Stan,
I'd recommend doing the stretch from the Sault to Wawa in the early part of
the day, since there aren't many accomodations I'd recommend in between.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Halpin" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Anything worth seeing in Ontario?
Thanks for the suggestion Ken. I’ve seen circle-tour brochures but didn’t
have a good sense of how long a trip it might be, or how interesting it
might be photographically. Depending on the weather when we get to the Soo,
we might just turn right and go around. If not then, it will definitely be
on my list of things to do later.
stan
On Aug 27, 2014, at 2:36 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
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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