We pulled anchor at 8:00 am and followed Distant Voyage to DeTour Village where we bought diesel, filled the water tanks, pumped out and topped off the gasoline tank for the dinghy. It wasn’t long before we were on our way again and headed toward Les Cheneaux Islands , about 20 miles west of DeTour Village. Les Cheneaux means “the channel” but many boaters refer to these islands as “the snows.” Most of the shoreline is privately owned; however, Government Island is public land and provides beaches and picnic spots as well as one of the best anchorages in the area. As we motored through “the snows”, we noted many old wooden boats at docks and out on the water. Our stop for the night was at the north end of Hessel Bay in the village of Hessel at the Township’s marina. Hessel is a quaint little fishing village with friendly people, a nice marina, and basic services. The village celebrates wooden boats the second Saturday in August and we were told the harbor is a mad house with virtually no dockage available.
After securing ourselves in the slip, checking in, and taking Lucy for a walk, we walked over to the general store to pick up a few grocery items. It was here that Maureen found the lime green “spinner bait” earrings that go so well with anything! The lures that we had been using to catch all the great fish in Canada were lime green spinner bait so, hopefully, these will become lucky fishing earrings!
About 7 pm we joined up with John and Lisa and walked across the street for dinner at the Hessel Bay Inn where Gale and Maureen shared a rack of delicious ribs!
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