Day 80- Killbear Marina @ Pengallie Bay, ON to Wright's Marina @ Britt, ON

 

The body of water we are headed to is called Byng Inlet.  The only other "Byng" I had ever heard of was a Royal Navy Admiral from several centuries ago who was executed by firing squad on his own quarterdeck after being found guilty of 'failing to do his utmost' with the resultant loss of the island of Minorca to the French.  Needless to say many considered him a scapegoat for the many failings of the government in power.

So, it is interesting to me that about a hundred years later 

this narrow inlet was blessed with his name.

Some folks may not be so happy with early morning departures, 

but this is one of the benefits .

What? Getting pictures with perfect reflections?

The Georgian Bay is very rocky and the birds love to sun themselves on them.

Red Rock Lighthouse

It sure looks like it gets windy, and stays windy, in these parts!
The wind was only a light breeze when I took this picture.

Happy Canada Day! (a few days late)

Almost every rock seems to have a house on it.  

In this case a long walk on a rickety bridge to the In-Law apartment.

This catamaran didn't have quite enough speed to get across the island...

It's tall,  It's white.  Other than that, who knows?

Another island home.

This sign says- Site of the original barrel denoting safe passage 

through turbulent waters
Per LighthouseFriends.com- In the 1870s, fur traders from Penetanguishene lost a canoe along the eastern shore of Georgian Bay, and it was discovered the following spring by stranded fur traders, who helped themselves to a barrel of whiskey found in the canoe. After some whiskey-fueled merrymaking, the traders left the empty barrel on the point as a marker, and soon thereafter French mariners started to refer to the place as Pointe au Baril, meaning “Barrel Point.”

The usefulness of the barrel was later improved, when a tradition started wherein the first returning fishermen would light a lamp in the barrel to guide the rest of the fleet back to safe harbour. A portion of the barrel was removed and the lamp placed inside so that its light was only visible when the fishermen were approaching along a safe course. Click on the next link to learn the rest of the story.

Pointe au Baril Range Front Lighthouse

Strawberry Island Lighthouse

The birds like to dry their wings and sit on the warm rocks.

Byng Inlet Range Front Lighthouse

Entering Byng Inlet.  The red and white markers in the next few pictures are range markers.  With the low one in front of the high one, they visually guide a vessel in the channel.  above, the lower one is offset to the right.  Maneuver your vessel to the right to line them up and you are mid channel.

Pretty close to dead center of the channel.  Both lights are green, but because of camera settings and the nature of LED light frequencies the bottom one does not show. The video shows them both lit up. The red lines also work.

There is incentive to stay in the channel!

Some of the 'cottages'.  We are told that most of these are seasonal.  Lots of use in the summer, but they come back during the winter to play with their snowmobiles.

These guys are ready!

This video gives you an idea of what we can see if you scan

almost all the way around the boat. Beautiful country.

After docking I took the kayak out for a closer look at the flora and rocks

along the water's edge. Enjoy!

Every place we stop, no matter how small, seems to have an ice cream shop.

We can both proudly say that we have NOT visited everyone of them. 

They are tempting though!

DIY heaven...

Grady, stressed as usual.

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