Saturday, September 12, 2009

Glen Ross to Belleville




Pecan departed Glen Ross lock at 9:10am with calm winds and upper level clouds clearing and about 57 deg F. Entered our last lock on the Trent-Severn (Lock #1) at 12:34pm with 71 deg F and winds NE at 10 knots and sunny conditions. We stopped at marina in Trenton where an Irish-Scottish festival was ongoing, and after walking around for an hour, entered the Bay of Quinte and traveled eastern toward the town of Belleville. Stopped at the Belleville Myers marina at 3:05pm.
We completed the Trent-Severn waterway in just over 6 days of traveling--42 locks over the span of 240 miles. We haven't been racing to get thru but we have kept moving within the hours of operation of the lock system.



Tamara tending the lines on our last lock in the Trent-Severn.


Lockmaster's original house now the lock house office at Lock #1.






Leaving our last Trent-Severn lock as the gate opens. Many times the lock operators only open one side of the lock gates, usually if there's only one boat entering or exiting the lock and, of course, if that boat has a beam (width) that easily fits by.


Exiting the Trent River bridge into the Bay of Quinte with the Trent-Severn waterway system now behind us. James seems pretty happy about it too!


Belleville has a very nice several kilometer long waterfront park trail/pathway.


The marina has several free-to-borrow bikes so we hit the trail and went into town.

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