Lloyd’s Lookout is located in Red Rock on the Nipigon River Recreation Trail in Ontario’s Superior Country. The lookout is found 0.8 miles (1.3 km) in from the Red Rock trailhead of the Nipigon River Recreation Trail. The viewing platform offers incredible views above the Nipigon River out to Lake Superior. A few minutes further […]
Located at the southwest end of the Black Bay Peninsula, on Lake Superior and just east of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is the Porphyry Island Black Sand Beach. Travel by kayak, canoe, or power boat to get to the island, you can even hire to travel by floatplane or helicopter as there is a heliport […]
Red Chairs – Terrace Bay Beach are located in Terrace Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. You can find the chairs on the trail off of the east end of the Terrace Bay Beach Boardwalk. Follow the white markers, the trail is classified as moderately difficult. There is a little climbing over rocks but the trail […]
Terrace Bay Beach is located Terrace Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. This is a sandy beach on the shore of Lake Superior and the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area. The beach is a wonderful spot to get a view of the caribou populated Slate Islands Provincial Park and the lower falls of Aguasabon. Amenities […]
Dog Falls is located in Silver Falls Provincial Park in Ontario’s Superior Country. This is a 110 foot (34 m) cascading waterfall that can be reached about 0.9 mile (1.5 km) into the Silver Falls hiking Trail. The waterfall is on the Kaministiquia River and is the largest when the water is flowing high. Hikers should […]
Illgen Falls is located in Tettegouche State Park in Minnesota’s Lake County. This is a 40 foot waterfall located half a mile upstream of High Falls on the Baptism River. The falls isn’t accessible from the park’s trail systems. To reach the falls, travel north past Tettegouche and turn left up Highway 1 for 1.6 […]
Horseshoe Falls is located in Munising in Michigan’s Alger County. This is a scenic spring fed waterfall with a 20 foot drop. Water from the falls cascade into a pond that over 200 rainbow trout inhabit. It is privately owned and includes a charming gift shop, picnic area, scavenger hunts and visitors can even feed […]
Gros Cap Reefs Light is located near Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario’s Algoma Country. This 59 foot (18 m) tall light tower marks the beginning of the St. Marys River from Lake Superior and is adjacent to Point Iroquois in Michigan. It is in shallow water on southwest edge of Gros Cap Reef. It was […]
Isle Royale Lighthouse is located in Isle Royale National Park on Menagerie Island in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. This 61 foot (18.6 m) tall octagonal light tower was built in 1875 to aid ships coming into Isle Royale’s rocky harbor. The light keepers home is attached to the light tower by an 8 foot (2.5 m) […]
Rock of Ages Lighthouse is located just outside Washington Harbor 5 miles (8 km) off the northwest tip of Isle Royale National Park in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. Built in 1908, this lighthouse still serves as a navigational aid for boats. It is one of the tallest lighthouses on Lake Superior and is the tallest in […]
Cascade Falls is located in Orient Bay in the Municipality of Greenstone in Ontario’s Superior Country. This waterfall is an impressive 132 feet (40 m) high and can be seen directly from Highway 11. It is best seen in the spring after the winter melt. It is also popular among ice climbers in the winter […]
Passage Island Lighthouse is located on the southern tip of Passage Island on the northeast side of Isle Royale National Park in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The lighthouse, built in 1882, provides safe passage for ships through a narrow 3 mile (4.8km) lane between the island and Isle Royale to this day with an automated light. […]