Comments on: Where in Ontario for a short boat trip?

Question: Where in Ontario for a short boat trip?

Scoops — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:14:26 -0800

I'm planning a two night boat trip in Ontario with my son. Any ideas on a waterway that will keep us occupied while we aren't fishing? We have a 16 foot boat so I need a fairly calm lake or river system.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:41:31 -0800

Ontario is a big province — what general area were you thinking? Closer to Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, or Sudbury?

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:23 -0800

Have you considered Algonquin Park?

By: drycleanonly

drycleanonly — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:30:05 -0800

The Rideau Canal is nice. You can overnight at the lock stations (most have shoreline power, and will also let you set up a tent if you want), and there's usually something to do at each of them as far as hiking, historic tours, museums, etc. If you do decide on the Rideau, I'd recommend arranging it so that you pass through the Jones Falls lock, which is pretty incredible.

By: Alterscape

Alterscape — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:45:39 -0800

2nding the Rideau Canal. Some friends and I were boating along the St. Lawrence near Kingston a couple of years back, and made a day trip up through the first set of locks. Their boat was 21'-ish, but rough water was not a problem even out on the St. Lawrence -- we did stay along the north shore well east of the lake proper, though. Furthest west we went was to tie up overnight Confederation Basin in Kingston. No idea about the fishing.

We also took a trip up the Ottawa River, along the Quebec border several years earlier. I forget the name of the town where we launched the boats, but we motored up the river for about five hours to some utterly beautiful cliffs on the Quebec side, which we hiked up.