Cape Hurd

• General Comments
• Navigational Aids
• Historic Information
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General Comments

(Entering Georgian Bay)
The Cape Hurd channel is easy to follow but not often recommended for beginning boaters. The main commercial channel is further north - and is marked as Devil Island Channel. The best chart is the large scale "Entrance to Georgian Bay" document. Exploring Big Tub and Little Tub is great fun - take your choice of quiet retreat at anchor, or bustling activity at dockside. If you really want to get away, get the local knowledge that is imperative to enter Cove Island Harbour - where you'd swear you were lying at anchor on the far north shore.

There are lots of opportunities for daytrips here. Run over to Wingfield Basin or tour Flower Pot Island. Set a lunch hook on the east side of Cove Island at Tecumseh Cove or Eagle Cove and take a dinghy ride to the magnificent Cove Island lighthouse. On a calm day you can venture even closer, but the dock is not accessible for pleasure craft.

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