July 22 Peterborough, Ontario

We crossed Rice Lake and started up the Otonombi River toward the town of Peterborough, which is a fairly large town.   Here we docked at the Peterborough Marina, for laundry, restocking, et al.   A good dinner at the brew pub of Hot Belly Mama’s.  But the highlight of the day was the Canadian Canoe Museum.  It displayed the extensive history of canoe making and the use of canoes for commerce.  Also, Canada offers great waterways for canoeing. The first pic shows how hard it is to be underway, as Chelsea and Eliot found it hard to stay awake.  The second pic shows a typical cottage like setting along the river banks in Ontario.  The next few pics show displays in the Canadian Canoe Museum.  There is a canoe that has a built in record player that was used by men to court fair young ladies.  Christine says that is her next boat ! One pic is a tribute to Charlie Strimple, who revealed to us right here in Canada that he was part native American and part of a tribe that we had never heard of- and so we did not believe him.    But, here is was, right in front of us, the actual name of tribe: Potawatomi !?!