September 5 – 6 Touring the North Channel Not all Loopers choose to travel the North Channel. For Captain Pat – it was a must. Now I can see why. For more about the North Channel, here is an excerpt from The Looper’s Guide: “The North Channel stretches about 130 miles from Little Current on…

Our first night in Killarney found us at its most popular restaurant – Herbert’s Fisheries. Initially run out of an old school bus serving only takeout of fresh fish caught steps away, it is now housed in a stand-alone building where you can dine inside or out. The fish and chips are “world famous” for…

September 1 – 5, 2022 Killarney (population 397) was founded in 1820 by French fur traders and lies on the north shore of Georgian Bay, north of the east end of Manitoulin Island, in the lee of George Island. Killarney has been a center for fishing, canoeing, camping, and hiking for more than 100 years…

August 28 – 31 Sunday, August 28, we departed Wright’s Marina in Britt and headed for a few days of anchoring in the Bustard Islands. Our plan was to anchor out until Thursday, and then travel Collins Inlet en route to Killarney. Collins Inlet is a route everyone advised us to take. It is considered…

August 26 – 28, 2022 Britt and Byng Inlet are two small communities on the rocky shores of Byng Inlet (the body of water) which is the outlet of the Magnetawan River – about three miles up from the “Small Craft Route.” The channel is well marked on the charts and takes you directly to…

August 21 – 25 You may think if anchored out on the boat, we don’t get much exercise. Not the case – as you can see by the photos above! We swim, hike, row the dinghy, and even do an exercise routine on the bow of the boat, with weights we brought from home. And…

August 18 – 21 We spent a wonderful weekend in the town of Parry Sound, August 18 – 21. We try to explore and anchor out during the week as there is less boat traffic. Then we hit a marina for the weekend to restock provisions, do laundry, catch up on wi fi, and get…

We are officially “Gunkholers!” I had never heard of Georgian Bay (French: Baie Georgienne) until learning about the Great Loop. At 5,792 square miles, Georgian Bay is not much smaller than Lake Ontario (7,320 square miles), earning it the nickname “the sixth Great Lake.” With more than 1,240 miles of grayish-pink granite shoreline, this archipelago…

We just finished our first week cruising in Georgian Bay! A week ago we left Penetanguishene and started our cruise through Georgian Bay. We anchored out the first night in Indian Harbor. There was more boat traffic then we anticipated. So the next two nights we anchored in Three Fingers cove. This was beautiful! We…

Abound with Indian and French culture and history Many have asked, how do you pronounce “Penetanguishene?” It is “pen e TANG wish een.” Big name for a little city! It’s often simply referred to as Penetang. A favorite of our visit to Penetang was this walking/bike trail just steps from the downtown dock – the…