Crossing the Summit. High altitude boating.
July 23, 2019 Tuesday Big Bob Channel Lock 32, Bobcaygeon, ON to Lock 39 Portage (middle of nowhere) Brock, ON 35.7 nautical miles.
44°29’56.5″N 79°07’55.7″W
44.499026, -79.132147
Elevation: 745 ft Locks 2 Ascent 30 feet. Locks 3 Descent 95 feet
Along the Way
Bye Bye Bobcaygeon
Fenelon Falls. From one cutesie town Babcageon to another Fenelon Falls.
Can you read what the bushes say? 
lock buddies 
Ahhhh. Lunch. Not piloting for Mary today. 
Looks like Mary’s old car
a big dog lives here
Canadian unaffordable housing at the summit. Gotta be a hockey star or a baseball star.
Canal 
Clearly hard edges 
Mitchell Lake stumps 
Mom and babe 
Coast Guard?
Kirkfield Lift Lock
Kirkland Lift Lock top 
Tied in for descent 
side edge 
view over the side edge 
going down while other side lifts 
exiting
Hole in the Wall Bridge, built in 1905 
Fishing boat
Why does it say President’s Choice on the box? Shouldn’t it say Prime Minister’s Choice?
Neighbors
Lock 39 – Portage is remote enough that the lock attendants drive out here on a service road.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
– Marshmallow was originally made from the mallow plant (Athaea officinalis) that grows wild in marshes.
– The French were introduced to marshmallow in the early to mid-1800s. candy makers replaced the mallow root with gelatin.
– Americans buy 90 million pounds of marshmallows each year, about the same weight as 1,286 gray whales.
Drolleries and Yuks
Did you hear about the fire in the shoe factory?
The police said some heels started it. 10,000 soles were lost.
