The Lansdowne Channel begins right after the Badgely Rocks. There an aggregates company is dismantling the mountain to mine silica and ship it to Midland, Ontario. There is also an unmistakeable feature all along the northern shore of the Landowne Channel. It’s a browse line where the deer reach up and feed on the tender tips of the evergreens in the winter. We are still discussing the mining and the munching when we pass by The Key Hole and turn into Frazier Bay. Today we will finally see a hugely popular anchorage. The fiord-like Baie Fine is said to be a unique experience indeed. We made our way 10 miles down Baie Fine and into The Pool. As soon as we were secure to the bottom, we put our dinghy over and then lowered the swim platform. We were swimming from the boat in minutes. Nearby, two rafting Loopers boats who were about to depart found that their anchor chains had wrapped around each other. To make the situation worse, the long grass growing on the bottom had also intertwined in their chains. Wally and I dinghied over. Using a method we had just read about in the Ports Cruising Guide, we untwisted the tangles and cut and pulled the grass away. The happy cruisers were free to move on and we went back to our boat and took a nap. By 5pm the 90 degree day had begun to cool off, so we hiked up to Topaz Lake and took another swim. Ahhh... splendid!
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| The browse line of the cedars after the deer nibbled all winter |
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| The "Tug of War" of fouled anchors |
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| Our sailing neighbors found that rowing a rubber dinghy was not as easy as they thought....a tow home was welcomed |
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| Sailors delivered to their doorstep! |
Created By Darcy O Campbell
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