Montreal and Saint Lawrence Seaway Locks

Montreal is very cool, especially Old Port.

Because French is spoken almost exclusively, and there's old world architecture everywhere, you really feel like you are in Europe. We were lucky, and got a slip for two nights at the Montreal Yacht Club, which is right in downtown Old Port, but much more private and nice, than the public marina almost next door.

The definition of tourists, we took a Grey Line tour on a red, double decker bus and walked miles and miles gawking all the way. It was great fun and a foodie's heaven. We will return to this special city some day.

On a cobblestone street in Old Port

Pleasure boats are definitely second class citizens on the Saint Lawrence Seaway. At the second lock after Montreal, we had to wait 1 1/2 hours for a HUGE ship to go through the lock before us. It barely fit from side to side and bow to stern in the lock.

The big guy ahead of us.

While waiting for Mr. Big to lock through ahead of us, and sipping the coffee we'd just made, we heard a loud sound, and a gigantic Canadian Coast Guard hover craft elevated from the parking lot next to us. We had to quickly scramble down from our "porch" on the Humbug's roof into the cabin, so we wouldn't get soaked by the immense spray the thing kicked out behind it as it took off.

Pop Up Hover Craft

Floating bollard on lock holding us to wall.

When our turn arrived, we had the whole lock to our minuscule selves.

Toward the beginning of the lock.

Looking at the back of the lock.