After this many days in the back country,with no cell service,\u00a0in Northern Ontario you have lots to catch up on.\u00a0 I\u2019ve done my homework everyday but just couldn\u2019t hand it in.\u00a0 Do I get a pass?<\/p>\n
We spent the day enjoying the beauty and making new discoveries.\u00a0 When we had our motors and gen\u00a0 off and sitting still in the little bay off the pool we heard waterfalls.\u00a0 You can only hear it in quiet.\u00a0 A new exploration!!!!\u00a0 We took the dingy over to the spot where the sound was coming from.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t obvious at all.\u00a0 We think it is a drainage area for Lake Topaz because it is above us over the bluff.\u00a0 The pictures will remain in our memory because we did forget the camera.\u00a0 It was a beautiful wooded area that not many people have found.\u00a0 Most boaters are cruising by and miss this gem.\u00a0 It is 2 small coves just out of the pool.\u00a0 We anchored there for the night.\u00a0 If we didn\u2019t have quiet we would have missed it too.<\/p>\n
Our next stop is just down Baie Fine to Mary Ann Cove.\u00a0 The charts show shallow waters but it must be about 15 feet deep.\u00a0 There were 6 boats already here.\u00a0 We found what we believe to be the best spot in all of the North Channel, thus far.\u00a0 They cliff on the west side is so deep that if you wanted you could almost back in directly to the cliff and hop off.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t go in that far but enjoyed our new found backyard.<\/p>\n
The travellers in the North Channel mostly have chain anchors, except for the odd sailboat that has to pull up the anchor by hand.\u00a0 The other common practice is anchoring out normally, backing into your spot and then using rope or two ropes around trees on shore to stop the swing.\u00a0 Everyone has a dingy too.\u00a0 Haven\u2019t seen a sailboat or cruiser without one.\u00a0 Only the cottagers with their day tripper boats are without.<\/p>\n
While here in Mary Ann Cove we decided to take Low Voltage our dingy over to the famous Caslin\u2019s Peak.\u00a0 It is about an hour trek straight up a dry stream bed to the most spectacular view of the islands.\u00a0 If you can get there you must go.\u00a0 Pictures just don\u2019t do the scenery justice.\u00a0 On the peak is a fellow who had his ashes buried into the rock cliff.\u00a0 \u201cCork\u201d was his last name.\u00a0 He has been here since 1950 and his wife joined him in 2001.\u00a0 The trek back down is less strenuous and you will see things you missed.<\/p>\n
Now what to do?\u00a0 Our backyard was so perfect for us that we decided to have an open campfire and cook dinner on the flame.\u00a0 Scott and Aiden gathered the wood and watched it while the wood turned to embers for cooking.\u00a0 They only thing I had that was able to cook on the open flame was back bacon, or Canadian bacon for our USA friends.\u00a0 It has become the best way to eat back bacon.\u00a0 So good!<\/p>\n
The sunset was a salmon coloured sky with the campfire burning and reflections on Mary Ann Cove were just gorgeous.<\/p>\n
By the way, this was a tribute to our friend Marianne, who Aiden has become very close to, as he said that we have to mention her in this blog and let her know that he was thinking of her while he was here.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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