August 20 - Kagawong, Ontario (and rain, rain, rain)

You'll have to google Kagawong to find it.  You can't find it by car if you blink.  Very small and the main harbor is large enough for a half dozen boats.  But it is beautiful on the bottom of Mudge Bay.

Yesterday we left Little Current to come to Kagawong or to anchor out  (40% chance of rain predicted). Half way there the wind and rain picked up, then came lighting and thunder.  There are no tides or hurricanes here but waves can build in the wind across a long stretch of water, in this case West Bay. We were rolling in 3 to 4 foot waves on the beam, so we zig-zagged across the waves and opted for the safe harbor.  Not that we could see very far anyway to anchor.

We learned from the Kagawong museum that our route was the one where Daniel Dodge, the Dodge Motor heir, lost his life falling out of a boat in a storm. There was big drama for Kagawong when his switchboard operator bride of 13 days inherited millions & was suspected of foul play. But they had been on the way to Little Current for medical treatment after he & a friend blew themselves up playing with dynamite in the garage - the garage of the lake cottage sold to him by a Ford heiress for $1. Just when you think you are away from it all...

Today we woke up to more rain and decided to stay put.  When the rain finally stopped we walked up to the Bridal Veil Falls.  On the way we saw a salmon trying to get up stream to spawn.  This is early, they usually start moving up stream in the fall.  If you can see in the picture, this salmon has a Lamprey eel attached to him.  One of the reasons the Great Chute railway is operation - to keep Lampreys out of the Trent Severn system.

Finally the falls in the rain.  Nice spot for swiming if we weren't already a little wet.