Day #372 - Little Current, ON
August 7th, 2009We made the short run this morning from Killarney to Little Current, about 21 miles.
There was a lot of boat traffic and many people appeared to be headed in the same direction. There is a swing bridge right before the town of Little Current and it only opens on the hour. We arrived at 10:00 and people all waited for it to open.
When it opened everyone paraded through and tried to get dock space.
The town docks don’t take reservations, so we were fortunate to each get one. Welcome to Little Current!
They are having a music festival this weekend and the dock hands said they expect 4,000 people to their town of 12,000.
We walked around downtown and wandered in and out of shops.
Andy needed some oil so we walked down to Boyle Marine which was a nice walk along the waterfront.
There are lots of little art galleries and shops.
Much of the art is local Indian art. Some of the items are porcupine quill boxes (quilling), stone carving and bead and leather work. A shopkeeper told me that the art of quilling has been passed down from generation to generation on one of the four Indian reservations here on Manitoulin Island.
We really enjoyed the day and it is a great little spot.
One Response to “Day #372 - Little Current, ON”
By Bruce Trost on Aug 8, 2009
We have really enjoyed following your adventures as you navigate the great loop!
Just wanted to let you know how impressed we are with the details and pictures you have provided and just wonder how you manage to get this all done with such great quality. We just don’t know how you have time to do this and are so impressed! Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing your travels with us.
Bruce