After a fitful night’s sleep (It finally stopped pouring rain at around 4 A.M.), the skies cleared in the morning and we headed into town to do laundry, and eat!
Kenora is on the northern end of Lake of the Woods, so we decided to take a boat tour in the afternoon. The lake is spectacular, lots of little islands, and inlets with a total shore line of 65,000 miles. Apparently it was an ideal smugglers paradise during prohibition. There are lots of bald eagles nesting on the lake and we saw a couple. The lake also has lots of “camps” (basically large island cottages with power fed by underwater power lines).
During our boat tour I got a chance to see where my mother had her first job counseling at a camp on one of the islands. Here is a shot of the Devil’s Gap in the lake.
Here is a shot of the "Devil" which gives the Devil's Gap its name.
From the looks of things things have not changed too much since then, except a lot of the property on the lake has transferred back into First Nations hands.
All in all it was a well earned rest day and just the thing we needed before heading off towards Thunder Bay.
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