Young's Point to Bobcaygeon

This blog will chronicle our (Pat and Patty Anderson's)

cruising adventures on the Great Loop!

DAY 103 - July 12, 2017

Between Young's Point and Bobcaygeon, we were almost entirely transiting lakes: Clear Lake, Stony Lake and Pigeon Lake. Stony Lake had a lot of little rock dot islands, many with a home on them, and not little cottages, either! No roads, no room for a helipad, and I didn't see any docks, although there must have been one on each island, since the residents must have a way to get there and back! Also, it left me wondering about water, power and septic...these are solid rock islands. In fact, we had to be very careful on Stony Lake to stay in the channel. There were a lot of rock outcroppings we could see, and probably quite a few more just below the surface that we couldn't see!

The first lock was Burleigh Falls, and this was the only photo, sorry!

Burleigh Falls

The next lock was Lovesick, which is really cool - it is on an island, and there is no dam! Lovesick is only a 6' lift. The third lock was Buckhorn, which might have been a great stop, but it was not quite far enough, while Bobcaygeon was the right distance, and is a very popular stop.

When we got to Bobcaygeon,  the lock walls below the lock had room for only one more boat, and we preferred to be above the lock so we could leave before the 9 a.m. opening time for locks. The upper lock walls were pretty full too, but fortunately for us, there is a new floating dock just past the concrete lock walls. We tied up, and within minutes the rest of the space on the floating dock filled up!  

We walked into Bobcaygeon and our first stop was for ice cream at Embers! The Raspberry Thunder was fantastic. Kawartha Dairies, we have been told, has the absolute best ice cream in Ontario, and we can believe it! We then walked to the Foodland in a vain attempt to find canned corned beef hash. I am starting to believe that canned corned beef hash is unkown in Canada, at least in Ontario! Our final stop was the LCBO liquor store for four more one liter boxes of wine. These one liter boxes are ideal, they store easily and are easy to dispose of! 

Bobcaygeon is a very touristy little town, lots of beachwear shops, restaurants, and other stores. The entire corner near the lock is occupied by Bigley stores, Bigley must be big in Bobcaygeon! The park at the lock is very nice, and the restrooms use a keypad code instead of keys for after hours access. I imagine it would be very difficult for them to have enough keys for all the boats the lock walls and the floating dock can accommodate! 

As soon as we got back to the boat, it started raining. Then the thunderstorm started in earnest, and it poured buckets all evening and into the night.  We thought we might go out for dinner, but our sightseeing in Bobcaygeon was completely done due to the heavy rain! We enjoy being under our cockpit canvas when it is raining, but it got too cold to stay out after a little bit. It was remarkably mild for December in Bobcaygeon today! 

Tomorrow we have our sights set on Kirkfield, where according to Skipper Bob, the Kirkfield Lift Lock is considerable more terrifying than the one in Peterborough!