Georgian Bay

If Georgian Bay was not connected to Lake Huron, it is so large that it would probably be the sixth great lake. When you are on the main bay, it looks just like you're on the Atlantic Ocean - all you see is water and the horizon.  But if you are on the island-protected small craft channel, which is located at the very top of Georgian Bay, there's lots to see. Mostly what you see  are rocks...

That's because this area of Ontario is called "The 30,000 Islands." We thought the Thousand Islands were beautiful, but these are incredible (who knew?). In fact, everywhere you look around here, it's fantastically beautiful - a mix of the coast of Maine and Adirondack Lakes; with pine trees and pink granite to the water's edge.

 As in the Thousand Islands, there are many one-house islands, but mostly this is a land of fly-in fishing camps, hundreds of miles of wilderness provincial parks and small anchorages behind islands with loons as your only neighbors. There are a few tiny hamlets and a couple of marina "resorts."  We anchored some nights and spent others at Killbear Marina and Killarney Mountain Lodge Marina - both places were right out of central casting for the TV show, Northern Exposure.