on August 7th, 2009

Roundtrip:  1 km Difficulty:  Moderate Location:  Shabaqua, ON Click Here for Google Map Hike in to the McGraw Falls on the Matowin River near Shabaqua. From Thunder Bay, drive west on highway 11/17 for 50 km and turn left onto Shabaqua Road just before the turn off to Atikokan. You will need a 4×4 to [...]

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on June 26th, 2009

Roundtrip: 2.5 km Difficulty: Easy Location: Pearl, ON Click here for Google Map This is a fun hike into a favourite local fishing spot.  You hike just over 1km from the road but you will feel like you are deep in the wilderness. The trail follows a quad trail that can be pretty mucky through [...]

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on May 22nd, 2009

Roundtrip: 7  km Difficulty:  Moderate Location:  Lutsen, MN Google Map Here Hike to Lookout Mountain along the Cascade River in Cascade River State Park.  This hike is great in the spring when the river is flowing full boar but it really is enjoyable any time of year.  The hardest part about this hike is figuring [...]

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on April 10th, 2009

Trail Distance: 2 km Trail Difficuly:  Easy Trail Location:  Thunder Bay, ON Click here for Google Map This is a popular hike that follows the MacKenzie River up to a small waterfall.  About halfway up the trail is a popular swimming hole where you will often see people jumping off the rocks into the water.  [...]

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on December 12th, 2008

Trail Difficulty: Easy Trail Distance:  2.5 km loop General Location:  Thunder Bay, ON This hike takes you along an old logging road to the 130 foot High Falls. There is also a re-creation of an old logging chute. The return hike runs along the Pigeon River where you get views of the gorge and will [...]

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