We only spent one night at Bone Island not really because of the snake, maybe a little bit, but more so because Birthday Boy Bob wanted more of an adventure. He is all about navigating and being a Captain so wanted to back cruising again, testing his skills on the small boat channel topped off with a birthday dinner at Henry’s Fish Restaurant.
Although the day was dim and overcast, our 4 hour ride was a very interesting mix of well-buoyed narrow rocky shoal sections (Kerr and Allen rocks, Peacock Island, O’Donnell Point) and wide open areas from Milepost 20-29 where we did get rocked a bit by 1 foot chop from Georgian Bay and powerboats passing us. We tied-up at Henry’s just as the sun was peaking through, the lunch crowd was leaving and Chris, the expert dock master, was there to help us tie-off only 2 feet away from rocks that we had been trying to avoid all day. Bob even found a propeller “cemetery” on shore.
There is a 1 mile walking trail marked by a toupee cairn rock over to LeBlanc’s Sans Souci Marina. It’s a fun place to visit, meet cottagers who come here for provisions and ice cream at the general store and they even had a copy of The Guide to Massasauga Provincial Park Facilities which will be our next stop.
Henry’s is all about service both on the dock and the restaurant. It is easy to see why they won a place on Saveur magazine’s 100 favorite places to eat with their Great Lakes fish dinners. The fish is fresh and tasty and served with Elliot family recipe cole slaw and baked beans. All of this plus a fabulous view of the harbor so we could watch the training sailors climb up the mast of Playfair to do rigging work or watch seaplanes landing passengers for the fly/dine experience. A pretty special birthday for a very special Captain.
Although the day was dim and overcast, our 4 hour ride was a very interesting mix of well-buoyed narrow rocky shoal sections (Kerr and Allen rocks, Peacock Island, O’Donnell Point) and wide open areas from Milepost 20-29 where we did get rocked a bit by 1 foot chop from Georgian Bay and powerboats passing us. We tied-up at Henry’s just as the sun was peaking through, the lunch crowd was leaving and Chris, the expert dock master, was there to help us tie-off only 2 feet away from rocks that we had been trying to avoid all day. Bob even found a propeller “cemetery” on shore.
There is a 1 mile walking trail marked by a toupee cairn rock over to LeBlanc’s Sans Souci Marina. It’s a fun place to visit, meet cottagers who come here for provisions and ice cream at the general store and they even had a copy of The Guide to Massasauga Provincial Park Facilities which will be our next stop.
Henry’s is all about service both on the dock and the restaurant. It is easy to see why they won a place on Saveur magazine’s 100 favorite places to eat with their Great Lakes fish dinners. The fish is fresh and tasty and served with Elliot family recipe cole slaw and baked beans. All of this plus a fabulous view of the harbor so we could watch the training sailors climb up the mast of Playfair to do rigging work or watch seaplanes landing passengers for the fly/dine experience. A pretty special birthday for a very special Captain.
