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Day 96: Chaffeys Locks to Upper Brewers Mills, Ontario

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Day 96: Wednesday, July 20th: Although the available moorage along the lock walls in the canal fill up early, we slept in this morning because we didn't have far to go. The day turned out to be perfect! The temperature was cooler and the humidity was down. There were puffy white clouds in the light breeze.

Best of all, the beauty of the little lakes was breathtaking. We were now in the area that is the Canadian Shield with rocky shores and little rocky islands like this one:

Some of these little islands actually have cottages on them.

The lakes are usually connected by one or more "rivers" which are just cuts through the rocky shores. Many are quite narrow like this one:

We soon arrived at Jones Falls locks, a series of locks:

An interesting attraction was this tour group of the Red Hat Society:

The Jones Falls locks were another set of "stair steps". Notice how full the first lock is with the water spilling over the gate and only a few inches below the lock wall on the right:

We soon came to another rare standalone swing bridge. This one was much longer than the ones over the canals:

This one was electrically operated and opened right up for us. You can see the bridge tender standing under the umbrella:

We made our destination at Upper Brewers Mills Lock and discovered an almost empty lock wall to moor to. It even had 30 amp electrical hookups! We learned the swing bridge a few locks further had developed mechanical problems and no one could come past it from downstream. We tied up and enjoyed a quiet cool evening. The day would have to be classed as a "10"!

Just for interest sake, Bill took a couple pictures from the bank at the lock wall of the weedy growth stuff up close; here is what that junk looks like:

We passed through five more locks today for a total of 65 for the trip.

Position tonight: N44 24.831 W076 18.770

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