Cruise vessel offering North Channel vistas – Northern Ontario Business
8/5/2015
For decades, sailors plying the North Channel have returned with tales of its beauty, but unless you were a sailor or could cajole a friend with a boat into taking you on a tour, those isolated pockets of pristine wilderness remained out of reach for the average visitor.
Now, North Channel Cruise Line is offering tours to some of the area’s most renowned hot spots aboard its 75-foot trimaran-style boat, Le Grand Héron.
Based in Little Current on Manitoulin Island, North Channel Cruise Line is helmed by Chris Blodgett, whose family has owned and operated Discovery Yacht Charters for decades. Since taking over the business in 2007, Blodgett said he’s seen a marked demand by tourists for more large-scale attractions like the Cup and Saucer hiking trail, or Bridal Veil Falls in Kagawong.
