The trip up from Saint Ours to Chambly was relatively easy and uneventful, though many of the buoys seemed to be missing. We did see our first mountain. It was kind of a loner mountain and we haven't seen another yet. We had expected to see more mountains by now. I guess we may have to wait for Lake Champlain.  

Milestone: We rolled over the 1000 mile mark today!

  We arrived at Chambly about 1:30 but weren’t able to go through the the lock. This is the beginning of the Chambly Canal. There is a flight of 8 locks here that take at least 4 hours to get through. Because of the off season schedule there is only one up and one down locking per day. The upbound lockage was taken by a small Canadian buoy tender on whose deck we spied the missing buoys.

We toured part of the area this afternoon in windy,sunny and warm weather with temps in the 70’s. This is one our new favorite ports. There is so much history here and it is nicely displayed all over town. The main attraction is Fort Chambly, originally built of wood in 1665 to fend off the Iroquois, then a stone fort replaced that in 1709 to delay English expeditions on the Richelieu River. Several of the buildings used in support of the fort are still standing and some are now private residences, beautifully kept. There are walkways through the town with plaques explaining the significance of historic buildings and places. There also many nice shops and restaurants. We may decide to spend another day here as tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be a carbon copy of today minus the wind.