GL: Trent-Severn Waterway and the Northern Route to Chicago

[Gregory Han]

Hitting Georgian Bay in third week of July is ideal. We left Ottawa
June 27 and spent three week doing the Rideau and the TS . We left
Mackinac Is Aug 18.  This schedule seems to let you hit all the areas
during the best times.  By the end on August the periodic storms will
begin and Lake Michigan travel requires some planning. We hit Chicago
mid September.  Those that stayed later ran into troublesome winds and
waves.

Your timing seems right. Consider doing the Champlain route and the
Rideau. It is all wonderful and work seeing. Wee seem to have good
luck hitting the good weather.  Local boat traffic in the canals are
not bad. The gas prices in Canada is keeping the local traffic down.
On the TS I would focus on the area between Peterborough and Fenelon
Falls. Some of the other stretches do not offer as much to see and are
really mostly areas to transit.

On the Rideau The best areas are from Smiths Falls through the Big
Rideau lake.  Don't miss the side trip to Perth, even by dingy if like
us we could not get the big boat there. Perth is the nicest town in
the region.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Dave Clark <av8tor at theriver.com> wrote:
> For those of us going on to do the Georgian bay and the northern route then
>  down to Chicago by Labor Day I wonder just how much time will be available in
>  the T/S. We are committed to be in NC most of April for maintenance and a trip
>  to California but hope to be at mile 0 in VA on May first. Then I'd hoped to
>  spend three or four weeks in the Chesapeake before starting north. That would
>  leave me only four weeks or so to get from say Rock Hall through the T/S and
>  into Georgian Bay before July fourth. We will only have this one summer to do
>  this and will not make it back so I need to have a loose plan on dates to be
>  where even though I know we should not schedule. We enjoy a little sightseeing
>  of large cities however we know we can always do that by car. The object of
>  the loop is to see the sights and have the experiences you cannot get by
>  driving so we prefer to spend less time in large cities and more time in small
>  villages and quiet anchorages. Hopefully.
>
>  Having done almost one third of the loop (Mobile to Georgetown SC) since
>  January 14th we know it's tough to choose where to spend your time and that
>  you pretty much have to keep moving. We feel we've done it pretty right so far
>  for the time allowed but I'm less knowledgeable about what lies ahead. Any
>  suggestions as to some target dates and places May through August would be
>  appreciated.
>
>  Dave and Marcy Clark
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Greg and Susan Han
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