June 25, Hawkesbury

June 25, Hawkesbury

Last night we discovered that the restaurant, Dundees, offers free Wi Fi.  So we moved the boat to the other side of the wall this morning.  Wow, we were connected back to the world for a few hours.  Our Canadian AT&T plan is so expensive.  It just makes sense to take advantage of any free Wi Fi service when we have a chance.

We did a quick grocery run which was only a few blocks away.  Ken’s sister, Diane and his brother-in-law, Larry, will be arriving Friday.

We bade farewell to St. Anne de Bellevue, a beautiful stop, and headed to St. Anne’s lock just in front of us.  With 50% chance of rain we entered  Baie De Saint-Placide which is part of the Ottawa River and it started raining. 

We were in the rain for about two hours and kept watching a huge storm west of us.  We turned to approach the Carillon Lock which is 65 feet high and the rain stopped. 

The Carillon Lock was impressive.  It was built between 1960 and 1963 and we were amazed while we watch the lock door shut like a guillotine.  We were locking up 65 feet and the water filled the chamber quickly.  We were the only boat in the lock.

We turned into Hawkesbury and the channel was not marked.  Ken approached slowly and we tied up to the wall as we fought the current.  Unfortunately, the town was a few miles away and it started raining, so we enjoyed pork chops and a movie on the boat.