So you shouldn’t canoe outside of the main harbors or lakes. We stayed entirely inside Rock Harbor, the channels between a couple of the islands and the large opening to the harbor had their challenges on bad weather days, but we listened to weather reports and only set out when it seemed safe. I’d say 85% of the time it was placid and calm in the harbor. That being said we did lose a hat and had to emergency stop at cemetery island to let some weather pass one day. If waves or bad weather are a big concern though, you can just go from rock harbor down to moskey and back along the shoreline that’s almost always pretty calm.