I believe this is the Midland Bay Shoal light. Obviously it is an important light.
One of the several places to stop, gas up and get supplies. If you expand this photo you will see that regular gas is $1.20. Looks good until you realise it is 1.20 a liter so that is about $5.00 Canadian per gallon and since their dollar is currently worth more than ours, once you add in that fact, Gas in Canada is on a relative basis expensive!
I included several of these photo's since the view ahead is always pretty.
This is Delawanda Inn, well known in the area. At the left side of the building, out of the photo are boat facilities with a big sign---"open to the public" just to be sure there was no confusion.
The "iceberg." A climbing rock.
Volleyball anyone?
The name of the boat is "15 years." It has a "for sale" sign. The 15 years must be up.
Birds in flight.
One of many houses we saw built on a little more than a rock sticking out of the water.
View of the waterway
A view of another section of the waterway.
Beautiful rock with some really determined trees.
Dangerous rock.
Another view of our path.
Arrival. At 1:37 in the afternoon. Henrys has a great website.
A view from one end. The land is all rock. Steep and rough rock. This is the best picture I could get without being an acrobat.
There is an air service from Parry Sound, to the north, that brings in people just for dinner. This would not be inexpensive. But I can see why the attraction. We had dinner at Henry's, their classic standard fare--Pickrel and french fries and cole slaw. Yes, it was really really good.
If you expand this photo, you will see that it says Henry's is 38 miles north of where we left this morning. Pretty good, I just used my hand spread on the three charts used enroute and counted the number of spreads along the route to arrive at my distance estimate given in the opening paragraph. Maybe better to be lucky than good.
The Salt Shaker. The docks at Henry's are quite long but they only have electric power at the shore end. Good to get there early if you need power. The dock hands at Henry's deserve special note. They were skilled at handling lines and assisting in getting the boat tied to the dock. Very nice fellows as well.
The boat next to us is named "High Maintenance." Owned by a very nice couple from nearby, Paul and Sue. Since Sue has blond hair, one of the other boaters asked them if it was her that the boat was named for. To our surprise she said it was him that was high maintenance. Paul agreed. So it must be.
Their boat is also a Rinker, the largest Rinker set up with a single engine. It is also the largest boat that can be trailered without a permit (most places). Both of these models are two of the most popular boats produced by Rinker from roughly 2000 to 2007.
Another view of the marina. Note the float plane at the right. Some guests were brought in by air.
Another float plane. The land visible is a small island between Henry's and the channel.
This is from the far end of our dock looking across the waterway. That is the only house over there. Not much man made light visible at night.
End of the day, moon after moonrise. The moon rose over the house in the previous picture. In the morning we will cast off our lines and motor on up to Parry Sound.
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