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Michipicoten Island, Lake Superior: The Highlights in Photos
A few days ago our party of five including our guide, Ginny, from Naturally Superior Adventures, completed a kayaking trip around Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior. Mother Nature cooperated and supplied more sunshine than fog, little in the way of rain and enough wind to keep the majority of biting insects at bay – but not so much to keep us landlocked on shore.
The trip was a great success – no boats or human sightings for four days, wonderful northern scenery, woodland caribou sightings – including the rare albino caribou, enough paddling that you feel you earned your two hour afternoon nap, and delicious food and wine.
Here are some of the visual highlights of our kayaking trip around Michipicoten Island.
East End Lighthouse and our start point
Our first camp on a beach past Bonner Head
Lovely blue campanula
One of the fantastic sunsets we enjoyed
A windy morning on the second day of kayaking
Lake Superior rocks
Visually interesting altered rock
Our kayaks - a double, singles, plastic and fiberglass
Kayaking through Michipicoten Island's famous fog
A rare sighting of an albino woodland caribou
Kayaking into the skeletal frame of the Billy Blake
Abandoned building in Quebec Harbour
More abandoned buildings in Quebec Harbour
The rocks and lichen of Davieaux Island
Our campsite by the lighthouse on Davieaux Island
No bake cheesecake with fresh picked blueberries
A view of Cozen's Cove
The Caribbean looking waters of Cozen's Cove - though the water temperature was only about 58F
More great rocks to explore - plus an agate beach at Cozen's Cove
Blueberry picking at Cozen's Cove
Our gang on the last day
All in all it was a great and mostly relaxing week. And I say mostly relaxing because there was the odd bit of fear felt on the water in the face of a few big waves.
Bring it on. I’m ready for more and already thinking of what other paddling trips I’d like to do on the big waters of Lake Superior.
And for more reading on the area try: An Introduction to Michipicoten Island – Lake Superior’s Wild Heart by David C. Whyte.
Leigh McAdam
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Looked and sounds like a fun trip. Great photos that make me want to say “wish i was there”.
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Leigh – great pics! It truly was a memorable trip for us – Lake Superior is such a hidden gem in Canada and Mich Island has such a magical feel to it. We would highly recommend Naturally Superior Adventures (NSA) for any Superior trips – totally professional, competent,and respectful of the powerful Lake and all that it can throw at paddlers. Ginny is one of the best guides we have ever had (and boy can she cook up a delicious meal!). She wasn’t afraid to laugh at Jo falling in and out of the kayak either.
Cheers and we can’t wait for the next Superior adventure…
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Thank you for the complement re pictures. I would now like to paddle the Lake Superior coastline of Pulaskwa National Park.
It looks like such a beautiful place. I loved all the pictures, especially the one of the albino woodland caribou.
It was a gorgeous place – just wish you could comfortably swim in Lake Superior on a hot day.
We hiked the Pukaskwa Trail to & fro. 120km’s +
It was my first trip to Superior
A beautiful & well kept secret in Ontario.
I kayaked The Benjamin Is. in the North Channel prior to above.
Finished the West Coast Trail In July.
I am thankful & a complete newbie at these sojourns of R&R
I wish to kayak Superior one day. Still looking to purchase one.
Life is really good & sharing is better!
jw from Burlington On.
You’ve had lots of fantastic adventures this year. Kayaking the Benjamin Islands is also on our list.
Lake Superior is difficult enough to get to and that keeps people away. Loved the solitude and the wildness of Lake Superior.
Highly recommend kayaking Superior – in fact our guide did it all the way from the Ontario-Minnesota border to Parry Sound on the Georgian Bay – in about 60 days, and over half of it alone the summer before.
WhenIwas aged 8,9,and 10 I lived on Michipicoten Island east end my step Dad was the lightHouse Keeper Fred Francis, I aslo sailed on the Alexander henry ice breaker, also shipwreck island was called Gull island, we use to go there to see the baby guls. a cove across from it was called Agate cove down east form the light house was where an old copper mine was and we picked some unusal pieces of copper up. when we were there from the main dock which had th boat hoist and boat house going west left hand side light house, right hand side fog plant oil drums in frount of it across from them was the house in froynt we had a three tier rock garden up the hill was the Beacon I had a big doll house in the back of the house..I was there when they built the long dock, and were doing the assistant quarters I wish I could spend a week there ,but guess I cant..Before we got th eletric light we had to climb to the top of the light house wund the weights and replace the wick and light the light,,this had to be done in the middle of the night too….I also remember the CP edwards and abbitippi
Norma,
Loved all the insight you provided. Lighting the lighthouse light would have been quite the job. Looks like these photos took you on a trip down memory lane. What an unusual place to live for several years.
This is a beautiful area. I could kayak all day on those waters. I’m especially impressed with the camping ready cheesecake.
@Elise It was a fabulous trip and we lucked out with the weather. Blueberries were fresh picked & the cheesecake was especially yummy outdoors.