Henry’s is the perfect jumping-off point for a trip into Massasauga Provincial Park in the Moon River area. It is a boat-based park covering hundreds of islands, some with their own inland lake. This is great gunkholing territory with lots of secluded, protected anchorages tucked into its many coves and bays. This is any boater’s dream, especially if you are a sailboater as you can go to the outside waters of Georgian Bay for an exciting 15 knot sail and then duck back into the park for a peaceful wilderness experience. Everywhere you look you will see dramatic landscapes of windswept pines clinging to smooth, color-etched granite and you soon become engulfed in its beauty and stillness.
With so many options, you cannot go wrong. We chose Port Rawson Bay and found some markers along the way to help us in the channel. We tied on to a mooring ball and here’s our view from the bow. I love the self-sufficiency of anchoring—you have what you have and you make do. It’s a time to daydream and my favorite time of day is sunrise which holds so much promise. We used the dinghy to explore the shoreline and also to say hello to fellow boaters, especially those flying a Looper or Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) burgee. There are only 3 developed trails (Baker, Wreck Island and Moon Island) in the whole park and we tried to bushwhack a few more but it is pretty solid forest. Bob even found time to recondition our old water pump so now we have a spare.
We find that our anchoring time is limited by the 30 gallon capacity of our holding tank so after 4-5 days its time to head back to town and pump-out, do laundry, stock up on provisions and head out again. We’re going to Parry Sound for this, and then out again to explore Killbear Provincial Park.
With so many options, you cannot go wrong. We chose Port Rawson Bay and found some markers along the way to help us in the channel. We tied on to a mooring ball and here’s our view from the bow. I love the self-sufficiency of anchoring—you have what you have and you make do. It’s a time to daydream and my favorite time of day is sunrise which holds so much promise. We used the dinghy to explore the shoreline and also to say hello to fellow boaters, especially those flying a Looper or Great Lakes Cruising Club (GLCC) burgee. There are only 3 developed trails (Baker, Wreck Island and Moon Island) in the whole park and we tried to bushwhack a few more but it is pretty solid forest. Bob even found time to recondition our old water pump so now we have a spare.
We find that our anchoring time is limited by the 30 gallon capacity of our holding tank so after 4-5 days its time to head back to town and pump-out, do laundry, stock up on provisions and head out again. We’re going to Parry Sound for this, and then out again to explore Killbear Provincial Park.
