O n July 3, 1920, the motor launch Irene left Trenton at Lake Ontario's shores and began its journey north through the Trent-Severn Waterway's completed system of interconnected rivers, lakes and locks. The ship would have cruised gently past rolling Ontario countryside, peeked around countless enchanting river bends, passed right through the heart of booming waterfront communities, and crossed nine separate watersheds before arriving at Port Severn on Lake Huron a little over two weeks later on July 20. Irene would've been heading the same direction (roughly speaking) as the retreating glaciers that carved the riverbeds 11,000 years ago and the same routes that Indigenous people have paddled since time immemorial. The crew would've looked out upon the same scenery that French explorers had described, as Indigenous people guided them into the wild landscapes for their first time. A century later and the Trent-Severn Waterway has changed immeasurably. And yet, it remains in so many ways exactly the same. Lock 36 - Kirkfield Lock 42- Couchiching CANADIANYACHTING.CA 25http://www.CANADIANYACHTING.CA