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It’s not often that you stare into the face of death while hacking around in your suburban US backyard, but in Canada, you roll the dice every time you get out of the dinghy…

There are a million cool places in the Georgian Bay, many of which you can easily miss. This was a small falls near Pittsburgh Channel that has a neat ’pool’ that you can swim in. This particular day was downright cool and windy, but the water was mid 70’s. Final note: Filling a vital need,…

I really enjoyed the Trent-Severn Waterway, but I can’t believe the money they charge to go through the locks even covers a fraction of the cost to run this entire system. Someone in the Canadian parliament must really like boating…

Usually, sequels are not as good as the original. That could be the case here but there’s only one way to find out…. (This video had to be split into two pcs as it is a bit longer than normal.)

The bottom of the Rideau put us in Kingston, Ontario, and from there we went eastward to the 1000 Islands, and then back westward to enter the Trent-Severn Waterway. As a quick note to those following us on the NEBO app, while we entered Canada totally properly, we may not have continued that effort per…

The Rideau Canal connects Ottawa to Kingston, Ontario. Now if you can’t find either of these two Canadian powerhouse cities on a map, don’t beat yourself up too much. But I wouldn’t be smug about it either, because one is the nation’s capital and the other has a lot of wicked cool bars. The whole…

As promised, a lighter video that takes a bit of a departure from some the previous uploads. This can be used as a reference tool, as a definitive how-to roadmap for outfitting your boat to do the Great Loop. Enjoy

This is a hardcore video aimed strictly at people who want to see a few interesting locks. I would put a parental advisory on this if I knew how to work this Ipad better. Probably an HL for ’heavy locking’. The next video will be notably lighter.

After my butt pounding in Lake Champlain, we decided to try something more refined, and headed to Montreal, the heart of French Canada. A very cool city, although I will say, after the novelty wears off, the “French-only” mantra gets a little tiresome. If you think the US is divided, you should read up on…

I think it was Scarlet O’Hara in the classic ‘Gone with the Wind’ that said ”what a difference a day makes.” But now I actually get it.