Starting location: Anchored by Wreck Island in 30,000 islands area of Northern Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Weather: 60 am, 81 pm, sunny
Ending location: Anchored just South of Woods Bay in 30,000 islands area of Northern Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Statute miles: Approximately 10
General summary: Pulled up anchor and motored on to a spot recommended for anchorage within dinghy distance of another Provincial Park hike. This hike was organized similarly to the one on Wreck Island, with educational stops, but the focus was on local flora and fauna, rather than geology. Another enjoyable and well-structured hike.
Welcome sign. Great dinghy dock. Well blazed trailThis plant is nicknamed Indian Pipe. It is ghostly white as it does not contain chlorophyll, and gets all its nourishment from the fungus it attaches to on the forest floor. This is an adaptation, due to lack of sunlight coming through the dense canopy.A tree growing out of a broken rock. American Beech, Sugar Maple, Yellow Birch, and Eastern Hemlock are common trees. Many migratory birds come here in the spring and summer. There are turtles and a lizard called a Common Five-lined Skink. We did not see any Massasauga rattlesnakes, but they reportedly are here too.Close upThese brown paper-like objects attached at their centers to rocks are a type of lichen called Rock Tripe.
The Great Loop in a C Dory 25 
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