Gloucester Pool begins at Lock 45 in Port Severn and runs North East through Little Lake carrying on through Little Chute to the Big Chute Marine Railway.
The lake is 13 Kilometers long and is home to at least 20 islands. Little lake is separated from Gloucester Pool by a channel called the Narrows. The pool is the last major body of water on the Trent Severn Waterway before Georgian Bay. In contrast to the Lake Ontario entrance to the waterway, where the channel saber-cuts its way through the industrial part of Trenton, the last eight miles (13kms) through Gloucester Pool is the scenic climax of the entire trip.
Here red granite rocks and white birch trees highlight the dark green of the pines, sky, and water blend into a shade the artists call Georgian Bay Blue. The last lock is at Port Severn. For years this area has been a center for sport fishermen, for artists inspired by Canada’s Group of Seven painters who made the Georgian Bay country famous, for naturalists who find unusual species of water birds, ferns, fungi, and wild orchids. Here the magnificent Trent-Severn Waterway opens out into the broad waters of Georgian Bay.
The lake is 13 Kilometers long and is home to at least 20 islands. Little lake is separated from Gloucester Pool by a channel called the Narrows. The pool is the last major body of water on the Trent Severn Waterway before Georgian Bay. In contrast to the Lake Ontario entrance to the waterway, where the channel saber-cuts its way through the industrial part of Trenton, the last eight miles (13kms) through Gloucester Pool is the scenic climax of the entire trip.
Here red granite rocks and white birch trees highlight the dark green of the pines, sky, and water blend into a shade the artists call Georgian Bay Blue. The last lock is at Port Severn. For years this area has been a center for sport fishermen, for artists inspired by Canada’s Group of Seven painters who made the Georgian Bay country famous, for naturalists who find unusual species of water birds, ferns, fungi, and wild orchids. Here the magnificent Trent-Severn Waterway opens out into the broad waters of Georgian Bay.
