Thu July 19th, Day 76: Fenelon Falls to Chief’s Island – We left Fenelon Falls about 9am and headed toward Lake Simcoe, the largest lake in the region, which has the reputation for being especially nasty, with the potential of large 6ft waves in moderate winds, especially if blowing out of the west. For the last several days, the weather pattern had been calm winds in the morning, with stronger winds in the afternoon, then dying down in the evening hours. So even though stopping short of Lake Simcoe would put us slightly off of our rough planned schedule, we were expecting to end the day just before Lake Simcoe, monitor the weather carefully, and traverse the 15 miles across the lake early Friday. We continued across more lakes and through narrow, rock-lined streams, and passed through the “hole in the wall” bridge, which was a semi-circular opening in a rock bridge between 2 sections of one of the lakes. At 3pm, we were just before Lake Simcoe, with very slight winds coming out of the east, and so we entered Lake Simcoe, along with Wind Song, and proceeded for the next 2 hours across the lake. We entered the Severn River at the north side of Lake Simcoe about 4:15, and pushed ahead towards our destination, an anchorage off of Chief’s Island, where we were treated to a fantastic coral-colored sunset.
 Approaching the Hole in the Wall Bridge.  Going through the Hole in the Wall. |  We called this Christmas Tree Lane Canal. I'm sure is is beautiful in the winter with the snow. It is probably freezes over and it is a long ice rink!  Jim studying the cruising guide for tomorrow. |
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