Disarmed warships wait in the Great Lakes

What if Canada stored a disarmed squadron of sloops and a destroyer in Georgian Bay during the 1930s?

The ships could plausibly sit in freshwater reserve and then be rearmed for service when war began.

Restrictions on warships in the Great Lakes make an armed squadron problematic, but the proposed ships have their weapons stored ashore. The suggested arrangement places the hulls in freshwater reserve somewhere unobtrusive, with Parry Sound offered as an alternative to Georgian Bay itself. The expectation is that the United States would tolerate ships clearly being stored rather than operated as an armed force. In 1939 the Canadian squadron would reactivate for service.