Saturday, June 25  In Tashereau Bay we saw blue heron, eagles and loons.

Sunday, June 26   Cruised Whaleback Channel leaving through Little Detroit Strait into the McBean Channel and then on to the Benjamin Islands.  This has been described as one of the most beautiful anchorages in the world - and - pictures do not begin to capture the beauty!

Limestone, pink and grey granite bluffs, with emerald green trees, crystal clear water.

Walking the bluffs was like being in a Japanese garden with plants and flowers growing in the rock depressions.

Monday, June 27   Headed down Waubuno Channel for a bay outside Little Current.  The bottom was weedy and we could not get the anchor to set, so we headed back out to the channel.  Waves were getting high and we picked up gusts of 30 knot winds.  Radioed 2 marinas in Little Current - but they did not have any transient slips available - so we had to backtrack up the channel and found a bay named Bell Cove on the northern shore of Great La Choche Island where we anchored for the night.

Tuesday, June 28   Stopped at Little Current.  Although this town is a port for a Canadian cruise ship which travels the North Channel and Georgian Bay, most of the shops were closed with "for sale" signs on them. 

We continued on to Baie Fine - which is the closest thing to a fjord in North America.  It is ten miles long and ends in "the Pool".  We traveled very close to the tree lined white quartz bluffs.

We took the dinghy into "the pool" as we wanted to hike to Topaz Lake in the Killarney Provencial Park - and we FINALLY found it - after 4 hours of hiking, several wrong turns, and two other lakes (Artist & Cave Lake).

Thursday, June 30 
Killarney is an interesting town - built on the waterfront of a long narrow channel that opens out to Georgian Bay.  Many of the shops have their own docks - so you can stop and shop.  We are at the Killarney Mountain Lodge & Marina two days until storms pass, but look forward to starting Georgian Bay tomorrow.
Six days ago we picked up AIS signals from "Dreamland".  The next day they followed us into the Benjamin Islands and we got a chance to meet them.  We have been following each other and meeting - all the way to Killarney - but now we will part ways.  They are from Ann Arbor, MI and traveling with a group of 11 other boats from the NY Yacht Club.