Water Fallin' in Kagawong and on to Gore Bay

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

We spent another day in Little Current, which should be named Big Wind because it didn’t stop blowing all day following a restless night with waves slapping and lines stretched and groaning. We kept setting a deadline that we could leave if the wind calmed a bit, but the flags and pennants were straight out all day and each deadline passed until we finally knew we would be here another night; it's not such a bad place to be.



Boardwalk along the harbor - we were on a long dock
 

Lots of loopers were here, including this catamaran named CatCall

 

This work boat was parked near us - love the name John D'Eau -
or in the US it would be John Doe

 The two days we were there gave us such a great opportunity to get to know other folks who were doing the loop. We met at 6 each evening to share stories and talk about where we were going to go next.



John sits between Sue and John from Thanks Dad and across from
Margot and David from Cat Call



  

Burke and Stel from Estrellita with Kathy

 On a little side note - we had been seeing rocks piled up in the figure of a man ever since we had reached the stony areas of the Canadian Shield. I finally looked them up and found that they were called an inukshuk which were originally built by the Inuit people to guide travelers. I never got a good picture of one but there was a small example in the window of the Anchor Inn and the gift shops have all kinds of replicas. If this looks familiar, the inukshuk was the logo of the winter Olympics recently held here in Canada.

 

Small inukshuk at the Anchor Inn marking the way to the bar

 

 Thursday, July 24, 2014

 Finally, the winds died down enough for us to be on our way again. Today we made the trip to Gore Bay with a stop at Kagawong at the south tip of Mudge Bay. This is a small town on the same island of Manitoulin which is mostly known for the lovely Bridal Veil Falls.
Another looper boat, Estrellita, with Burke and Stel aboard,  joined us there at the Kagawong public docks. Our first stop was the almost 120 year old Anglican Church, a tribute to the sailing history of the area.

Burke, John and Stel checking out the Anglican Church

 

The pulpit is made from an actual bow of a wooden boat
 

Standing behind Bridal Veil Falls
 

 It was a short walk through a trail in the woods to the falls - they were higher than I thought from the pictures I had seen.

Snapping a photo of Burke and Stel

We were not properly prepared to visit these falls - almost everyone else had bathing suits on under their clothes. We watched a mother of two boys with their grandmother all go in for a dip and they had a wonderful time!

How long has this tree with gnarled roots been here at the top of the falls?

 We stopped for a light lunch at a little Kagawong café and wandered  back through town but we needed to be on our way to get to Gore Bay. We headed west when we left but Estrellita turned north to visit the Benjamin Islands. It was a bumpy ride, but we must be getting used to it!

Captain’s Log: July 24, 2014

Departed: Little Current 7:40 a.m.
Engine hours: 5.1 hrs.
Actual hours: 7 hrs.  50 min. (includes stop for walk and lunch in Kagawong)
Nautical miles covered: 32.54
Arrived: Gore Bay Marina 3:30 p.m.
Wx: Winds west 10-15 kts. 3-4 ft. waves on bow – crew was calm, cool and collected