YachtAweigh: Thousand Islands – Wolfe Island to Campbellford Ontario

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Thousand Islands – Wolfe Island to Campbellford Ontario – July 19, 2017

Jul 17^th – It was a warm mostly sunny day with low winds. Last night we had a number of thunderstorms pass by with a few rounds of rain. We also expected that today was going to be filled with thunderstorms thus we left Wolfe Island and travelled 50 miles on the St Lawrence then the North Channel of Lake Ontario and ended up in the Bay of Quinte in Picton Ontario and anchored in Hollowell Mills Cove. We were originally going to stay in the Thousand Islands for a week or so, however a number of factors including the weather, high water levels and weedy bays helped us change our mind thus we’re heading for the Trent Severn Waterway sooner than expected. We had high expectations for the Thousand Islands based on a number of conversations that we’ve had with others, however our personal preference is still Georgian Bay.

Jul 18^th – It was a hot sunny day with moderate winds. We left our Picton anchorage and travelled 45 miles through 4 Trent Severn Locks and tied up to the overnight wall at the top of Lock #4. The current on the Trent Severn is very strong in a number of spots … Like Capitan Kirk I had to say … “Give me more power Scotty”! On the way we crossed paths with another Tollycraft and travelled through the 4 locks with them … Burt and Karen on “Almost Heaven”. We stopped together at Lock 4 for the night and we got the chance to compare the 2 boats. Burt has done all kinds of work on his boat and has given me some great ideas for jobs that need to be done on ours. I mentioned it was hot thus you probably guessed that we had a few cold ones to lower our body temperature!

Jul 19^th – It was a hot day with a mix of sun/clouds and moderate winds. We left Lock 4 and headed 26 miles through 8 locks to Campbellford Ontario and stayed at Lock 13. The other Tollycraft stopped before us at the Frankfort Lock to do some boat chores and get provisions from town. On our way we stopped at Lock 12 to walk to a cool suspension bridge to check it out as well as walk along a riverside path to town to grab some groceries. Afterwards we moved the boat to Lock 13 since the construction noise near Lock 12 was annoying. The weather is getting better … knock on wood …!