Day 19 - Location: 44.30997N, 77.95062

Shoreline along Rice Lake, Ont.

This morning we left Peterborough and after locking through the only lock for today we travelled about 20 miles down the Otonabee River/Trent Canal before crossing Rice Lake. Rice Lake is about 30 Miles long and 2 - 3 miles wide. We went about 20 of those miles before we made it to the village of Hastings, Ont. early this afternoon. Other then fishing boats we passed no more then a half dozen other boaters going up the Trent-Severn. Traffic has been fairly light every day with the exception of the weekend boaters this last weekend.

Docking was a bit of a challenge today at the marina, which is located only a hundred yards upstream from the dam. With all the rain the last week the flood gates on most of the dams we passed are now open quite a ways and this is generating a pretty good current. Not bad when going downstream. Today along with the current there was a 20 MPH wind in the same direction. We got the old tub docked, but not without a few hairy moments. I did not have time to make a video of the actual docking, but I did take a short one just below the dam showing the currents. All survived in good shape.

Currents at the Hastings dam.