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Carillon Lock looking
up river |
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Carillon Lock looking
down river |
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Waiting on the 'blue line' part of
the St-Anne lock wall |
It was beautiful this morning; to look at. It was cold (52°F at 8:00am) and windy (8 knots). Our goal was to make Marina de Hull across from Ottawa and the ‘flight of eight’ locks with a brief stop at the marina at Fairmont le Cháteau Montebello; the largest log building in the world (maybe). We where on our way around 10:15am after taking on fuel. The beautiful morning ended shortly with heavily and steadily rain. We made a decision to not visit the Cháteau since 1) we wouldn’t be able to walk the grounds, 2) it may be big, but in the end, its just a high priced resort, 3) the slip fees are too expensive just to see the inside of the resort and nothing else. Brian tried to take pictures of the cháteau as we passed. So we extended our voyage to put in at the Golden Anchor Marina in Hawkesbury, Ontario. We passed through the
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| Cháteau Montebello |
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The Golden Anchor Marina Office
on Main St. in Hawkesbury |
St-Anne Lock and the Carillion Lock is the last lock before Ottawa. The Carillon lock is different. It is a part of a massive hydroelectric dam. At one end of the lock is a huge vertical gate and the other is a standard V-gate. Inside is a floating dock which made the locking experience relaxing. It's lift, or drop if you're going in the other direction is 62 feet. When we checked in to the Golden Anchor, we ask the attendant about local restaurants. He said there were two within five minute walking distance. One had a nice view of the water, but the food was okay. The other was a sports bar and the food was great. We went to the sports bar. We’ve see the water every day, but we like great food, too. He was right. We had a great meal. Linda had a huge piece of salmon on top of rice. Brian had a large (almost Texas size) steak and baked potato on top of white rice. Afterwards, we retired to the boat.
