Overnight at Trent Port Marina, Trenton, ON – Slip I-28
44°5’57.0012″N, 77°34’22.0944″W
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It’s hard to believe that it is September 1st! Where did July and August go? Oh yes, now I remember! July and the first week of August was on the dock in Midland and then we travelled to Frankford. Midland seems so long ago and there have been many adventures since we cast off on August 8th.
Today we planned to complete our journey from the upper end of the Trent-Severn Waterway starting in Port Severn to the lower end of the waterway in Trenton on the shores of the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario. A total of 384 kms and over 40 locks. Wow!
South Trent-Severn Waterway Area Perspective – click anywhere on the map to enlarge it
It took us three hours to travel the 12 kilometers from Frankford to Trenton. That involved about one hour of actually travelling between the locks and two hours going through the locking process.
Exiting another deep lock on the way to Trenton
Before leaving Frankford, I called ahead to Trent Port Marina at the entrance to the Trent-Severn Waterway and reserved a slip for the night. After we exited Lock 1, we continued past the marina out onto the Bay of Quinte for an hour to give Belisama’s engines some higher speed exercise.
We arrived at the marina around 2:00 pm, tied securely into our slip and then took a brief nap. We considered our options for dinner – eat in or eat out and decided to eat out to celebrate completing the full journey of the waterway.
Trent Port Marina Main Building – photo copied from their website
This was Labour Day Monday, so we were a bit surprised to learn that several nearby restaurants were closed for the day. Tiger Chicken and Ribs restaurant was within easy walking distance so we thought we would give it a try. This place was quite busy, and the food was very good.
We each had the ½ rack of ribs special served by a robot! Now that’s another first for both of us.
Food delivery robot at Tiger Chicken and Ribs
It was pretty neat to see the robot moving around the restaurant bringing trays of food to the customers. The meal was delicious, and I think I would go back just to watch the robot server in action again!
We were starting to run out of steam when we got back to the marina but decided to take advantage of the marina’s facilities before we packed it in for the night. Trent Port Marina is relatively new, and it is clearly the most modern marina we encountered on our entire trip. The marina grounds are expansive and very well landscaped. Marina fees also include access to a nice boater’s lounge, free laundry and individual private bathrooms with showers.
This was my second time at this marina. I stopped here in 2018 on my way to Kingston and the Rideau Waterway aboard our Marine Trader “Santosha”.
Private bathroom and shower at Trent Port Marina – spotless! Photo copied from their website
The marina was only recently opened then. It looks as good today as it did in 2018. Trenton can clearly be very proud of this facility, and it gives a great impression for loopers starting out on the TSW.
Trent Port Marina Boater’s Lounge – photo copied from their website
We loaded up the “free” washing machines and took advantage of the showers. We stayed in the boater’s lounge and folded our laundry while watching the cable television. Clearly, we haven’t been missing much by not having cable TV aboard Belisama.
Tomorrow, we begin the journey back up the Trent-Severn Waterway to Buckhorn Yacht Harbour – our final destination for this season.
Cheers!