June 25, 2012
Day 45 Total miles to date: 906.91
We had planned to explore Chambly a little more this morning, but needed to plan our departure around the lock openings. Linda and Joyce did have time to walk to the grocery store for provisions before we “unrafted” our boats at the lock wall. The locks at Chambly are a series of three locks that are entered one after the other, like stair steps. The locks are narrow and short and we were surprised they fit a sailboat in behind us! Linda took some great pictures of us in the locks before it was their turn to lock through.
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| The lock hands crank the gates by hand on the Chambly Canal! |
There are cable ferry boats in two locations on the
river and we managed to catch them both as they headed across the river. We had
to wait for them to drop their cables that pull them across the river! Another interesting part of our trip was the
narrow bridge entrance with a strong current. The entrance is on the far west
side of the bridge which was not visible until we made a turn toward it!
We arrived at the Saint Ours Lock around 4:30 and
docked on the wall right before the lock.
This is a beautiful, peaceful location with many trees, picnic tables,
and walking trails that we explored. There are signs along the trail that
identify the many types of trees here.
There was room for both Carried Away and Raydiance on the lock wall so
we did not have to raft up today. We did get together for appetizers and shared
our photos that we took. |
| Raydiance behind us going through a narrow opening under this bridge with a swift current |
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| One of the cable ferries |
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| Docked at the St. Ours lock wall behind Raydiance |
