We left our last stop (Batchawana Island anchorage) in Lake Superior on Tuesday morning, August 20,
Day 80 of our trip. It is a beautiful blue sky, sunny, warm & calm water day. A glorious bridge day; two months ago when we entered Lake Superior, we were driving from our bridge & today we are doing the same as we leave this awesome Lake. Considering, we have only had 1 other day warm enough & bug free enough to do this, it makes this pretty special. On our way into Lake Superior in June, we locked up through the American lock.
Now, we are locking down through the Canadian Soo lock. We drop 21 feet in elevation. In the States lock, they threw us lines to hold onto (brand new ones-lucky us). In the Canadian locks, they have plastic covered cables that our secured to the walls but have enough room to loop your own line around them. We positioned the boat with a cable near the bow & one near the stern. Our line slides down the cable as the water level drops & we descend. Everything went smoothly. The Soo locks are located in the St Mary's River. We could see the rapids of St Mary's River from the canadian side. 
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After leaving the lock, we docked @ Bondar Marina, Ontario, named for Canada's first woman astronaut. We now have logged 1555 miles. There are bike & walking trails along the shoreline & next to the Marina is a permanent tent where they hold concerts. There actually is a mall, walking distance from the Marina. We are disappointed in the marina; it's a tad run down. We walked to the mall, which has a Walmart attached so we were able to do some grocery shopping. Later we walked to Solo, a good Italian Restaurant. We were hoping to bike some here in Canada, but we've decided to head back across the River to the states.
