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Canada: Day 15 - Cycling from Barrie to Orillia, Boat Trip on Lake Couchiching

Rok and me were spending our vacation in Ontario, Canada. Today we rented the bicycles in Barrie and started riding to Orillia. We used the Oro-Medonte Rail Trail, an abandoned rail line turned into a trail which gives users the opportunity to explore Oro-Medonte along the way. In Orillia we visited the Soklich family where we spend the rest of the day. In the afternoon we also did a nice boat trip on Lake Couchiching and into a channel that leads to Sparrow Lake. The rain interrupted our plans, so we had an early beer back home.

Previous days of our trip to Canada: Day 14, Day 13, Day 12, Day 11, Day 10, Day 9, Day 8, Day 7, Day 6, Day 5, Day 4, Day 3, Day 2 and Day 1.

Cycling in Canada

All the time we had Lake Simcoe on the right side

Leaving Barrie

At the time of the first European contact in the 17th century the Simcoe lake was called Ouentironk ("Beautiful Water") by the Wyandot people.

In September 1996, the last Canadian National train passed through the township. In 1998, the land used for the railway was acquired by city council for a shared-use recreational trail stretching from Barrie to Orillia.

Cycling was quite boring, as we had only long straight sections without any climbs and drops.

From Barrie to Orillia - Garmin Connect

We stayed in a house on Couchiching Point

Ready for a boat trip

Nora Jane was our boat

The channel leading to the Lake Couchiching

Captain of the boat

Ready to rock 'n roll

The lake is very shallow on many places, so we had to be extra careful. Its maximum depth is only 12 meters.

See you on the way back birdie

The lake is 16 km long and slightly less than 5 km wide with a surface area of 33.75 km2.

We passed some islands. Here we have Heron Island on the left and Nadie Island on the right.

Big Chief Island

The cormorants destroyed the vegetation on Ship Island.

The Trent–Severn Waterway is a 386-kilometre-long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.

Swing bridge was the place where we turned around our boat

We entered the Port of Orillia

Exploring the bays of Orillia

Back in a home channel

Time to sleep. Big house had many rooms.

15th day in Canada - Around Barrie and Orillia

GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable items "Travel Bug VALENTIN", TB6RV75, "Travel Fish Geocoin Rainbow Trout", TB59XCZ and "Loon", TB7EBX7):
- Hanging around the Oro-Medonte Rail Trail, GC2HEV3
- Wedged, GC3EH51, where I retrieved trackable item "The Keyfob", TB5HV77 and it stayed with me for the rest of the day
- OMRT#11 Erica's Got Cache, GC42284