Superior Hiking

Round-Trip: 1 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Dorion, ON Click Here for Google Map Ouimet Canyon is a large gorge located in Dorion, Ontario.  The gorge is 100 metres deep, 150 metres wide and 2 km long. The canyon is so deep and cold that three species of Arctic plants flourish there. Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park [...]

Round-trip: 100 m Difficulty: Easy Location: Thunder Bay, ON Click Here for Google Map A reader requested the information for Hazelwood Fire Tower so I thought I’d post it here for everyone.  I hadn’t posted it until now because it’s not really hike since you can drive right up to it.  But if you are [...]

Roundtrip:  2 km Difficulty:  Easy Location:  Kakabeka Falls, ON Click here for google map. Located just past Kakabeka Falls the Cedar Falls Conservation Area features a trail that leads through an evergreen forest to Cedar Creek and the falls. This is an easy hike along a well-marked trail that is suitable for all ages.  The [...]

Roundtrip: 5km Difficulty: Difficult Location: Thunder Bay, ON Click Here for Google Map This is my favourite route up Mt. Godfrey.  I think the view of Lake Superior from just over half way up is one of the best I’ve seen. From Mission Road follow the signs to the Mt. McKay Lookout.  Park in the [...]

Roundtrip:  12 km Difficulty: Difficult Location:  Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map. This is a classic Sleeping Giant Trail.  It is a former logging road and the trail is wide and gently rolling.  The trail to Tee Harbour is often biked or skied and there is a picnic area and a few camp [...]