TGL – Canada & The Great Lakes

Back in the US, our last stop on Lake Huron is Mackinac Island.  From there we proceed south down Lake Michigan, starting on the Michigan side and then crossing over to the Wisconsin side to Chicago, our final destination on Lake Michigan. Weather proves our biggest challenge, and we get visits from old friends friends […]

We travel through Georgian Bay and the North Channel of Lake Huron, some of the THE best and most spectacular cruising we’ve done, eventually crossing back into the US on the western end of the lake.  This was our first encounter with boating on the open water of a Great Lake,  necessitating some new skills

We spend several weeks cruising down Canada’s Trent Severn Waterway in Ontario. Click the Google Map button below to open the map  in a separate window.  There you can zoom in/out, and click on the icons to see pictures and more info on the various places along our route. KDSeefari Google Map The Trent Severn

The historic Rideau Canal, a part of the Loop to which we’ve really been looking forward, promising natural beauty with less populated areas and learning the history and culture of this part of Canada.  The pace is slow, the distances short, and the stops are many as we travel almost every day.  And the locks

We spend time in Montreal and Ottawa, two fabulous cities that are a destination in and of themselves.  Between them we pass through a few really big locks and a couple of charming towns.  Click the Google Map button below to open the map  in a separate window.  There you can zoom in/out, and click

We crossed into Canada from New York on July 3 and headed down the Richelieu River in the province of Quebec. Traversing the Chambly Locks and seeing the lovely towns along the way, we eventually turn into the large and busy St. Lawrence Seaway to get to Montreal for a weekend full of festivities. Click