Start/Finish Tobermory   Location: 8 Eliza Street, Tobermory, ON, N0H 2R0, Canada, Brief: This tour starts and concludes at the ferry dock in Tobermory, ON   Ferry Ferry to Manitoulin Island @ 11:20am  Contact Person: Ontario Ferries, 1.800.265.3163, info@ontarioferries.com Location: 8 Eliza Street, Tobermory, ON, N0H 2R0, Canada, http://www.ontarioferries.com/ontarioferries/english/schedule.html Brief: Ferry departs at 11:20 AM from the Tobermory ferry docks. THOSE WITH RESERVATIONS MUST CHECK IN AT LEAST ONE HOUR PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. Tour participants are responsible for making their own ferry reservations. See website attached to this description for online and telephone booking information.   Dinner Anchor Inn @ 7:30pm  Contact Person: Kelly O'Hare, (705) 368-2023, Location: 1 Water Street West, Little Current, ON, P0P 1K0, Canada, www.anchorgrill.com Brief: The Anchor Inn is located on the waterfront in Little Current. We have a dinner reservation there for August 20   Breakfast Manitoulin Hotel and Conference Centre Thursday @ 8:00am  Contact Person: (705) 368-9966, Location: 66 Meredith St, Little Current, ON, P0P 1K0, Canada, http://manitoulinhotel.com/ Brief: Buffet breakfast $14.99 per person   Lunch Mum's Restaurant and Bakery Thursday @ 12:00pm  Contact Person: (705) 377-4311, Location: 2215 Hwy 551, Mindemoya, ON, P0P 1S0, Canada, Brief: delicious sandwiches and baked goods await us for lunch.   Ferry Ferry to Tobermory Thursday @ 5:50pm  Contact Person: Onario Ferries, 1.800.265.3163, info@ontarioferries.com Location: 41 Water Street, South Baymouth, ON, P0P 1P0, Canada, http://www.ontarioferries.com/ontarioferries/english/schedule.html Brief: Ferry departs at 5:50 PM from the South Baymouth ferry docks. THOSE WITH RESERVATIONS MUST CHECK IN AT LEAST ONE HOUR PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. Tour participants are responsible for making their own ferry reservations. See website attached to this description for online and telephone booking information.

Deadline for registration: Monday, July 28, 2014 @ 11:59pm Spots Remaining: REGISTRATION FULL Note that you must be an active TMC member to participate.

There are several things you will need to do before registering for this tour, please read the following (if any of the following is confusing, just call or email me for help: 905-852-5514 or markmelcher@trilliummiata.ca)

Start and Finish options
The tour starts and finishes at the Tobermory ferry docks (click on the Waypoints tab for location).  Depending on your schedule, you may choose a number of pre- and post-tour options:
Pre-tour: While it is possible to drive to Tobermory from Toronto, you may want to arrive in the area and stay overnight in Owen Sound or Tobermory.  We have a group reservation in Owen Sound, please use the contact information below to make a reservation at the hotel and mention you are a member of Trillium Miata Club group reservation.  On Wednesday morning, we will leave Owen Sound in enough time to make the cutoff for ferry reservations in Tobermory.
Post-tour: You may want to extend your stay on the island and come home later.  If so, we have made arrangements with the Hawberry to extend rooms as needed.  An alternative is to stay at the Meldrum Bay Inn on the far northwest tip of the island - food and accommodation is excellent.
You may also decide to take the land route to/from the island.  The road between Little Current and Espanola is a delight to drive, so you could come home via that longer route.
Another alternative is to stay Thursday and Friday on the Bruce Peninsula and join the Creemore Classics Tour on Saturday.  See the TMC events calendar for more information on that event.

Hotel Booking - Manitoulin Island
Depending on the choice you've made about pre- and post-tour activities, you need to book at least one hotel.  For the night of August 20, we will be staying at the Hawberry Motel in downtown Little Current (contact information below).  Please tell the reservation desk you are with the Trillium Miata Club when making your booking.
(added July 7) there is a hotel/ferry discount program available.  If you tell the Hawberry reservation desk you are taking the ferry, they will reduce your room rate by $5.00 and give you a reference code (about 12 characters) to be used when booking your ferry reservation.

Optional Hotel Booking - Owen Sound
For those wishing to stay overnight on the way to/from Tobermory, there is a group booking available at the Best Western Inn-on-the-Bay in Owen Sound (about 115 minutes from Tobermory).  Contact information is available on the Waypoints tab of this event.  Please mention you are with the Trillium Miata Club when making the reservation.

Ferry Bookings
Please use the information on the Waypoints tab to make reservations for the ferry.  To be part of the tour, please book the 11:20AM from Tobermory on August 20 and the 5:50 PM from South Baymouth on August 21.  You can book online or by telephone.  You may also decide to travel at different times and meet us on the island.
(added July 7) to receive a 10% reduction in ferry fees (click here to see details of the offer), book by calling the customer service number (from the Waypoints tab on this event) and giving them the reference number you received from the Hawberry Motel.

As of July 9, ferry reservations were less than 15% full, so there is plenty of room for us.
PLEASE NOTE:  you have to be at the ferry dock a minimum of one hour before sailing to keep your reservation.

Tour Registration
When you have booked hotel and ferry trips, please click here to register for the tour

Overnight	Hotel	Tuesday @ 6:00pm	Best Western Inn on the Bay
	Contact Person:	519-371-9200,
	Location:	1800 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 5R1, Canada, http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/CA/ON/Owen-Sound-hotels/BEST-WESTERN-Inn-On-The-Bay/Hotel-Overview.do?propertyCode=66070&group=false&srcPage=SelectHotel&isMapOpen=false&selectedHotels=
	Brief:	overnight stay on the way to the ferry in Tobermory
Overnight	Hotel	@ 6:00pm	Hawberry Motel
	Contact Person:	1-800-769-7963,
	Location:	36 Meredith St E, Little Current, ON, P0P 1K0, Canada, www.hawberrymotel.ca
	Brief:	Motel for an overnight stay on Manitoulin Island. Ask for their Destination Manitoulin deal to get $5.00 off the room rate and 10% off ferry bookings
Overnight	Hotel	Thursday @ 9:00pm	Best Western Inn on the Bay
	Contact Person:	519-371-9200,
	Location:	1800 2nd Avenue East, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 5R1, Canada,
	Brief:	Overnight stay on the way home from the ferry at Tobermory

This is the first general offering of a Manitoulin Island tour by TMC.  In 2013, we ran a limited scouting tour to the island, just 2 cars participated.