Sunny, Warm Day Bancroft Area

Here we are in Wasaga Beach, and again, it’s not a beach day; so we are moving on. Took the back roads to Orillia, didn’t stop to check out Stephen Leacock’s home. From there we travelled to Kirkfield and visited the lift lock which has been in operation for almost 100 years. There are two huge troughs of water that the boats travel into, one up and one down, when both are ready the water is used to raise one and lower the other. The boats are raised or lowered 14.9 m, quite remarkable today but truly amazing when it was originally built.

Kirkfield Lift Lock

We continued on paved backroads and had lunch in Minden. Stopped in Haliburton where Denis reminisced about a summer he and Al worked for the railroad in Wawanesa and lived in a caboose.

 

Denis' New Abode?

 We are staying in Bancroft at Riverbend Campground, our ’96 trailer is the new kid on the block here. Most of the units are here permanently and are 10 or more years older than ours plus a few cabins of the same vintage but it’s quiet, no one is here.

We woke up to sunshine today and went touring around the area, lots of little places tucked in the bush. Denis tried to sample the local 'brew', the name of the place is Bancroft Eatery & Brew Pub, but they are still working on the brewing part. He had to make do with plain old beer on the patio while I checked out the local shops. We'll be heading towards Denbigh in the morning.