Georgian Bay – Penetanguishene
We left the last lock of the Trent
Severn Waterway with some regret. This had been enjoyable and
although an easily navigable route it held some great surprises and
you got to see each lock as a challenge ticking off the list as they
all had their idiosyncrasies. We spent a relaxing 2 days at
Penetanguishene ( we needed 2 days just to learn how to pronounce the
name) doing some touring & boat maintenance in Beacon Bay Marina.
Boat maintenance is on going and is never completed. The dock master
made their car available to us for the 2 days and were really helpful
– we were tied up next to a large BBQ & umbrella and made use
of it on the first night having a BBQ dinner & docktails with
other boaters we had met in the marina. On the 2nd night
after Colin had cleaned & lit the BBQ a neighbouring boater let
us know that his friend who was absent but had the slip next to us would
not be pleased with us using his BBQ. We thought it was just a very
up market marina gesture!! Oops. At least we handed it back clean (
we never met the owner.)
With
the car we did some touring. The Martyrs' Shrine in the next town of
Midland had a beautiful church and extensive grounds full of
dedicated shrines from many nationalities. The church was
constructed in 1925 as a shrine to 8
Jesuit missionaries who had worked among the Wendat people but were
killed by their enemy tribe the Iroquois. We also visited “Discovery
Harbour” a reconstruction of the original 19th century
British naval & military outpost built to defend upper Canada
during and after the war of 1812. There were a couple of replica
ships which were completed too late to take part in the battles.
(Sounds like many govt. actions – completed after the fact.) We
included lunch at Flynns Irish pub to round out the day.
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