CHAFFEYS LOCK to JONES FALLS & LOWER BREWERS

On Wednesday morning we departed CHAFFEYS LOCK for JONES FALLS. The journey took about three and a half hours, passing through only one lock. It's still sunny and warm...yeah! We passed Lake Opinicon (with a beautiful old hotel that's up for auction), Sand Lake and The Quarters (a very narrow section of the waterway). At JONES FALLS we decided to stay above the four locks on the finger docks. (Thanks to a fellow Looper's Tips :)

The village of JONES FALLS has a lovely old hotel with a nice restaurant, a dam and the four locks. It's very remote here, looking and feeling like the village has missed the last 50 plus years ... Except they do have wifi in the hotel ! 

On Thursday morning we cleated to the JONES FALLS Lock "Blue Line" by 9 in the morning, hopefully to make it in the first group of boats to clear the four locks. It was really cold ( 50 ?) and windy (10-15 knots)...Burrrrrrr! They lift boats first at this lock (opposite direction of us) but we were the first boat to go down the four locks starting about 10:30 am and clearing the fourth  lock at 12 noon.  The wind did cause a bit of worry in the first lock ... 

Looper Tip: With wind at a lock, secure your "spring line" (mid ship) first, then stern and bow lines. With two travelers on board, once the stern and bow lines are secure on the lock wall release the spring line.

With our jackets on all day we cleared a total of seven locks, two swing bridges and two lakes (Cranberry and Dog). We docked at the mooring wall in LOWER BREWERS by 2:45 in the afternoon. LOWER BREWERS is the town of Washburn. The town is remote with an art gallery and apple orchard that has apple goodies for sale in their family run shop. 

It's been a few days of wonderful solitude in the woods of Ontario, Canada ... Tomorrow we are heading to Kingston, where we reserved a slip in the city marina for the end of summer holiday weekend!

Wednesday:  CHAFFEY to JONES FALLS - Red Line 

Thursday: JONES FALLS to LOWERS BRRWERS - Green Line 

Wednesday ... Quarters and Lakes.

JONES FALLS...Lilly Pads by Thistle  XO

Lake Swim at upper JONES FALLS :)

The JONES FALL Dam was built in 1827 with the stones placed vertically (rather than typically horizontal ) to force the water pressure to push the stones together.

The 1877 Kenney Hotel  and gardens.

Inside the Kenney Hotel.

Dinner Date at the Kenney Hotel.

Sunset JONES FALLS.

Thursday ....Seven locks and two swing bridges.

LOWER BREWERS.

Thistle @ LOWER BREWERS.

LOWER BREWERS mooring wall.

Art Gallery.

Walburns Apple Farm... Fresh Apple Pie :)

We found many "EH CORNS" ... Canadian for Acorns ( Hope we get a little chuckle :)