We released the mooring ball by 10 a.m. bound for the pretty little town of Westport. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm and not too hot. The Rideau is no longer a narrow channel but has opened up into three expansive lakes, the Lower, Big, and Upper Rideau. They are studded with tiny islands some of which have homes that can only be reached by water. The shorelines are heavily wooded.
We stopped in the village of Westport on the west end of the Upper Rideau Lake. It is Ontario’s smallest community by land area. We pulled up at the town dock and were aided by two helpful dock attendants. The dock is connected to the town by an arching bridgeway. We walked a block or two up to the Main Street where we checked out the two main restaurants in town. The first was full and had a wait for lunch so we chose the second option, a small little restaurant, quite homey and with good food (and a good ale on tap for Jonny). After lunch we strolled around the village stopping in a few shops. We shared an ice cream cone as an extra treat to ourselves.
Resuming our journey on this lovely day, we only went through two locks, quite an easy day compared to previous ones on the Rideau!
Because we were in such beautiful surroundings with available anchorages we decided to anchor out again. Traveling between lakes we had to go through some incredibly narrow channels (note the painted arrow on the rock).
This time we found a very secluded spot on Clear Lake and dropped the hook at 5 p.m. We were in a narrow inlet off of the main part of the lake and had this quiet and peaceful spot to ourselves. We thought it might be a good place to swim and paddle but the weather had become breezy and the temperature is dropping so we chose not to. We also skipped dinner and watched a video before turning in for the evening.
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