Crossing The Mackinaw Bridge to Get to Detour – One of our favorite places to cruise in the Great Lakes area is Canada’s North Channel. We have traveled there by both cruising and trailering. When we had bigger boats, we would cruise from Charlevoix, off Lake Michigan, to the northern shores of the North Channel to begin our chosen route. We'd cruised all the way to Killarney most times. Since 2012, we have been trailering our Ranger Tugs, both the 27 and the 29 to either Spanish, Ontario, or Little Current to launch and explore. This year we put in…

When we got to Turnbull Island, we were ready to relax – We left DeTour the morning after we launched the boat without a planned anchorage or any real route in mind for the next three weeks. Sometimes it is just nice to wing it. Jim decided the Turnbull Islands would be our first anchorage in the North Channel. We would revisit our favorite spots all the way to Portage Covered Cove, but we also like to scout out anchorages we’ve only heard about from other cruisers exploring Canada’s pristine cruising grounds. Good weather and calm water greeted us as…