Bernard: I will not be able to take you up on your generous offer but I want to take this opportunity to tell you that we were able to spend a week at Port D'Escale (Vieux Port Marina) in old Montreal last summer. We cruised up there from the Chesapeake via the Rideau. It was a spectacular trip. We live in a big city (Washington, DC) but we were really impressed with Canada in general and the Rideau and Montreal in particular. Great city, great food and wonderful people. I remember one instance after we left the Carrillion Lock (65' drop) we were trying to get into a small marina (Point Anglaise) on the Ottawa River with an incredible amount of wind. We had not seen diesel since Kingston and it was definitely time to refuel. The chart did not show Port Anglaise but another little community marina nearby. I went into the little community marina by mistake and it was one of those things that you knew the minute we approached the rocks that marked the narrow entrance that I had screwed up but the wind was blowing so hard that it looked like the best choice was to continue on in. Thank god a sail boater who was on his way out saw the fear in my face and the lack of space for a 43' boat and backed up to let me in the narrow entrance. I got the boat turned around in the little basin and startled onlookers pointed down the river to try and show us where Port Anglaise was located. But with all the noise from the wind and my engines I did not have a clue what they were trying to tell me. As I got back out in the river I noticed a little open boat followed me out of the marina and got in front to lead me into Port Anglaise. The two guys got soaked in the little boat but their assistance was really appreciated. When we got into Port Anglaise there was a boat at the gas dock so we tied up to an adjoining dock to wait our turn. A couple got off their boat and helped us tie up. I asked the man (Roger Bourne) where I could get charts of the St Lawrence since we had decided to backtrack to the Thousand Islands since we missed them going up the Rideau. He insisted on giving us 10 brand new Canadian Charts for the trip that he had just taken and only asked us to mail them back when we were finished. We left after fueling and spent the night at St Anne de Bellevue, another jewel. We have great memories of our trip, the Canadian people we met and plan on doing it again, maybe next year. Frank Burrows 1979 43' Viking MY Piney Narrows Chesapeake Bay