Meldrum Bay

45.9271° N, 83.1140° W 

The Meldrum Bay Marina is well equipped to service seasonal as well as transient boaters. Deep water access permits the full use of modern docks, most of which provide electricity. Additional docks are in the works and scheduled for installation in 2022. Gas and diesel are also conveniently available.

There are showers, washrooms, laundromat, a conference room and visitors lounge, and also includes the Custom’s Office. The harbour master, John, will go out of his way to make your stay enjoyable.

During the summer months, the docks are busy, lined with pleasure craft from around the Great Lakes. The marina is the first Canadian Customs port for boats traveling east from Lake Superior and Michigan.  We are told these waters possibly hold the best Chinook salmon fishing in all of Canada, and fishermen travel hundreds and thousands of miles to try their luck in these waters.

Not a big place but Meldrum Bay does have an inn and restaurant, a museum, a church, community centre, small grocery and liquor store.

For those who like to walk or have bikes, there is a local blacksmith several kilometres away. Scott Hartley retired from the military and took up blacksmithing. He provides demonstrations and sells goods from his shop “Happy Camper Forge” at 267 Mississagi Road in Meldrum Bay.