Superior Hiking

Roundtrip: 4km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Dorion,ON Click Here for Google Map This was one of the hikes I took while I was searching for the river under the rock.  The hike takes you down a logging road to an old bridge and back along the creek.  There are some nice rapids on this creek as [...]

Like many hikers I make a tick list of hikes I intend to do each season. This summer I wasn’t able to tick off all the hikes on my list because I spent several outings searching for a place called “The River under the Rock” that I had heard about from an old-timer. To my [...]

Roundtrip: 2 km Difficulty: Difficult Location: Dorion, ON Click here for google map. This is a gorgeous little-known location with a marked trail to the top of a long cliff band known as Claghorn providing spectacular cliff top views.  This is one of several trails in the area. The Observer Rock Trail was created by [...]

Roundtrip: 1.6 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Dorion, ON Click here for Google Map. Hike to the top of the cliffs overlooking Mon Abri Lane in Dorion.  Great views from top over valley including the Wolf River and Lake Superior. From Thunder Bay drive East on Highway 11/17 for 65km and turn left onto Fish Hatchery [...]

Trail Difficulty: Easy Trail Distance: 1 km one way General Location: Dorion, ON Google map and GPS tracks can be found here. This trail takes you to a fantastic panoramic view.  The main attraction is the rock formation known to hikers as The Pinnacles, and to climbers as The Dorion Tower. Travel East on highway [...]