Tag: Killarney Provincial Park
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Killarney Village: Killarney Channel
in: Travel
Killarney Channel runs between the mainland and George Island providing safe harbour for the Village. This is the channel-side view of Herbert’s Fishery, home of Herbert’s Fish and Chips.
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Georgian Bay: Lighthouse
in: Travel
The Eastern entrance into the Killarney Channel is marked by a lighthouse, now fully automated. With GPS prevalent in most boats of any size it’s hard to see the need, at least for reasons of navigation.
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Georgian Bay: Fishery
in: Travel
Commercial fishing continues on Georgian Bay. It’s not as big a fishery as it once was (I got the impression there were only a few boats remaining). This fishing boat is from Herbert’s Fishery. Herbert sells his catch in his fish-and-chips restaurant in Killarney. Bungy, his brother, captained the boat we took to tour the…
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Georgian Bay: Canoe Ride
in: Travel
One late afternoon we took a canoe from the lodge and paddled long the shoreline towards the eastern entrance into Kilarney Channel. I haven’t canoed for many years, but after a few minutes the “J” stroke came back and we were off and running. At least until I realised my canoe muscles were not what…
