We arrived in Trenton, Ontario, just after lunch and docked at the Fraser Park Marina. This is the entrance to the Trent-Severn Waterway which we have been eagerly anticipating since starting the Great Loop.
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| Dundas St. bridge from our dock at the Fraser Park Marina |
Samuel de Champlain passed through this area in 1615 with a war party of 500 Huron Indians, and while here surveyed the area. Today, Trenton is the site of the main air station for Canadian Armed Forces, and the National Air Force Museum of Canada is also located here.
We got out the bikes and rode up to Mt. Pelion, the highest lookout point over the city and bay. It is almost certain that de Champlain stood here, as well. You can almost see Great Laker in the marina below (just left of center on this side of the river).
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| View out over Trenton and the entrance to the canal on the left |
Around six, we sat on the sun deck and listened to a local band performing in the park just beyond our dock. The music was blue grass with a fiddle, guitar, bass, and drums.
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| Local Blue Grass Band |
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