Sailing & Boating.
Buckhorn Lock 31 sits between Buckhorn Lake and Lower Buckhorn Lake at the centre of the township on the 386 km Trent-Severn Waterway — the Parks Canada heritage canal between Trenton on Lake Ontario and Port Severn on Georgian Bay. Through-cruising and houseboat traffic between the Bay of Quinte and Lake Simcoe passes the lockstation directly, and the Buckhorn / Lower Buckhorn / Pigeon Lake reach is one of the heavier-used cruising stretches inside the Kawarthas.
The brief.
Locking through the Trent-Severn requires the Parks Canada navigation pass and operates on a published seasonal schedule (roughly mid-May through mid-October). Open-water sailing is not the local product; this is a small-craft cruising and houseboat corridor across interconnected lakes.
The Buckhorn / Lower Buckhorn / Pigeon Lake reach carries cottage and through-traffic during navigation season; Lock 31 is the anchor lockstation inside the township. Mooring and lockage details are on the Parks Canada Buckhorn lockstation page.
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Trent-Severn Waterway through-navigation
386 km Parks Canada heritage canal connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn; passes Trent Lakes via Lock 31.
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Buckhorn Lockstation (Lock 31)
Public lock grounds; mooring and visitor area during navigation season.
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Buckhorn Lake and Lower Buckhorn Lake
Trent-Severn cruising reach; lock-to-lake transitions on either side of Lock 31.
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Pigeon Lake
Western Kawartha lake on the navigable chain.
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Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds.
