GEORGIAN BAY
At the south end of the Bay, there are hundreds of great anchorages within close proximity from our Charter Base. Most notably, Beausoleil Island, a National Park of Canada, has many secluded anchorages with sandy beaches and many miles of hiking trails to explore the Island and its wildlife. These near-by anchorages are ideal for Full-day, Half-day, Weekend, and Overnight charters. The well marked Small Craft Channel meanders all around Georgian Bay providing thousands of protected places to anchor along its route. As an alternative to traversing the Channel, guests can enjoy an exhilarating sail on the open waters of Georgian Bay. Did you know Georgian Bay....
NORTH CHANNEL (MANITOULIN ISLAND): The North Channel of Lake Huron encompasses the northern shores of Manitoulin Island to the southern shores of the mainland. It is recognized as a boater paradise by many boating magazines and boating elite, with over thousands of islands and countless secluded coves, bays and inlets. Towns, marinas and resorts dot the vast stretches of wilderness shoreline in one of the top five freshwater sailing areas of the world. This trip introduces guests to North America’s only fjord, Baie Finn, a ten-mile long fjord surrounded by solid white quartzite of the Cloche Mountain range that is one of the oldest ranges on the planet. It extends from Mt. McBean in the West, to Killarney Provincial Park on the East.
The North Channel is also home of the world famous Benjamin Islands, where some of the oldest rocks on earth
have been dated. The many islands of pink granite rocks combined with the luster of the white quartz mountain range
makes for breathtaking landscapes that inspired the Group of Seven painters. Alternatively, COSMOS Yacht Charters can arrange for your charter to start and end in the North Channel (Killarney, Little Current, Gore Bay) depending on yacht availability. Advanced reservations are needed. Please contact us at info@cosmosyachtcharters.com or telephone (905) 715-8795 for more information and/or a personalized quotation. Georgian Bay / North Channel Pricing Georgian Bay / North Channel Itinerary |
Georgian Bay is a large northeastern extension of Lake Huron separated from Lake Huron
by Manitoulin Island and by the Bruce Peninsula and forms part of the old voyageur’s trading route from
Montreal to the northwest. Georgian Bay is also home of the renowned 30,000 Islands, which harbour unlimited
possibilities for overnight anchorages, stretching from Parry Sound to Midland, Ontario.
The Cloche Mountain range was once as high as the Rocky Mountains. Over millions of
years of erosion, all the other rocks have weathered away thus exposing the solid white quartzite. One million
years ago, the ice age, advancing and retreating four times over, scoured the quartzite peaks, stripping them
of soil, grinding and scarring their surfaces, and leaving behind sand, gravel, and boulders.
