Day 10, July
2 – Diana and Paul’s visit, our first overnight guest
We made an
early start to the day as we had things to do and places to go. We upped anchor from East Rous by 6:30 am
with plans to be in Little Current for the store openings. We even went without our morning coffee with
the plan to have a cup from the Locos, the local coffee shop. Unfortunately the coffee proved not to be as
good as our own brew. Julie was up at
the grocers to see the door open while I proceeded to the local hardware store to
source some bolts for the boat. No luck
on my part but Julie was able to get everything we need in the way of
food.
We were off
the town dock to catch the swing bridge and on our way to Killarney, The winds
were light but we did manage to get some sailing in as we crossed the North
Channel towards Lansdowne Channel. The Lansdowne
Channel is a beautiful narrow channel running along the Fraser Peninsula. The channel is very well marked with quartzite
hills running along the back of Fraser Peninsula. At the end of the channel is a quartzite mine
on Badgeley Island which has been in operation since the 50’s. We arrive at our destination just before
2:00pm, and dock at the Sportsman’s Lodge to take on water and a pump out (emptying
the waste water holding tank). The Sportsman’s
Lodge is an old resort that recently has undergone an extensive restoration,
complete with martini bar. It is
beautiful facility but one has to wonder how it will make money as the season
is only 2 months long for the boating and the snow mobiling has fallen off
considerably over the last 10 years.
Time will tell.
Just after
we finish with the water tanks our friends Gilles and Denise arrive. It is good to see them and we proceed to check
out each other’s boats as we both have new boats since we had last boated with
them 3 years ago.
At 3 o’clock
our guests Diana and Paul arrive, we have the obligatory fish and chips at
Herbert’s fishery, an old school bus which serves fresh whitefish fresh. The fish was good but the highlight of the
meal was watching 2 river otters fish in and around Herbert’s dock. A young fisherman reported that there is a
family of 4 which come quite frequently.
This is a rare sight and speaks well of how the wild life is returning
to this part of the world.
From
Killarney we do the short hop over to the anchorage know as Covered Portage,
which is about 1.5 miles north of Killarney.
One of the highlights here is a rock outcrop know as Indian Head. When viewed from the right angle it gives an
excellent profile of an Indian. It is
always a pleasure to show it as you never think you will see it but then it
just comes right out and is quite a surprise for the first time viewer. We anchor have a swim, an excellent meal and
our night cap and we our off to bed.
Cheers
Dawson and Julie |
| Cormorant at LC |
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| LC swing bridge - again |
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| Gil, Denise and Julie at the world famous Herbert's Fish and Chips |
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| River otter in Killarnry |
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| Julie, Diana and Paul at Herbert's |
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| Diana, Pual and Dawson at Covered Portage |
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