Well as you may have saw, last Friday, we finally did find an actual waterfall. Bridal Veil Falls. After a nice little hike through the woods following a babbling creek, we came out to a lovely waterfall with a large natural pool in front that you could swim in. There were stairs going up to several viewing platforms at different heights.

Back in town there was a chocolate store down the road from the dock where we had parked the boat. So naturally we stopped in and got some quite delicious truffles and chocolate cover blueberries and cranberries.

The boat Rival we had briefly met before was at the dock as well and they knew of a good anchorage nearby, so along with New Adventure, we followed them there. It was a pretty cove, but a little more exposed to the bay than the other’s we’ve been in. Luckily it was a fairly calm evening and the water was still. But VERY cold! Yet there was a rock just barely above water I just had to swim out to and do my best mermaid impression on.

Saturday morning New Adventure was having generator problems so they were going in search of a mechanic. The weather looked good so we decided to stay and enjoy it. We took a dingy ride around the island, went swimming and had happy hour with Rival.

Sunday was a dreary morning. We decided to move just a little further along to John’s Island. We got set up at anchor and it rained all day, so we just stayed on the boat, played games and watched a movie.

Monday was another drippy day. It rained most of the morning, but weather reports said it was supposed to clear up. It finally did and with Rival we took the dingy’s to Bear Drop Island to look for blueberries. Another boat that had left earlier said they had saw a bear on the island. We saw neither berries nor bears. I was the only one disappointed about not seeing a bear.

Tuesday, New Adventure let us know they were all fixed up and ready to continue on. We met them at another anchorage on the North side of Long Point further up the North Channel. It was a very cool spot, almost completely surround like a bowl. There were several beaver lodges and different pretty water flowers.

We climbed up the surrounding rocks and did find a few blueberries. We ended the night playing games with New Adventure. Don got to try out Triominos. We liked it well enough that we ordered our own set from Amazon.

Wednesday morning we set off early to beat the winds to Thesselon. The bay was still pretty choppy, but we made it to the marina and got a slip for the night. Along the way we passed an island lighthouse, and New Adventure got some good pictures of us cruising along.

After we got set up in our slip, we walked to the nearby stores, and LCBO. Don found this particularly yummy blackberry cider they have up here. 😋 We went to dinner with Steve and Ann (New Adventure), and said our goodbyes for now as our paths would be diverging the next few days. We may run back into them down in Michigan. The restaurant had some fun pictures on the walls. One of them was by the same artist that I have a picture by hanging above my stove back home. He has a very distinct style and is easily recognizable.

Thursday we went up to Sault (Sue) Saint Marie, Canada. There was a street festival going on that night which worked out for us as the Queen’s Tarts Bakery had special evening hours. This would be our last night in Canada so we had to get one last batch of tarts in! This place had all kinds of special varieties. Being our last chance at them we got a dozen of all sorts of delicious flavors.

I had also saw on the map an intriguing looking restaurant called The Breakfast Pig. So this morning we went and checked it out. They had a lot of specialty items, including Pulled Pork Eggs Benedict on Sourdough. It was particularly yummy! The restaurant reminded us of The Country Cottage in North Tonawanda, which I call the pig place 🐷😆. Decorations of pigs adorned the whole place.

Afterwards we walked to the Canadian Float Plane museum. It was pretty cool. They had some of the first ever made, some of which you could go inside. There was even the plane that Amelia Earhart was a passenger in as the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928.

From there we went back to our boat and set off for Lake Superior. I’ve decided I need to swim in all five Great Lakes. It isn’t the warmest of days today, and it’s typically the coldest of the lakes, but I’ve just gotta put my big girl suite on and go for it! My strategy was to put on jeans and a hoodie to warm up before jumping in. We first had to pass through the Sault Ste. Marie canal lock. It takes you under the International bridge connecting Ontario to Michigan.

Update: my strategy did not help lol. It was still the coldest water I’ve been in! Okay, the Polar Bear Swim in Lake Ontario was probably colder, given in was in February and they had to cut a section out of the ice. But that was a good 10+ years ago and my body has since forgotten. But now I can check it off the list! ✔️👍

Skia didn’t seem to mind at all. While my swim was a quick one, she happily kept going back for more.

We were going to spend more time on Superior, but with time and the cost of fuel we decided to just stick our nose in to say we were there and head back. Next stop, the corresponding city of Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, USA. And thus ends our time in Canada.