We had identified two possible destinations for our last night in Canada; one was among the Grant Islands, small little islands in the middle of the bay and another was on the south shore of a larger island. Because of the southerly winds, we chose the latter option - Cockburn Island. It was incorporated in 1881 and was once a thriving community with as many as 1000 residents. The island attracts a couple of hundred summer residents a year and its full-time population is down to zero! We saw absolutely no signs of civilization from our vantage point.
After a long six and a half hour cruise, we anchored in the large wide bay of Cockburn Island there with no other boats at all. We had seen very few all day as we are in a quite remote part of O, Canada! Jonny decided to take one last swim in these northern waters. He didn’t stay in for long - it was cold!!
Towards the end of the day, a tiny fishing boat entered the bay quite a distance away from us. We thought for sure it wouldn’t stay overnight because it was so small, but there it was the next morning!
We had a quiet night onboard Zendo eating leftovers for dinner. Unfortunately, we had to abandon the idea of eating on the aft deck and enjoying the pristine scenery because the flies were so bad. This was our last night in Canada after spending a total of 51 days in this gracious and. beautiful country! We were sad to say good-bye.
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