Day #349 - Kingston, Ontario
July 15th, 2009We made it! We left Oswego at 7:00 and headed due north.
The water flattened out and we had a beautiful ride across Lake Ontario arriving at 12:30 (57 miles). There was very little boat traffic today and the trip was uneventful. As we approached Kingston we could see all of these wind turbines in the distance on Wolfe Island.
This is a sight we had never seen…a marina located next to a penitentiary. It opened in 1835 as the “Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada,” it is one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world. It is often referred to as “Alcatraz North”. It is right on their waterfront.
Having boated for many years, we have now officially boated in four of the five Great Lakes…Lake Superior remains. Canada is the third country we have been in on the trip and we have traveled a total of 6068 miles to date.
We will stay in Kingston tomorrow to explore the area and see all that it has to offer.
