Everything we were told about Canada’s North Channel is true… it’s magnificent! More like Colorado than ever, it has even bigger boulders and more pine trees on small foothills. But it is all surrounded by gorgeous emerald green water so clear you can easily see 15-20 feet down.

Joy Girl at Croker Island

Clear water, so refreshing

Baie Fine water

Baie Fine

Joy Girl at Croker Island

Emerald green water

Can see alllll the way down

We focused on the islands in the north eastern part of the channel and anchored at a different island each day, every one unique and beautiful. We explored in our dinghy, swam and bathed off our swim platform, grilled and ate dinner on the back deck, then played cards or read after dinner. Not many people out here, it’s a perfect place to get away. So relaxing…ahhhh…

Dinghed to this cute little island in the Baie Fine channel

Craig on our island

Niki on our island

Kitty Nap

Rosewell in the crow’s nest

Captain Craig surveys his domain

Niki on Croker Island

Craig on Croker Island

Our little island in the channel

But the Benjamin Islands deserve a special shout out. Wow, this little group of islands was amazingly beautiful! Not sure we captured it well but let’s give it a shot…

Niki on Benjamins

South Benjamin Harbor

Fish Island

Our dinghy in the clear water

Pines and decidious trees

Huge, flat rocks underwater

View out the window at South Benjamin Island

Joy Girl at the Bejamins

Before entering the North Channel, we stayed at Killarney Mountain Lodge Marina for two days. I fell in love with its mountain decor, pristinely beautiful and expansive grounds, and refreshing pool. If you’d like a Canadian vacation not too far from the States but far away from it all, I’d highly recommend this place. Free kayaks and canoes, too!

The Lodge

Niki swimming

Chairs to view Killarney Channel

Firepit

Chairs oll over for relaxing

Only bad thing about the North Channel is the poor internet connection. But then again, maybe that’s the point!

We headed toward home in FOG. It’s utterly nerve wracking floating through water blindly when visibility is only a half mile – good for the prayer life! But it doesn’t faze Captain Craig who is used to flying airplanes in clouds by instruments only. Ugh.

Yesterday we re-entered the good ol’ USA at Drummond Island, Michigan! We were in Canada for exactly one month and it was very lovely but it’s great to see the stars and stripes flying again, besides on the back of our boat. Today we are headed to the Les Cheneaux Islands in Northern Michigan to anchor out a few days before our stay at Mackinaw Island on July 18th.

And we are delighted to have very special guests visiting us in Petoskey, Michigan on July 23rd!  More on that later…