Mortimer’s Marine

Mortimer’s Marine Ltd. — known more affectionately as Mortimer’s Point — is one of my favorite marinas on the Lakes because of the following:
1) They sell bulk candy, all of it gummy. I absolutely cannot resist gummy candy, especially if you make it sour and coat it in sugar. Pick up a brown paper bag (reminiscent of school lunches all those many years ago), a pair of miniature tongs, and go to town. Keep track of the number you put in your sack (they’re $ 0.05 apiece), tell the cashier and pay, and you’re on your way to a candy coma.
2) There’s an old-​fashioned Esso sign hanging out in the middle of the Lake, letting you know Mortimer’s point is up around the bend. I *love* this Esso sign, all by its lonesome in the middle of the water. I think I have more pictures of *it* than of the family up there.
3) MP doubles as an «airport.» Meaning, this is where the rich folk from Toronto (who aren’t rich enough to have a seaplane garage at their cottage) land and store their seaplanes. So there’s always several moored at Mortimer’s. We like to eyeball them whenever we’re gassing up the boat. The novelty of a seaplane really never wears off…
4) There never seem to be any adults around. It’s like this place is run entirely by children and teens. It gives you an oddly exciting, «Children of the Corn» adrenaline rush. And when you push off the dock to leave, you kind of feel a sense of relief that you didn’t fall victim to He Who Walks Behind the Rows.