Entry #56:
Saturday, June 8th: We left Port Dalhousie around 6:30 am headed for Lock #1 at around 6:30 am. I was told to be at the call-in station around 7:00 pm. We arrived around 7:30 am and rafted next to a 37′ Beneteau that had just been purchased and headed back to Toledo. There were 8 other boats already docked, waiting. They were ‘small’ recreational boats ranging in size from the Beneteau (smallest) to a yacht well over 90 feet! Clearly NTL was the class of the fleet.
I dis-embarked NTL and made my call-in to the Welland Canal. It was around 10:30 am when an Algoma freighter finally cleared Lock 1 on its way down to Lake Ontario. We were finally cleared to proceed.
(Note: Passing through the eight (8) Locks has been quite the experience and I promise to go into more detail with pictures when I have more time.)
We got through the 27 miles and Lock 8 and through the elevated road bridge around 7:30 pm that evening. I radioed Sugarloaf Harbor Marina and an attendant was waiting for us at our slip.
We quickly unloaded, went to Don Cherrys’ for another great meal and I saw both Gary’s off around 9:30 pm. We had a great passage experience together and I will forever be great full for their assistance. (More with passage detail to come.)
Returned to my boat and I proceeded to crash – long day tomorrow.
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