miles. 3527

Day 57. Lay day

Woke to clear skies and windy conditions. Decided we’d wait out the wind as we will be in open water on our days journey so we stayed Huckleberry Island. I tinkered with our tentative schedule for North Channel based on the new information we got yesterday and Bill tackled organizing his stuff and the aft head. I got the better end of that deal.

Later in the afternoon we took the dinghy out to explore another shore in the bay. May find more blueberries! Well, found blueberries but not quite ripe enough to pick. We did find rocks to climb and great views of Parry Sound. Also found two new birds, a Hermit Thrush and an American Redstart.

Day 58. On to Regatta Bay and Snug Harbor

Weighed anchor on another beautiful day with 66 degrees.

Headed out past Huckleberry Island to round Killbear Point, which is part of Ontario’s Provincial Park. It’s a favorite spot for camping in this area. The Canadians were in shorts and T shirts and some even on the beach with swimsuits! We were in wind breakers.

Vacationing Canadians enjoying KillBear Provincial Park. Often the Canadians will paint the name of the island on the rocks to help with identification.

Local boaters warned us that part of Canoe Channel was too narrow for a boat our length as it has very tight turns. So we took the outside route past McClelland Rock and its range mark which helps aligns boats to enter the channel to Parry Sound. As you can see in the picture, an osprey has made it their home.

We cruised past Pancake Island, another Provincial Park for day picnicking. Here the Canoe Channel meets back up with the channel that leads us to Snug Island and it’s iconic lighthouse.

Here is a shot of Canoe Channel

Snug Harbor Lighthouse.

We anchored in Regatta Bay’s outer harbor with two other boats. The Inner Harbor was filled. Regatta Harbor got its name because of the many sailing regattas sponsored by the YMCA camp on Franklin Island adjacent to the bay.

After getting settled, we deployed the dinghy and went into the town of Snug Harbor for lunch and to sightsee. Was a two mile dinghy trip into the small town of Snug Harbor which consists of mostly cottages and their famous restaurant Gilly's.

Had a wonderful lunch of the best fish and chips so far in Georgian Bay and their famous fish chowder. Very delicious and since it was such a big meal, I won't have to cook dinner. Yeah!!

We returned to the boat via a tour of the Regatta Harbor's Inner Bay, which was filled with boats stern tied to the rocks. Also we stopped off to rock climb on Franklin Island's park land.

Bill was all tuckered out so he took a nap, while I caught up on the blog. Had a nice sunset and did some start gazing. So many stars to see!

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