PENETENGUISHENE, ONTARIO TO BEAUSOLEIL ISLAND, ONTARIO

Monday, July 27th to Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

Day 357-358

Miles Traveled on Tuesday: 14

Total Miles Traveled: 5367

  Monday we worked on trip planning our Georgian Bay and North Channel segment of The Great Loop.  Jeff and Susan joined us in the afternoon and reviewed the charts offering up great locations to anchor and places to visit.  We all went to dinner for the evening at Flynn's Irish Pub for 1/2 price wing night. 

  Tuesday we left early in hopes of finding an anchorage or dock at Beausoleil Island.  This island is a Canadian National Park with trails, campsites, and small docks located at several different small bays. 

  The cruise to get to around to these bays was beautiful with some open water and some smaller channels.  All around were many islands with the largest being Beausoleil.

beautiful scenery

  Homes and cottages were plentiful on the shorelines and on the islands.  Out from one of the home's docks was a pile of stones in the shape of a man.  Apparently, this is a common site along the Georgian Bay waterway.  It is called an inukshuk.  An inukshuk is a man-made stone landmark which may have been used as a navigation landmark or point of reference marker. 

inukshuk

 

  We first entered Frying Pan Bay, but, all the docks were in use and there were many boats at anchor in the bay.  We moved ahead about one mile and entered Honeymoon Bay.  There we found one dock space available and tied up.

"Seahorse" docked at Honeymoon Bay on Beausoleil Island

  Later Jeff & Susan, now on "Wewena", joined us and rafted off to us at the dock.  After lunch, we hiked Fairy Trail.  This trail was about 1.5 miles long and circled around Fairy Lake.  At several spots along the trail there were pretty views of this lake.

view of Fairy Lake from Fairy Trail on Beausoleil Island

  When we returned from the hike, Dan and Susan took a swim in the bay to cool off.  There was a very nice breeze that also helped with the heat.  We visited for the rest of the afternoon and evening.  There was a beautiful sunset, which we enjoyed as long as we could before the bugs drove us inside.

gorgeous sunset at Beausoleil Island