Canadian Yachting June 2019 - 14

L e ft: L o c k 4 5 c e le b ra te s its G ra n d
O p e n in g in 19 15 .
P h o t o : T o w n s h ip o f S e v e r n
L e ft B o tto m : B e a u tifu l P o rt S e v e rn is
s till o p e n fo r b u s in e s s re g a rd le s s o f th e
ro a d c lo s u re d u e to th e L o c k 4 5
in fra s tru c tu re p ro je c t. P h o t o : R a w le y R e s o r t
R ig h t: P a tro n s c a n e n jo y a s p e c ta c u la r
v ie w o v e r lu n c h o r d in n e r a t T h e G rill.
P h o t o : R T 0 7 B r u c e / G r e y / S im c o e
& O n t a r io 's L a k e C o u n t r y

p u rsu it o f so m e se rio u s L a k e T ro u t,
W a lle y e , S a lm o n a n d B a ss g a m e u se
M u sk e y 's L a n d in g a s a b a se fo r fish in g
a d v e n tu re s o u t in to G e o rg ia n B a y. It is
a lso a g re a t sp o t to in tro d u c e th e fa m ily
to fish in g o n th e c a lm w a te rs p ro v id e d
b y th e re so rt.
R a w le y R e so rt a n d C h ristie 's M ill In n
a n d S p a p ro v id e a lu xu rio u s a n d re la xin g
g e ta w a y, p e rfe c tly c o m p lim e n tin g th e
b e a u tifu l n a tu ra l se ttin g . R a w le y 's
L ig h th o u se 4 5 R e sta u ra n t c a n b e
d e sc rib e d a s "a d e lig h t fo r th e e y e s a n d
th e p a la te ," w h ile th e re so rt's P ia n o B a r &
L o u n g e o ffe rs a p e rfe c t sp o t to u n w in d
a fte r a lo n g d a y 's a d v e n tu re u p th e la k e s.
R a w le y R e so rt a n d S ta rp o rt S e v e rn a lso
p ro v id e o v e rn ig h t d o c k a g e fo r th e ir g u e sts
a rriv in g b y b o a t.
Y o u c a n e n jo y th e id y llic life sty le P o rt
S e v e rn o ffe rs b y ta k in g a d v a n ta g e o f th e ir
u n iq u e lo c a l b u sin e sse s lik e Y o g a w ith

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C a n a d ia n Y a c h t in g

L a u ra Ja n e 's S U P Y o g a . L a u ra o ffe rs p riv a te se m i-p riv a te y o g a le sso n s a s w e ll a s
g ro u p le sso n s fo r b o th y o g a a n d sta n d -u p
p a d d le b o a rd in g (S U P ). S im ila rly, L e a n
F itn e ss a n d W e lln e ss o ffe rs a v a rie ty o f
c la sse s n o m a tte r y o u r fitn e ss le v e l,
in c lu d in g B o o tc a m p a n d T R X , a s w e ll a s
b e g in n e r fitn e ss c la sse s th a t te a c h p ro p e r
fo rm a n d te c h n iq u e .
Ju lie fro m L e a n F itn e ss sa id th e
m a jo rity o f h e r b u sin e ss c o m e s fro m
lo c a ls a n d c o tta g e rs b u t n o te d th a t d ro p in s a re a b so lu te ly w e lc o m e . T h e y h a v e a
v a rie ty o f c la sse s ta k e p la c e a t th e P o rt
S e v e rn p a rk p a v ilio n , w h ic h is a c c e ssib le
b y b o a t. T h e ir c la ss sc h e d u le is p o ste d o n
th e L e a n F itn e ss a n d W e lln e ss w e b site ,
m a k in g it e a sy fo r b o a te rs to d ro p -in .
H o w e v e r, re g a rd le ss o f th e m a n y
a m e n itie s y o u c a n ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f
w h ile v isitin g , c o tta g in g o r p a ssin g
th ro u g h b y b o a t, it's th e w a te rw a y a n d

n a tu ra l la n d sc a p e th a t is m o st im p re ssiv e .
R a th e r th a n ta k e th e o p p o rtu n ity to
p ro m o te h e r lo c a l b u sin e ss w h e n a sk e d
a b o u t th e b e st P o rt S e v e rn h a s to o ffe r,
A n n e o f th e C o ffe e C a b in d isc u sse d h e r
re la tio n sh ip w ith th e w a te r a n d h e r m a n y
m e m o rie s o f life c o tta g in g in th e a re a . In
A n n e 's o p in io n , th e w a te rw a y itse lf is th e
b e st fe a tu re P o rt S e v e rn h a s to o ffe r. T h e
lo c a l b u sin e sse s sim p ly p la y a su p p o rtin g
ro le fo r th e b o a te rs th a t c o n tin u a lly
re tu rn to a re a b y p ro v id in g su p p lie s, lo d g in g , a n d re c re a tio n a l a c tiv itie s.
"T h e re 's ju st so m u c h to d o ," sa id
Ju lie , "e ith e r o n th e w a te r o r in th e tra ils."
T h a t se n tim e n t w a s e c h o e d b y S h a n
fro m R a w le y R e so rt. B e sid e s th e lu xu rio u s re sp ite o ffe re d b y h is e sta b lish m e n t,
S h a n sa id its u ltim a te ly th e d ra w o f th e
w a te rw a y a n d a ll th a t c o tta g e c o u n try h a s
to o ffe r th a t b rin g s p e o p le to th e a re a . O ff
th e w a te r, a lo n g w ith th e fa n ta stic p la c e s
to sta y, sh o p a n d d in e , th e re a re so m e
g re a t o p p o rtu n itie s fo r h ik in g a n d c y c lin g .
B e y o n d P o rt S e v e rn o n th e G e o rg ia n
B a y sid e th e re a re m a n y n a tu ra l a ttra c tio n s fo r to u rists, lik e G e o rg ia n B a y
Isla n d s N a tio n a l P a rk a n d A w e n d a
P ro v in c ia l P a rk . A s w e ll a s to u rs lik e th e
M id la n d 3 0 ,0 0 0 Isla n d C ru ise . M id la n d
a n d P e n e ta n g u ish e n e a lso o ffe r in te re stin g to u rist sto p s o n sh o re . S a in te -M a rie
A m o n g th e H u ro n s, M a rty r's S h rin e , W y e
M a rsh W ild life C e n tre in M id la n d a re
c e rta in ly w o rth a v isit. W h ile D isc o v e ry
H a rb o u r a n d K in g s W h a rf T h e a tre p ro v id e a n in te re stin g lo o k a t o n e o f
C a n a d a 's o ld e st n a v a l e sta b lish m e n ts, a s
w e ll a s so m e a rt a n d c u ltu re . A n d w ith
re sp e c t to th e la tte r, T h e M id la n d
C u ltu ra l C e n tre d o w n to w n M id la n d re g u la rly h o sts c o n c e rts, th e a tre , a n d v a rio u s
a rts a n d c u ltu re e v e n ts.
G iv e n th e to u rist b o o m in th e su m m e r
m o n th s, th e lo c a l b u sin e sse s re ly o n th e

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