It took 3 locks, 2 swing bridges and a wonderfully quiet
night on the lock wall but we made it bright and early to the Big Chute. This is Lock 44 and is the most amazing thing
we have done so far. You pilot your boat
over a churning body of water and load her on a railcar (it can carry 110 tons
and is 100 ft. long—4 big boats at a time if necessary) it lifts you over the
road and down into the water. It is
suggested that you go early and tie up to a pier and watch a couple of boat
load before so you will know how to line the boat up to ease into the straps
waiting on the railcar and you can take a lot of pictures. Soooo…we made our way with our friends Karen
and Mark from Captain’s Choice to the lock by about 10:30. We tied onto their visitor center’s dock and
went over to see how you do it. It was
not crowded at all but there were a few boats going up and down. We decided that Captain’s Choice would go do
it and we would take pictures of them and then we would go and they would take pictures
of us. It was just as
promised—awesome. We finished there by
12:30 and they went to anchor out on the beautiful Severn River and Fitz and I
hit Port Severn (the LAST lock) and went out into the Georgian Bay. It was so nice to hit open water. We now sit in Papoose Bay off Beausoleil
Island, we have put away the Lock gloves for a while , gotten out our charts
and look forward to cruising the navy blue waters of the Georgian Bay.
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| Last sunset on the Trent Severn |
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| Big Chute--Going in |
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| Big Chute--Top of the hill |
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| Big Chute--Bottom of the hill |
and look forward to cruising the navy blue waters of the Georgian Bay.
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| In the cradle |
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