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Kismet Anchored in Colins Inlet, Georgian Bay

Keyhole Island – A Little Peek Into the Northwest Side of Georgian Bay

NORTH CHANNEL-2012
1. The Crew of Kismet is North Channel Bound
2. Road Trip… Canada Here We Come – Spanish Marina
3. Tying Up to Boulders on S Benjamin Islands
4. South Benjamin Island Cove – Three Days of Peace and Quiet
5. South Benjamin – Where’s the Beauty?
6. South Benjamin Island – View From The Top
7. Covered Portage Cove – The Perfect Anchorage
8. Doubling Our Pleasure in Covered Portage Cove
9. Dinghy Ride to Killarney from Covered Portage Cove
10. Keyhole Island – A Little Peek Into the Northwest Side of Georgian Bay
11. Meeting Captain & Crew of the Thomas James
12. First Time in Marianne Cove
13. Day Trip Up Baie Fine to the Pool
14. Back to Marianne Cove Anchorage
15. Frazer Bay Hill – View From the Top
16. A Little “Downtime” in Little Current
17. Croker Island – A Rocky Paradise
18. Gateway to the Trent-Severn Waterway – Trenton, Ontario

Keyhole Island on the Northwest Side of Georgian Bay.

Georgian Bay is on our cruising bucket list, a trip like this deserves a dedicated stretch of time to explore properly. With that said, we decided to get our toes just a little wet. After we left Covered Portage Cove, we passed through the channel in Killarney for a short, one-day, cruise and anchor in the northwest side of Georgian Bay.

Four miles or so east of Killarney is the western entrance to Collins Inlet and a 10-mile run to Mill Lake. It was Collins Inlet, a narrow channel, where we spent time cruising, enjoying the sights of the small summer cottages dotting the rocky wind-swept, tree-lined shores.

Collins Inlet runs between Philip Edward Island, to the south, and mainland Ontario, Canada to the north, making the narrow channel a favorite of boaters because of the well-protected, safe passage from possible rough waters of Georgian Bay and all the good anchorage sites available.

Keyhole Island

We went as far as Mill Lake, cruising around the lake, scoping it out for future, potential anchorages. On our way there we made note of an anchorage called Keyhole Island, we eventually made our way back to that spot to settle in for a serenely quiet night on the hook.

After pulling anchor the next morning we poked around some more on our way back to the North Channel. Just a short distance west of the westerly entrance to Collins Inlet is where we found Thomas Bay. To enter you need to have good charts, an accurate GPS, and/or good local knowledge because if you make the wrong turn you could end up running aground on some rocks. Once inside we found a paradise of a cove, large enough for up to maybe a dozen boats.

Based on our short visit to Georgian Bay on this day, we are excited to return for a more thorough cruising experience in the near future.

Keyhole Island

Keyhole Island

Keyhole Island

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