Day 67- Lock 6, Frankford, ON to Lock 11-12, Campbellford, ON

The morning walk took me to the dam upstream of the Frankford Lock.  Locks upstream had been releasing a lot of water.

I'm no naturalist, but it was hard to miss this distinctive track on the path. 

 If anyone can offer a hint as to what this critter is, I'd appreciate it.  

The handle of my walking stick is provided for scale.

Pretty, but invasive.

I pointed it out to the locktender. She had never seen one before. 

Research told us that it is invasive.

This is what you get when that invasive snail mates with a local turtle.

Many beautiful homes on the waterfront. 

Directly behind these homes is primarily agricultural land as you can see in the Google Map with all the checker board patterned fields.

Also noticed many campgrounds along the way.

This gent was filling up pails of river water and carrying them back to his house.

Coffee will be ready soon!
This guy, along with some others were working on their tans. Those Canadians are tough folks. It was overcast and barely 65 degrees.

The Ranney Falls lock flight.  Two locks.  Into the first chamber.  Yipes!  Look at how tall the doors are above the sill of the second chamber!!  The two locks lift us 48'.

Those tall gates provided us with a shower of water, different than other locks.

Campbellford lies approximately midway between Toronto and Ottawa. It is situated on both the Trent-Severn Waterway and the Trans Canada Trail.

This is the standard by which all towns are rated on the Great Loop.
Paul had Reese's Pieces and I had Tiger's Tail

 which was orange with black licorice. Yummy!

So much for the afternoon walk.

I resorted to taking a few pictures from the boat.

Clock Tower Cultural Centre

conveniently near the LCBO (the liquor store).

Canada uses a $2 coin called a Toonie. This is a 27' high replica of the Toonie 

(of course, blocked by trees since it was raining and 

picture was taken from inside the boat).

For those unfamiliar, Canada came out with a one dollar coin with the image of a loon on it, thus it became the 'Loonie"  Later they issued the two dollar coin, which you see here.  Campbellford has this monument because the artist who designed the coin is from here.

What it really means is that loose change in the jar is real money!! 

This tower is on the top of the fire station.

Supposed to rain all night and tomorrow. They need the rain so we are happy.

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