Saturday, July 22 - Henry's Fish Restaurant

Saturday, July 22 - Henry's Fish Restaurant

We spent a wonderful day cruising Georgian Bay. There were lots of boats out since it was a week-end.  The bay is so large, it is referred to as the 6th Great Lake.  It is huge, especially after being on canals and small lakes for so many days.

I took way too many pictures, feel free to flip through quickly. 

Our destination for the day was Henry’s Fish Restaurant on Frying Pan Island.  (That’s really the name.). It is famous in this area, Kirk Russell, Goldie Hawn, and Harrison are some of the famous folks who are said to have eaten there.  You can only get to the restaurant by boat or airplane, and they have a plane that will pick you up at your island, plus they make regular flights from the closest town.  There were four seaplanes there, and three were flying at any one time.  The island is actually a designated airport since three different airlines use it.  The kids that work at the marina and the restaurant live in a small dormitory.  The restaurant was late opening this year because they couldn’t get enough help.

We had a great time watching all the boats come and go, and the planes flying in and out.

Dinner at 5:30 to beat the crowd.  We all had pickerel, which was good, but the batter was thick and poufy.  I grew up eating fish shaken in a paper bag with flour and cornmeal, not battered.  Danny and Emory cook much better fish!