Anchorage Covered Portage to Little Current, Ontario - This is the town we put our Looper Flag up to begin our Loop. We left our home in Thunder Bay, Ontario in June of 2009 and spent the summer in the North Channel. We have been to places we never would of dreamed of visiting. We have had many new experiences, most of them fun and all of them a lesson. It is something we will remember the rest of our lives. The best part of the Loop is the people we have met. We have had the privilege of travelling with some of the finest people, everyone of them as been apart of our lives at sometime and we will cherish the memories of the times we have shared. Thank you everyone for making our dreams come true, sharing your knowledge, your help and most of all your friendship. We look forward to meeting you again and wish you smooth seas, safe travels and of course cheap fuel.
Of course I would like to thank the people that have followed our trip and e-mailed us there comments and thoughts.
Myself I really did not want to do this Loop but now I want to do it again. Who would of known. We will have to see what happens, do we do the Loop again or do we ship Potest Fieri to the west coast and head for Alaska.
Mark Twain
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off your bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
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P.S. I now will not be publishing on a regular basis but if something comes along that I think might be interesting I will Post. You will always know where we are because on the top right side of the blog it has check current position and it will put us on Google Earth.
June 29 - July 2, 2012
Red Rock Light - Marking the Entrance to Killarney
Killarney on June 29, Pretty Empty, Filled Up for the Long Weekend
30 Minute Parking at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Killarney - Only 2 LCBO Docks in Ontario - Kenora Being the Other One
The Sportsman's Inn - Killarney - Under New Management - They Really have Refurbished Beautifully
The Fish and Chip Truck in Killarney - A 30 Minute Wait to Get Our Fish
Woodpeckers are Really Doing a Number on This Tree
Muskrat Going for His Swim
Blue Heron - It Spent a Lot of Time Here so I Don't Know if it is a Nest
The Hikers - Roger, Karen, Barb, Craig and Susan
Potest Fieri at Anchorage in Covered Portage - Taken From the Bluffs
Anchorage at Mills Lake to Anchorage Covered Portage (North Channel) - Weather was beautiful and hot, it was a good thing we had winds to keep us cool. We did some hiking to the top of the bluffs. Took the dinghy to Killarney for their world famous fish and chips. Met up with Karen and Roger who we left in Parry Sound and Barbara and Craig from Alacrity. Oh yes we went for fish and chips again. We camped here until the grass grew and then moved on, just like a camp (cottage) only no work on the ground.
June 28, 2012
Anchorage Bad River to Anchorage Mills Lake - Beautiful sunny day, low winds. Anchored at Mills Lake near Collins Inlet. We touched bottom in one area, just mud backed off and tried a different approach. The area is well marked but without dredging it has really filled in and not being able to see the bottom because of the weeds and tannin water makes it difficult to pass through. We took the dinghy down to Old Collins Inlet which was a town that had saw mills and had 2,000 men working at one time. The only sign of it was logs in the water and old buildings. Oops no pictures forgot the camera.
June 26 - 27, 2012
Entrance to the Bad River with Lots of Low Lying Rocks - Some You See and Some You Don't
Channel Leading to Our Anchorage
This is Hells Gate - We Did Go Through It - Water Level Low So Not Much Current
Forest Fire in the Bad River Area - Looks Like There is Going to be Good Blueberry Picking
Sunrise at the Bad River
Anchorage Bustard Islands to Anchorage Bad River - A real mix of weather again for these couple of days but a very nice place. This was a tough place to get into with the tannin water and the rocks, so of course we had to go. Danny likes a challenge. Did I mention that this area also has a high concentration of the Massasauga Rattle Snake. Never seen any. There must be good fishing in this area by the number of outfitters and fishermen. All in all it was beautiful in this area.
June 24 - June 25, 2012
This Buoy will Take us to Open Water - Since Not a Nice Day we Chose this Route
We Went on the Open Water Instead of Doing the Inside Passage - Believe It or Not There is a Passage Through all Those Islands
This is our Radar Screen - The Pink is the Rain Storm We are Going to Enter
Our Anchorage at the Bustard Islands
Danny at One of the Islands Trying to Get Internet - Yes We are Dependant on WiFi
Anchorage Killbear Provincial Park to Anchorage at Bustard Islands - Winds were North West 10 to 14 knots and 2 to 3 foot seas with hard rain so we decided not to take the inside passage and go out to open water. We travelled 65 miles today to a quiet anchorage. We stayed here on Monday also. Danny went fishing but could not catch anything, he blames it on the shad flies on the water and all the minnows. We went out in the dingy to check out the camps, no one at any of them.
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