This is a beautiful park sitting right on the edge of Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.  As we would soon realize it takes a bit of time to go around this lake. Its 1300 miles in circumference, and we were only going halfway around. The lake of course is much like an ocean with November storms creating much havoc for shipping. But when we were there all was calm but very cold with temperatures in the 20’s at night.

Calm Before the November Storms

 And great sunsets in the evening.

The park is a little over 100 miles north of Sault St. Marie, and sits near the point where the Agawa River flows into the lake. We set up camp after arriving late in the afternoon on September 17th and had dinner over the open fire. The smoked Lake Trout and Whitefish we picked up along the way at a Native outpost was excellent. That night the temperature dropped to 26 degrees and when we woke up in the morning the temperature in the Roadtrek was 42. But the RT heated up quickly before we removed our quilts.

We were soon off to hike down to Agawa Rock where Ojibwe pictographs were painted on the towering cliff face at the edge of the lake. The Ojibwe People were the native inhabitants of much of the lake region. It was a tricky hike down to the lake..slippery and steep in spots. Too slippery to take photos once we got down to the ledge. They are best seen by boat.

Warning

 

Later we went on a hike along the White Sand River which also flows into Lake Superior, and had lunch sitting by the rapids. This is a keen spot for fishermen.

 

At the end of the day we continued our trek around the lake and headed north to Rainbow Falls Provincial Park where we camped.