29 June, 2015 Our Last two Locks

      0850, a knock on the cabin door. It's Laurie Ann here to bring us to Boat World! Thanks again Laurie Ann. We pick up a few more items, then head to the grocery, then meander our way back to the boat. Along the way we happen by a Hobbit Crossing. Who would have known.

      Back at the Willie Dawes, we finish up a few things, internet duties, get ice, top off the water tanks, pay the Yacht Club bill, the set out at about noon.

      We wander back out the snaky channel to the ship channel and are soon in the dug Canal de la Riv Sud, sort of a waterbourne 495 around Montreal.

      Passing churches, and Indian Reservation and several bridges, one that we backed thru due to a perception that it was quite low, then on to the first of our last two locks. At the Kiosk we were told that it would be a two hour wait. No problem, take a break. Soon comes along a dark hulled sailboat, and American from Texas. Low and behold another boat sailing the DownEast circle, the first we have encountered. Turns out Hal and Terry aboard C'est le Bon, have been just a week or so behind us, them starting from Jamestown and following the same route as us from NYC.

      We shared the next two locks with Hal and Terry, and a Montreal Cabin Cruiser, 'April Shower”.

      We watched several ships going in and out of the locks ahead of us, getting lifted up, or lowered down, quite an engineering marvel. The ease of which they handle the ships it is as though they were just small bath-tub toys.   They even squeak once in a while as they enter the lock!

      We parted company with our buddy boats as they were headed to the Old Port of Montreal for a few days.

      Just below the Cote de St. Catherine lock we found a quiet anchorage among the moorings just Northeast of “Cap Sur Mer”, looking back at the sunset back-lighting the Montreal City skyline and the Olympic Stadium.

      As the shore of Montreal here is quite an industrial port,  we anchored on the opposite side of the river.  

      We didn't cover much ground today, maybe 12 miles as the crow flies, but transited our last locks and are looking forward to being back in salt water soon.