This blog will tell the story of Bill, Trish and Kelly's trip to the Saguenay in the Province of Quebec.
We intend to start on our journey June 29, 201. You are welcome to come along for the ride.
As Morris Anderson told us before we left "It looks like a river. But it is actually The Seaway surrounded by very sallow water. There are places that you can go but you must constantly check your charts.
Up until three and a half weeks ago this was as far down the river we had seen. The bridge is visible from Brockville. Now we have almost seen to Labrador. A this time we are about 1 hour away from Brockville. We have decided that if the yacht club cannot take us in we will go the 11 miles to Adelaide Island and go I to The Gan Marina later in the week.
While on the river you get very few chances to sail and thus burn a lot of diesel. On the other hand for those who spend hours at the helm alone there is always something to look at.
Generally while on the river, which consists mainly of the 1000 islands, we see hawks. This trip we have not seen many at all and no eagles. This picture was taken by Trish about half way from Crysler Park Marina to the Iroquois Lock. Trish who knows better then I thought these were all babies.
This is a picture of me sending the blog from the canal which connects The Cote Ste Catherine and St. lambert locks. The system work very well. We would take the card out of the camera and using the apple adaptor I would download the pictures to the IPad. Then would simply email the picture to the blog with a comment.
When tying up to a lock the Canadians simply throw you a 50 foot line and say hold on. The Americans have a much better system. As you see in the picture they have floating bollards which you tie a stern and bow line to. Your job is then limited to pushing off. The Canadian locks you must pull and push at the same time. Pull the 50 foot line and push off the wall.
