FAQs

Catching Memories in the Moment

Does Tre Anni have a toilet on board? 

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Our boat, Tre Anni does not have a "head" or a toilet. Next to the dock where you will board the boat, there are eight well maintained washrooms with toilets and sinks to use before we depart on your tour. Please use them. If we have to come back to the harbour for a washroom break it could take away from your tour or shorten your private charter.

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Can we bring our dog on the boat?

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Absolutely! We are dog friendly.

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Where can we stay?​

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Captain Mike has accommodations called the Maple Golf Inn B&B.​ It can hold eight guests with three suites. The Sunrise and Sunset Suites each have ensuites and the Grotto Suite (family)suite has three rooms with a shared bathroom.

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Can we combine tour types?​

As we leave the harbour to begin a Tobermory Terrific tour, we pass by Lighthouse Point on route to a shipwreck. We cruise through the islands where we will see Cove Island lighthouse in the distance. We look out for eagles nests, and see the old Hermits house on Echo Island. From there we cross the water to learn the legend of the Flowerpots before we see them. From the Flowerpots we look at Flowerpot Light Station and cruise back to Little Tub Harbour.  

If you do a Fathom Five Fantastic two hour tour from the Flowerpots we proceed to the cliffs and caves of Bears Rump island, then cruise across the lake for 25 minutes to Cave point and the Grotto. After exploring the Grotto we cruise along the shoreline passing Overhanging point, driftwood Cove, Little Cove, Dunks Bay and mermaid point on our way back to the harbour.

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Can we fish in Fathom Five National Marine Park?

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​Come experience fishing in the Fathom Five National Marine Park. You must have a current Ontario Fishing License.

Drop a line and take the time to enjoy the slow tour of the shoreline of the Upper Bruce Peninsula and the Niagara Escarpment along the shores of the Bruce Peninsula National Park, Canada. 

We call it fishing because that's what we do. We would rather call it "catching," that is the goal. We will be fishing for Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Salmon, Steelhead, and Rainbow Trout. Come tackle the adventure and catch a memory you'll never forget!

We have a few sites where we can cast a line to catch and release small mouth bass. Great fun for kids!

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What are the best fishing spots?

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Some of our favourite strike zones are the Dufferin Drop, Eagle Point, Niagara Wall, Point Plucky, Driftwood Drop, Watsons Wall, Mermaids Hole, & Hopkins Horseshoe to name a few. 

Can we see the Grotto from these tours?

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If the Grotto is what you want to see, we will set our course there for you. It's your Private Boat we do what you want.

​​Park in town and enjoy the boat ride on Tre Anni, that takes you along the shoreline of the Bruce Peninsula National Park and within the Fathom Five National Marine Park. On route to the Grotto, there are endless cliffs, many with overhangs over top of crevices and caverns. See the mass of people visiting the Grotto, who made the hike from the parking lot at Cypress Lake. Then we can pass by to see the caves at Cave Point. This amazing journey is dependent on wind and wave conditions.

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Is there a shipwreck viewing during these tours?

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There are several shallow shipwrecks we can view dependant upon sunlight, waves, water clarity, commercial boat schedules and time of season. You will hear the tales of ships lost long ago.

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To view the shipwrecks of the Sweepstakes and the City of Grand Rapids in Big Tub Harbour you will need to join the glass bottom boat tours with either Blue Heron Cruises or Bruce Anchor Cruises.  

To Scuba Dive or go on a snorkel tour you will need to book with Blue Heron Adventures.

You can Snorkel at the sites if you wish, however you will need to bring your own equipment. ​

Are we going to see Flowerpot Island & geological formations?

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​The Bruce Peninsula National Park is a geological trove of amazement. Aside from the overhangs, cliffs, caves and caverns, there are two legendary formations called the Flowerpots. There is mysticism in the creation of these two monolithic maidens, or is it the maiden and man? Wait for the lore and the legend to be told to you just before you see them in person, face to face.  

Some things you can only see from the water, and these two geological beauties unfortunately fall into that category. Parks Canada only licenses two companies The Blue Heron Company and Bruce Anchor Cruises, to land people on the island for hikes along the trails. You will have it better, secluded on the serenity of Tre Anni, intimate and alone with only the company you keep. Private perfection.

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Are there lighthouses to see along the way?

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​Tobermory is home to three functional lighthouses. Lighthouse Point, Cove Island Light and Flowerpot Light. These aids to navigation were built over a century ago to aid mariners in navigating the uncharted waters of Upper Canada in the 1800's. They were manned by lighthouse keepers and their families until becoming automated in the 1990's. We can make a brief stop at the Cove Island Light station to stretch your legs if the wind and wave conditions allow.

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​These empty automated lighthouses are beacons of a time long ago, when sailors, blind in the dense cloud covered night, would look to the far off glow of some distant point to navigate safely to a port of shelter for a warm meal and a dry bed. They are still critical to the many boats, ships and freighters that ply the Great Lakes today. As solemn sentries in the night sky, their lights shine on.

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What kind of birds will we be able to see?​

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Tobermory is at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, a major migration route for birds and water fowl. We frequently see many species of birds and water fowl, including many types of Terns, Woodland Ducks, Long-tailed Ducks, Black Scoters, Northern Pintails, Egrets, Gulls, Great Blue Herons, Owls, Bald Eagles, Osprey, Golden Eagles, Hawks, Peregrine Falcons, Turkey Vultures, Cormorants, Belted Kingfishers, several types of Swans, Canada Geese, and the Great Northern Loon to name a few.​

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Are there sunset tour options?

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Of course we can. Tobermory Sunsets are spectacular, and a real treat. If you are planning ahead we can look at what time of the evening the sun will set so that we can get the timing right for your tour.

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Can we see fireworks on board Tre Anni during festivals?

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Watch fireworks shower overhead while floating peacefully beneath the sky on Tre Anni, as balls of light boom above, while sparkles of light dazzle down or shimmer symmetrically in a rainbow of colours.​

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Around the summer solstice when it is Chi-Cheemaun festival weekend, there are Fireworks over Little Tub Harbour, to celebrate the beginning of the summer schedule for the Chi-Chemaun Ferry.

Can we see the stars?

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Brave the northern nights aboard Tre Anni. Lounge beneath the stars and dare to witness the constellations like few have ever seen.

Watch the majesty of the mother moon rise over the horizon or bask beneath her beauty while she rounds her cradle out as we cruise along the surface, away from the glum glowing of city lights. On the nights of a new moon, in her time of mourning, the stars are bright bedazzling beyond compare. Make a wish as shooting stars fall, scattering light in streams as they blast through the stratosphere.

Sometimes, and I mean sometimes, we can sit in awe of the beauty of the aurora borealis, the northern lights dancing across the stellar sky in these northern nights. ​

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What other unique things can we do on our tour?

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Just north of Cove Island Light in the deep water is a pinnacle whose peak lays in the shallows of open lake, silent and unseen. It has the ability to rip the hull open of a ship blown off course in a heavy sea. It is the bad neighbour you don't want to come across.

With the shallow depth of the pinnacle of Bad Neighbour, if conditions allow, you could stand in the shallows in the middle of a vast and open channel. This could be a great place for a photo opportunity of a person standing in the middle of the lake. Let us know if this is a desire of yours and if winds and waves allow, we can make this happen.

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Will we be able to watch whales? 

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We do not have Whales. Just for fun, while we are touring the waters of Tobermory, we can discuss the many invasive species that have become a part of the ecosystem of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. One of the latest invasive species are the bloody red shrimp. A light sensitive species that rest in the shadows of overhangs and crevices in the escarpment below the waterline. They form nebulas clouds of pink and at night, their eyes glow red in the reflection of a divers light. Individually they are quite small, almost microscopic, like tiny sea monkeys or krill, perhaps even plankton. Imagine if this abundant food source could host a better invasive species, like whales!

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​Captain Mike spent a season in Dominica as assistant manager of a dive shop and whale watching operation at Dive Castaways. If there is a spout he will see it. "There she blows!" Back then he could not guarantee a whale sighting but in Tobermory he can guarantee that there won't be any whales spotted, unfortunately. Not yet anyway, but anything is as possible as it is improbable.

If you enter your goal as "whale watching" that tells your Captain you are easy going and want to see anything and everything but have no expectations. You just want to get out on the water and have a good time. Lets go have fun while Whale Watching in Wonderment of the surroundings.

What options do we have if we wish to bring food on board?

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We have a cooler on board with water. Bring your own snacks but be mindful of packaging. Alcoholic beverages are not allowed on a Transport Canada certified vessel. Please do not bring any glass on board for safety purposes.