Stan, what I'm about to suggest is a little out of your intended path but
since you're going through the Sault, you might want to consider a counter
clockwise circum navigation of Lake Superior.
Starting at the Sault and going north and west around Superior, the
highways mostly border on the lake's shoreline with numerous parks along the
way. Alot of the shoreline has a "Maine" feel to it. Continuing around the
top of Superior into Minnesota, Wisconsin and back into Michigan's Upper
Peninsula at the western most point. A leisurely trip of 3 - 4 days with
lots of photographic opportunities. I've done it several times and have
always enjoyed it. Can be done in less time depending on your stops.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Halpin" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Anything worth seeing in Ontario?
Thanks Paul, Sandy, Steve, Ann, Dve and Dave!
Paul, the train tour does look interesting. We would be in that neighborhood
on 14-15 September, just at the front end of the Fall Colours season. A
definite possibility.
Sandy, thanks for the link and the comments on Georgian Bay. And also Dve
and Steve for the Cornwall/Kingston suggestion. I had considered going east
around Lake Ontario, i.e. via Kingston area and then WNW to SSM. I’ve spent
time in and around Kingston (attended a couple of week-long
conference/meetings at the military college there) and am somewhat familiar
with both the U.S. and Canadian sides of that region. But Meg wanted Huron
lakeshore, so we’ll go west around Toronto and then north…
Sandy and Ann, I am also somewhat familiar with Sault Set. Marie, on the
U.S. side. The locks are worth a visit but otherwise I would agree that it
is probably not a destination in and of itself. But it is the only crossing
into the U.S. from Ontario without dropping back down to Sarnia/Port Huron.
Dave, I am glad to see that Ontario will reopen on Sept 9 - we’ll be passing
through to NY on the 11th, back west on the 13-14th so that works out. ;-)
So far my Ontario experience has been 3-4 trips back-and-forth between
Sarnia and Niagara, my time in the Kingston area, a few days in Ottawa, 2-3
trips to Toronto. So, no exposure to the countryside beyond the southern
farming region. A fellow participant at my recent photo workshop is from
Kitchner, he spoke of a park a few hours north where he went for scenic and
wildlife shots. I did not pay much attention to details as I did not have
this trip planned, and I don’t have his contact information to follow up
with him. So part of my poking around has been to see if I can figure out
where he was referring to. It could have been the Georgian Bay region.
stan
On Aug 27, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
If you have some time when you get to the Soo, the trip to Agawa Canyon on
the Algoma Central is a nice diversion. The northbound train drops you at
the canyon for a couple hour layover, then the southbound picks you up and
takes you back.
http://www.agawacanyontourtrain.com/content/tours/canyontour/index.html
-p
On 8/26/2014 6:28 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
Apologies for the slightly provocative Subject.
In a couple of weeks we planned to go to the family cabin near Traverse
City Michigan. Then I got a (late) notice that my high school class was
celebrating our 53rd anniversary with a picnic. So, we will go east to
central New York for the picnic and family visits, then back through
Ontario and around Lake Huron, re-entering the States via Sault Set.
Marie. Probably spend two days between our first overnight in
Niagara-on-the-Lake and the time we cross back at the Soo and head for
the Traverse City area.
I have never seen any of that country (except for the greater Toronto
metro area which I think we need to traverse) and would welcome
suggestions for must-see scenic spots. So far I am intrigued by Perry
Sound, a provincial park at the north end of Georgian Bay, and Kagawong.
But I have just been randomly poking around - any suggestions would be
most appreciated.
stan
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