TRENT-SEVERN WATERWAY CANADA

CAMPBELLFORD, ONTARIO CANADA

This country is beautiful and the Canadians are very friendly and helpful. The three Texas Boats are a big hit here....alot of questions from the folks and they love to hear about our travels. We are traveling the Trent-Severn Waterway which takes you from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay. The trip is 240 miles with 42 locks. There are several locks that are hydraulic lift locks. You pull into a "pan", tie your lines to one side of the pan and then you are lifted up out of the water to the higher level of the waterway. It was described to us like sitting in a bathtub and the reason for this kind of lift is to keep the eels out of the lakes above. The other unusal lift is the Big Chute Marine Railway. This is a marine railway which transports boats over land in a huge open carriage. So, our next group of pictures will be of these lifts.

Here is a picture of My Cin on the hard when we were waiting for our prop repair. We slept on the boat like this. A little scary but we got use to it. These are some pictures from the Erie Canal showing a house right on the canal, Patti and Billy Clifford on "Illusions" leaving Lock #3 and passing a lighthouse as we enter Lake Ontario.

Our crossing took us about 7 hours and the crossing was smooth. The next group of pictures are in Canada. Our marina in Trenton was very quaint. We were docked in front of this park. This Rolls Royce was parked right behind our boat. Here is the entry to the Trent Severn Waterway. We went through six locks and here is a picture of the LockmasterHouse, Lock 6 after we were lifted up and our docking on the wall at Lock 6. The locks are very narrow and when "My Cin" and "Whichaway" get in, there is no more room for any other boats to lock up. As they say, "things are bigger in Texas".

Watch for our next blog....should have some real interesting pictures.

Cindy and Jess