Tag Archives: sleeping giant

Sawyer Bay

Round-trip: 12 km Difficulty: Difficult Location: Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map This trail follows an abandoned logging road traveling up and down several medium sized hills through stands of poplar, fir and spruce ending on the sheltered cobblestone beach of Sawyer Bay at the base of the Sleeping Giant.  There are hike-in [...]

The Sea Lion

Round-trip:  2 km Difficulty: Easy Location:  Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map. The Sea Lion is a fantastic spot to bring tourists.   The Sea Lion Trail is often hiked as a side-trip on the way to or from Tee Harbour. The Sea Lion itself  is a diabase dyke that has been left behind [...]

Sifting Lake

Round-trip: 4km Difficulty: Easy Location: Pass Lake Click here for Google Map. Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is a very popular hiking destination, but this trail does not see as much traffic as the others.  The woodland trail takes you through an old-growth white pine and eastern white pine forest to the shore of Sifting Lake. [...]

Ravine Lake

Round-trip: 1.5 km Difficulty: Moderate Location: Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map This trail provides great views of Grassy Lake and Lake Superior before it heads steeply down to the shore of Ravine Lake.  The return route travels through a cedar forest back to the starting point. From Thunder Bay, travel East on [...]

Joe Creek Nature Trail

Roundtrip: 1.6 Difficulty: Easy Location:  Pass Lake, ON Click here for Google Map The Sleeping Giant Provincial Park is a known hiking destination.  There are a few very popular hikes in the park that always make everyone’s tick list.   But there are also several shorter trails, like this one, that seem to see very little [...]