Category: Trent-Severn
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Orillia to Midland
Including “The Big Chute” experience The evening of Canada Day fireworks in Orillia, this “car” motored through next to the boat! Left Port of Orillia morning of July 2. Stayed that evening at Swift Rapids Lock, most isolated lock in the system boasting an 11-mile dirt road stretch to reach it by land! Staff told…
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Peterborough Lock to Orillia
Left Peterborough Municipal Marina on June 27. We locked through the Ashburnham Lock then arrived at the Peterborough Lock which is the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world and, thus, not a good spot for those who don’t like heights (65-foot vertical lift)! First two pictures below are of view approaching the lock. This…
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Starting Trent-Severn
After waiting out the strong winds coming across the lake on Sunday, we left Trent Port Marina on Monday, June 24. The first lock at Trent had an 18-foot vertical lift. One small boat joined us. Den at stern at a lock with Nelson supervising. On Monday, we made it through 8 locks (whew) and…