Our next stop is Eagle Island, still in the North Channel. This is a large bay, sheltered from the westerlies that are predicted.
Just after leaving Bear’s Drop, and beyond Jerry in the photo, you can see the island for which the channel is named, Whalesback Island.
Does this look like a whale to you? Perhaps the native peoples had never seen a whale either.
We passed through the narrowest point of navigable water in the North Channel, Little Detroit, which is about 50 feet wide.
As we came through here last month, there was no one else around. Now it looked like rush hour.
We could see the quartz mountains called La Cloche to the northeast.
This area has many unusually smooth rock formations, and we watched our chart carefully!
Once anchored in Eagle Harbor, we took the dinghy for a long cruise.
First, we visited the Benjamin Islands, where boats were tied to the rocks and/or trees.
This group was really set up for a party, with hot dogs on the grill.
This interesting rock formation is called the Sow and Pigs.
Croker Island, where we have stayed on prior cruises, is a popular spot, where boats drop an anchor, then back toward shore to tie to a tree.
The Benjamin Islands have massive rock outcroppings.
The anchorages of the Benjamins are very popular – there were at least 30 boats in this one alone.
Here’s another example of the stunning rock formations.
Jerry kept a close eye on the depths around us as we made our way back to the mother ship.
Just after leaving Bear’s Drop, and beyond Jerry in the photo, you can see the island for which the channel is named, Whalesback Island.
Does this look like a whale to you? Perhaps the native peoples had never seen a whale either.
We passed through the narrowest point of navigable water in the North Channel, Little Detroit, which is about 50 feet wide.
As we came through here last month, there was no one else around. Now it looked like rush hour.
We could see the quartz mountains called La Cloche to the northeast.
This area has many unusually smooth rock formations, and we watched our chart carefully!
Once anchored in Eagle Harbor, we took the dinghy for a long cruise.
First, we visited the Benjamin Islands, where boats were tied to the rocks and/or trees.
This group was really set up for a party, with hot dogs on the grill.
This interesting rock formation is called the Sow and Pigs.
Croker Island, where we have stayed on prior cruises, is a popular spot, where boats drop an anchor, then back toward shore to tie to a tree.
The Benjamin Islands have massive rock outcroppings.
The anchorages of the Benjamins are very popular – there were at least 30 boats in this one alone.
Here’s another example of the stunning rock formations.
Jerry kept a close eye on the depths around us as we made our way back to the mother ship.
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