Day 70- Peterborough, ON

 DAY 70  June 25

Today is a rest day at the Peterborough Marina. Today was normal catch up, rest day. Cheryl gets to sleep in. Groceries get purchased.  Water gets filled. Poo gets pumped out. Laundry. Perhaps some sight-seeing, a bike ride, kayak. 

And you thought boating was all fun and games?

We did go for a bike ride to check out the lock 
that we will be going through tomorrow. 

The famous Peterborough Lift Lock.  

Four of our fellow loopers are going through in this lift.  All forty+ footers filled it up.  

But they all go up in a minute or so.

On this type of lock the boats enter a caisson, not a chamber.

A gate closes behind the boats to complete the caisson. 

One caisson goes up and one caisson goes down during each locking cycle

with a minimum amount of energy besides gravity.

 

This lock opened in 1904 and still functions today.

Per Wikipedia- Each caisson sits on a 7.5 ft (2.3 m) diameter ram, the shafts for which are sunk into the ground, are filled with water, and are connected with a pipe that has a crossover control valve. The caissons are guided up and down on either side by rails affixed to concrete towers.

And so, out the top of the lock. 
Sure does look more interesting from the lower side, doesn't it?

This shows the ram and the empty area under the caisson.

This is a view of the lock from the side. Part of the left, 140' long caisson is partly visible next to the trees. The high part is where the boats exit the lock. And, yes, there is a one lane tunnel beneath the high side. We rode through the tunnel and it was dripping water, but, just a little bit.

Paul got this shot on his early morning walk.

Lots of black squirrels here.

Our next stop on the bike ride was The Canadian Canoe Museum . This just opened and it is impressive. This is a collection of photos and just a small part of what we saw and learned.

Do you see me hugging the giant tree trunk? This canoe was carved from a single piece of wood like this size of a tree.

This was also a one piece, carved canoe. It made Paul look small.

Original tribal canoes made with bark coverings.

These are all racing canoes and kayaks.

These large canoes were a big part of the supply and trade industry.

This one was decorated with beads from Europe.

Can you imagine hunting whales in this?

This canoe cart made life much easier.

Part of the display involved canoes from around the world, 

like this one and the next picture.

I was fascinated by this large eye and fish mouth built into this canoe.

These are canoes presently not on display.

More of their additional artifacts. I'm sure they would all tell an amazing story if only they could talk. If you are ever in Peterborough, ON I would highly recommend that you take time to visit this museum.

After a windy day the sun set and the wind gave up.

Tomorrow Snow Goose is back on the move. 

Thanks for following our incredible journey.

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