We departed Parry Sound on a rainy Thursday 7/20 and arrived in Kilcorsie Bay anchorage. This anchorage was alongside a national park, which had campgrounds and a beach! Beaches are rare up here....it normally goes from water, stone to wilderness. After lunch and a quick nap, we decided to move along since it was still raining. This would have been a great stop on a sunny day!
We arrived at Snug Haven which was a really nice anchorage. There were several cottages lining the shore and a little restaurant called Gilly's Snug Harbor, which happen to be known for their fish and chips. We had planned on having dinner there on Friday, but we ended up leaving Friday afternoon due to the wind forecast. Shoot! We were looking forward to those fish and chips!
We arrived at Hopewell Bay where we stayed Friday and Saturday nights. This bay was pretty secluded with only a couple of cottages and we had the entire bay to ourselves Friday night. Saturday morning Roxy decided to get a little crazy.....while on her morning potty break; she decided to stretch her legs and ended up on a rock that was across the water from the rock I was standing on. When she saw me, instead of going back the way she came, she made a direct bee line to me, jumping into the water swimming to me, which was a big surprise because she doesn't like to swim! So Saturday morning became a grooming day. Roxy got a bath, brush and blowout and Bill finally let me trim his beard!
Sunday morning we headed out towards Byng Inlet after breakfast. We have reservations for a dock at Wrights Marine. On our way we passed Point au Baril Lighthouse. Back in the late 19th century fur traders and fishermen left a lantern-topped whisky barrel on the point to help them find the right passage back in from the bay. In 1889 a lighthouse was built to replace the barrel, but the barrel still remains on the site!
There's the barrel!!
We arrived at Wrights early afternoon, The marina was busy with quite a few loopers and we got to chat with a few and get recommendations on must see places in the area.
At the dock in Wrights Marine
Monday morning we left Byng Inlet headed to our next anchorage.
Some tight spots coming back in off the bay looking for our next anchorage......which way do we go?
We tried 3 anchorages; Golden Sword, Sandy Bay and Dead Island. We either couldn't get the anchor to set or the low elevation of the rocks didn't offer enough protection. We decided to push forward for the Bustard Islands and found a great anchorage in Strawberry Inlet where we hung out until Wednesday morning.
Early Wednesday morning Bill pulled anchor and we headed to the Bad River. It's a little tricky getting in, but once your in there is a great anchorage with great holding and protection from all sides. We've heard a lot about Bad River. Once we got settled, Bill took a quick ride around in the dingy to see what everyone was talking about. Yep! There are rapids up those rivers! Some are so swift that our dingy was not able to get up them!
This is the entrance to the area called Devil's Door Rapids. This leads to 5 Finger Rapids, which are forks in the French River that dump into the Bad River.
After work and a quick lunch we hopped in the dingy and we took a little ride. It's a little gloomy and only 73 degrees today...not sure if its due to clouds or if were getting smoke from the fires. Some of the rapids look kind of scary and even one of them has a sign advising no swimming. I'm a little worried to try them.....not sure if they are safe.
We currently have two other boats in this anchorage with us. I'm hoping that we will get more boats that come in today........the weather tomorrow is supposed to be 79 and sunny! Hopefully we can get some folks in here that know about the rapids and which one's are safe to play in.
Thursday turned out to be a beautiful day! We packed up the dingy for a long ride and headed for the rapids. We had a great afternoon exploring and playing in the rapids!
In addition to the excitement of the rapids, Bill needed to go up the mast to repair the anchor light!
Tomorrow we plan to head out in the morning for our next anchorage.......Beaverstone Bay.
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