We left Killarney at 10:30 this morning but not before we got a pump out. We headed west past Badgeley Island and turned north to enter Baie Fine (pronounced fininc. Baie Fin is similar to a Norwegian Fiorde - deep water, surrounded by steep hills or mountains - the La Cloche Mountain Range. The sides are a greyish white as a result of the quarztite in the mountains. Absolutely magnificent. The Baie narrows down at the end and ultimately ends up in a small pool where many boats anchor. We had heard beforehand that the pool was very weedy this year and we decided to anchor on the south side of the major portion of the Baie.
Later that afternoon we joined a couple of other Loopers and travelled down the narrow portion in our dingies all the way to the pool. We found out exactly how weedy it was as my little 8 HP Yamaha motor became entangled with weeds such that I had to clear them off before we could continue back.
Since this was a provincial park, we knew there had to be somewhere to pull up and we eventually found it on the north shore. There were paths leading up the mountain. We had heard there was a pretty lake - Lake Topaz so we started the hike up the trails. The trail split in two at one point and we looked in both directions one going up and the other going down. We followed the down trail which led to a marsh. We then retraced our steps and ran into another group of people coming down who told us the lake was just a little way up the mountain. Wrong. It was quite a way up and in some places you almost had to be a mountain goat. We finally made it to the top and saw the Lake down below - about 300 feet below. Decided not to go down to the lake but rather to appreciate our accomplishment of reaching the top and looking down on the lake. After some recovery time, we started down and went back to the boats. Cooked dinner and went to sleep. The climb was good exercise but tiring.
Brenda and I both agree, this would be a great spot to spend a week upon our return. Quiet and beautiful.
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