BELLE ISLE

One of my favourite older boathouses is this one on Belle Isle, with its distinctive red roof and grey siding, its matching cottage burned to the ground last year. In the foreground a footbridge connects to the smaller oasis of Artist's Island, with the red tree, and in the far distance you can see the white tower that crowns Huckleberry Rock.

THE WAOME

Two white buoys mark the location and 78' length of the Waome, a wooden steamship that capsized in a sudden storm on this date in 1934, sinking within a minute and claiming the lives of two people on board and a third afterwards. The wreck sits upright, at almost the same depth as her length, the buoys tied to its bow and stern.
[Click here for more info and to see some photos from the wreck.]

INDIAN SUMMER

October began and continues to bless us with beautiful weather, and promises to deliver us a glorious Indian Summer. To take advantage of the weather and see the colours from the water, I rented a canoe and explored the group of Seven Sisters Islands, ending at Idlewylde Island with a photograph of Indian Head Rock, to initiate the season.