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Day 73- Fenelon Falls, ON Lock 34 to Orillia, ON Lock 41

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Went through 7 locks today including the second tallest lift lock. Fenelon Falls has a lovely rail-trail along side the lake.  Perfect for that morning walk. I've never seen this before.  A long time resident of the town willed money to the town to extend the lock wall and provide power, but he heartily disliked power cords crossing the walk.  They cleverly installed pipes into which you can push the end of your power cord and keep the dock tidy. Unusual place for cairns, but the birds liked them. The first lock of the day. A whopping 3 miles from Fenelon Falls, I took a stroll up to see if the lock tenders were there. They were, but still keep to the 0900 schedule.  Cameron Lake had houses on the entire waterfront.  Several sections of today's trip are affectionately, or not, called 'the ditch'.  Blasted out of the rock it gets quite narrow, without room for boats to pass without nudging the scary sharp edges of the rock.  We did pass one boat going the other way, but
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Day 72- Young's Point, ON Lock 27 to Fenelon Falls, ON Lock 34

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  After all the lock pictures of the last two days we thought you might want to see something different. We did go 40 miles and went through 5 locks but they were uneventful and typical locks. Started off as a sunny and cool day. The scenery was again, beautiful. The andirondack chair is the chair of choice but probably 85% of them are red. We think Costco must have them? When I spot a different color I always feel compelled to take a picture.  St. Peter's On-the-Rock  "We are reachable only by boat – whether by canoe or motorboat – but our “front door” is directly on the main highway of Ontario’s famous Trent-Severn National Waterway."    Another traditional home on the water. This is a common style seen. Two doors down you will find an ultra modern one like this? I don't think I've ever seen such a cold, uninviting structure.  It almost looks like it came in a flat box from Ikea. I'm going to have to start writing down the names of these... Found this hook b
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