Tuesday, June 5

Turquoise hued water of Baie Fine fjord

Shoreline of Baie Fine fjord

We began our day with quite a surprise ...... and not the good kind.
As Charlie fired up his Garmin chart plotter/ depth finder/ radar he got the message "system missing" ........ and so it was.
We would be cruising for quite a while the old fashion way, with charts and eyeballs - a whole new/old world, one we left behind at least ten years ago.  We traveled 80 miles and at the Port of Killarney, entered into the North Channel, a more remote, wilder version of Georgian Bay.
 One hundred miles long, it has wider passages, fewer small islands (but many larger ones), is sparsely populated and there is more open water to cover.  Despite its protection from the full force of Lake Huron, it can develop large waves in heavy winds.  Thankfully, that was not the case today.
A must-see along this stretch of the North Channel is Baie Fine, one of the few fjords in North America.

Entering Baie Fine fjord

Lined on all three sides with mountainous terrain, this eight-mile passage leads to the "The Pool" at its far end.  The crystal clear, turquoise hued water of the fjord glistened against the back drop of the forested mountains ............. what a perfect swimming hole, if only the water had been warmer.  It was another magnificent cruising ground.
We ended our day tucked into a spacious cove at Heywood Island.  Over cocktails & a simple, but delicious dinner prepared on our "baby grill" we could hear the loons calling..........