Lake Superior and more

Hi Everyone;
After Kenora we went south to Souix Narrows which is on Lake of the Woods.

 Lake of the Woods in the second largest lake in Ontario.  It boarders Ontario, Manitoba and Minnesota.  At its widest it spans 65 miles north and south and 55 miles east and west. There are more than 14,500 islands and the shore line exceeds 65,000 miles. The average depth is 26 feet but there are areas more than 150 feet deep.

So what do 2 old folks from the prairies do?  Well, you rent a boat and go exploring this huge lake!
That is what we did! we rented a boat for half a day, packed a picnic lunch (no beer or wine) and off we went exploring.  We got a lesson on which side of the buoy's red or green to go on, and the boat thank goodness had a GPS on it or else Doug and I could still be out on that lake touring around.

There are huge homes and summer cabins on this lake, as well as a lot of fishing going on.  We had a lot of fun, I wanted to go fishing, but as Doug informed me - I would have to buy my fishing licence,
buy a fishing rod and bait, put the bait on the hook, catch the fish, un hook the fish, clean and filet the fish, cook the fish and eat the fish all on my own - he of course would drive the boat.  So I decided not to fish.
We left Souix Narrows and went through Fort Francis which there was nothing we could see there so continued on to Quetico Provincial Park on French Lake.  We found as you can see in the picture below the most amazing place to camp, and watch the sunsets.

Notice the beer and wine waiting for us!

What can you say about this????  No words!

There was only one other couple in the campsite that we could see.  Great place to just sit and read.
Next we left this place and headed to Thunder Bay.  We were told by Scott at Kenora to camp at
Kakabeka Falls camp ground which is 30 km west of Thunder Bay.

These falls are amazing they are the highest waterfalls in northern Ontario.  The falls are on the Kaministiquia River and drop 40 metres on its way to Lake Superior.  Thunder Bay has a population of 109,000 which is bigger than we had thought.  It is on the west side of Lake Superior.

 and we were told you have to see the Marina as that is the highlite of the city.  So off to the Marina we went, and really it was nothing great to see.  They boost about the art work around but it is nothing much.

This suppose to light up at night - Art work at its best I am thinking!

LOL what can we say about this statement??? LOL

The most interesting thing that we found is the memorial for Terry Fox.
The memorial is located close to where Terry Fox ended his journey across Canada.
Terry Fox was trying to run across Canada for Cancer research.  He completed 3339 miles, running
26 miles a day.

That is Lake Superior in the back ground

Lake Superior is the largest of the great lakes, while thumbing though the many pamphlets we seem to gather I came across this.  In Lake Superior there are fish called Lake Sturgeons.  They are the largest freshwater fish in the Great Lakes.  They can attain lengths of up to nine feet and weigh more that 300 pounds.  Another reason that I am not fishing :)

Tomorrow is June 01 and we will be hitting the road again for Sault Ste. Marie and will update the blog in another week or so

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Take care everyone
Judy & Doug