The Trent Severn Waterway offers many overnight options - remote, pastoral lock walls; small, picturesque villages docks; larger town walls and small and large marinas. Our favorite overnight stop on the loop so far, was at the top of Lock 39 on the Trent. We were the only ones there and it was a magic, quiet place.
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| Peaceful Lock 39 |
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| View from galley window at Lock 39 |
Sometimes things go wrong and a lock won't close because something gets churned up from the bottom and gets stuck in the doors. That happened to us one day, when a large cruise ship (so large that it took up the entire lock even though it had a special, fold-up bow), came through a lock from the opposite direction and stirred up the bottom. After it left the lock, we and three other boats went in and the doors wouldn't close behind us. A maintenance man was called and with the help of an underwater camera dangled from above, the obstruction was found. It was a large, birch stump that the maintenance guy lifted out with a long, sharp-pointed pole.
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| Offending log and hero maintenance guy |
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| Cruise boat with fold-up bow that churned up log |
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| The Bug at Village of Bobcaygeon dock |
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| Georgian Bay Anchor Beard |
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| Me working on this blog in Midland at 600-slip Bayport Yachting Center |
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