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Big Lake, Manitoulin Island

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We stopped to wander around Big Lake, which is on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, Ontario.

It’s an incredibly lovely, clear lake, popular with campers and boaters. A wide range of water sports such as windsurfing, sailing, kayaking, swimming and paddle boarding are also common but I understand that anything with an engine isn’t allowed, so if you’re in a boat, you’re also getting your arm exercise!

Summer cottages, many of which can be rented, dot the lake’s beaches.

We had a lovely ramble around the water’s edge and saw this mother loon with eight very little ones!

The birch trees were wearing their new pea green leaves and we enjoyed walking inside their canopy. We encountered a few blackflies but nothing much, really. At a stop the next day they were terrible, but that’s another story!

Happy Thursday.

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Tobermory

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We drove from Markham (near Toronto) to Tobermory for our ferry trip across the mouth of Georgian Bay (off Lake Huron) to Manitoulin Island.

We had a restful evening at a very comfortable inn before our early morning departure. The ferry was in port in preparation for the next day.

After our evening meal and walk back to the inn, the sun began to go down.

The next morning dawned chilly but calm.

We passed the light house as we departed for our two-hour ferry ride to Manitoulin Island.

After a very smooth crossing, we continued our road trip, stopping often for rambles and photos.

Happy Wednesday.

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#ScenicSaturday18th May 2024:

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This continuing series of posts depicts our beautiful world, encouraging viewers to share them and help save our unique home from human carelessness …

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A beautiful photo of the Greek island of Skiathos, courtesy of Stuart Aken. Please click the link above to read more about this island and to see more of Stuart’s beautiful photography.

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Long Point

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M and I have been meandering along Ontario’s south coast at Lake Erie, where we visited one of M’s favourite spots from his time living in Toronto.

Long Point is a large sandbar that has fabulous beaches, many summer (and also year-round) homes, and at its southern tip, a UNESCO world heritage site protecting birds, butterflies and a number of types of plants and trees. It also contains North America’s oldest bird observatory.

We went walking along one of Long Point’s famous beaches. Although there were lots of people about and the sun was shining, it was almost completely deserted since the wind off the lake was quite cold.

A lone kite-surfer had good conditions but he must have been chilly!

We nevertheless had a good walk and enjoyed this unique area.

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Dogwood Tree

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British Columbia’s provincial flower is the Pacific dogwood.

The name comes from the fact that sailors used the wood of this tree to make nails, otherwise known as dags – or later, dogs – in ship repairs.

It has been British Columbia’s provincial flower since 1956.

So elegant and sparkling in either white or the dogwood’s alternative colour, pink, it’s another marvellous addition to the spring pantheon of beauty.

Happy Tuesday.