Mills Block Bench
Difficulty: Easy
Roundtrip: 4km
General Location: Thunder Bay, ON
Google map with GPS tracks here.
Mills Block Forest contains a 4 km hiking trail. There is a beaver dam and a few neat benches that people have made along the way. You can get a view of Lake Superior when the leaves are down from the higher spots. My favourite part of this hike is visiting the remains of a quartz mine by taking a little side trail.
Mills Block Forest is located on John Street Road at the corner of Community Hall Road, just ten minutes west of Highway 11/17.
This was another interesting hike,we will take your advice and go when the leaves are down too,to see the view.
I’m curious though,was the old car in the bush when you were out there,or is this a new attraction? We took a picture of it and will see if we can find a car buff who may be able to tell what it was,but being as it’s pretty much just a shell,it may remain a mystery.
Yes I think the old car has been there a while. Did you find the mine?
No,I didn’t find the mine,it was getting late and we spent the day in Dorion on a few of the trails you listed,and the mosquito’s were getting bad,but i will definately go out looking again.I did notice a few side trails though so i hope i pick the right side trail.
Hi. I have hiked this trail a few times and didn’t know about the mine. I have been on one of the side trails that seemed to go no-where. Does anyone know how to get to the quartz mine remains?
Hi, If you are starting from John Street, the quartz mine is down a trail to the right about 400 metres from the parking area. You have to search around for the mine, it is just a hole about five or six feet deep and there isn’t anything to point it out. The google map of the trail shows exactly where it is.