Canada Day - Kingston to Trenton

The few days spent in Kingston were packed with sightseeing at the local museums, tour of city hall, visit to Fort Henry (built to protect the city from American invasion), and local festivities on Canada Day. Everyone was dressed in Red and White so we dressed accordingly, joined the crowd and became Canadians for a day. The marina was downtown adjacent to the park so we were at the center of all the activities. Many of the pictures below were taken in and around the marina as we enjoyed live bands, hot dogs, and fireworks on Wednesday evening. Great time had by all!
On Thursday, we departed the marina in a steady rain, headed to the North Channel of Lake Ontario to Trenton – 71 miles. Trenton is at the entrance of the Trent-Severn waterway and, as I write this posting, we are at a marina at the entrance of the canal. As mentioned in the previous post, the Trent Severn is 240 miles and 45 locks providing passage from Lake Ontario to The Georgian Bay. These locks include the world’s highest hydraulic lift – 65 foot vertical lift - at Peterborough and The Big Chute Marine Railway lift. We have often heard that the Trent-Severn could be the most beautiful part of the trip. Based on the beautiful scenes we have seen so far, the T-S must really be awesome!
Our timing is good – when we were in Annapolis we were able to sit on the bow of the boat and watch the Blue Angels practice for the graduation at the Naval Academy. The Canadian equivalent – only Air Force – is putting on a show tomorrow and actually practiced today over the marina.