AquaFennatic Great Loop Blog: Sainte Anne De Bellevue Quebec to Ottawa Ontario

Jun 28^th – It was a warm/cool day with a mix of sun and clouds with intermittent thunderstorms and moderate to high winds. We left the Sainte Anne De Bellevue lock wall and went through the lock and travelled 26 miles to stay at the next lock in Carillon Quebec. On the way, Hull Marina (across the river from Ottawa) called and told us they had a slip for us for the July 1^st weekend … Exxxcellent! Maria has been trying to get a slip for days and we finally have a place close to Ottawa to stay while we celebrate Canada’s 150^th birthday. In between the showers & thunderstorms we went for a walk to check out the area and visited the old lock and lock keepers house as well as a museum that was housed in the barracks where soldiers lived. We got back to the boat just in time for another thunderstorm to hit … so we decided to enjoy the light show with a cold beer. Unfortunately our plan to BBQ dinner didn’t work out so well thus we had to cook it on the stove instead … Oh well, everything tastes great on the boat after a day of fresh air and activities!

Jun 29^th – It was a cool rainy day with light winds. We left the Carillon lock wall, headed through the lock and then travelled 12 miles north to Hawkesbury Ontario where we pulled onto the free town dock. They have 15 amp power on a hydro pole across from the dock however they are having power issues since only 1 of the 6 receptacles had power. We’d like to walk into town however we’re waiting for the rain to stop … it doesn’t look like we’ll see any dry weather today. The weather forecast looks lousy for the next week or so thus we’re hoping the weather man is wrong and we see some half decent weather in Ottawa for the upcoming celebration of Canada’s birthday.

Jun 30^th – It was a warm rainy foggy day with light winds, however the sun did decide to make an appearance at the end of the day. We left the town dock in Hawkesbury and headed 60 miles to Ottawa Ontario and parked on the blue line of Lock 1 on the Rideau canal. During our travels we had Quebec on our starboard side and Ontario on our Port. We wandered in and out of each province multiple times during the day. The sun made an appearance shortly after we arrived in Ottawa thus we went for a walk and there are already hundreds and perhaps thousands of people walking around getting ready for Canada’s 150^th birthday celebrations. Tomorrow morning we’ll pull off the blue line and head over to a marina in Hull Quebec where we will stay for 2 nights. We’ll be able to walk to the Ottawa festivities from there.