St. Peters and Canso: 18 - 19 Aug - You "CAN-SO" Go Home Again

We are in full "homeward bound" mode and the last 2 travel days exemplify what that means. We departed Baddeck (leaving Baddeck Harbor at left), the northern extremity of the Bras d'Or Lakes cruising area, Wednesday morning and arrived at St. Peters Canal and Lock (right), the southern extremity, by 1500 that afternoon, a distance of 30 NM. The Bras d'Or Lakes are considered by some to be one of the finest cruising grounds in North America. In our case we treated the Lakes as merely an obstacle between where we are, and where we want to be. Instead of the weeks many boats spend cruising the Lakes, we passed through in 6 hours.

St. Peters Canal and Lock separate the Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean. This is a delightful stop on the route and is one of the prime provisioning areas for boats cruising the Lakes. It's also quite pretty (photo below) and we enjoyed our brief stay. Early this morning the calm waters allowed me to capture Kurika (left) and Kerry Deare (right) totally at rest on the Canal.

Later this morning we departed St. Peters Canal for Canso, a 20 mile hop, arriving just after 1200. This afternoon while Jean and Josiane explore Grassy Island, I will take a close look at the offshore weather to determine the next step.