From Neys Provincial Park we continued west on Trans Canada Highway towards Thunder Bay.
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Driving Trans Canada Highway along the North Shore of Lake Superior
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Sign for Terrace Bay
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Driving to Thunder Bay Ontario
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Entering Terrace Bay
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Terrace Bay Visitor Center
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Crossing the Nipigon River Bridge – cable stayed and new in the past few years
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Casques Isle Trail – 53km rugged trail – part of the spectacular Voyageur Trail
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Fort William Historical park in the Thunder Bay area
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Looking out over Thunder Bay
Sibley Peninsula is a 53 km long peninsula just east of the town of Thunder Bay and is home to the Sleeping Giant – a rock formation which looks like a “Sleeping Giant” from Thunder Bay. It is also home to the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park.
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Signs for the provincial park – about 35 km down the peninsula
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Welcome to Sleeping Giant Provincial park
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Entrance to the Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
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Marie Louise Lake Campground entrance
Campground: Marie Louise Lake Campground
Location: East of Thunder Bay on the Sibley Peninsula
Site: 209 – Back-in
Cost: $59.31 (CAD)
Services: E (30 AMP)
Comments: A nice campground with a number of sites lake front on Marie Louise Lake. It was a bit buggy with a few black flies here and there but that is seasonal. The lake has a swimming beach and great views.
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Our site 209 as seen from the road
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Our site 209
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Our site 209
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Picnic area at our site 209
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A deer in our site
The campground has a lovely day use area and swimming beach.
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Dollars and questions
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A waterfront site on Marie Louise Lake
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Day use area at the beach
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Wildflowers along the lake
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The swimming beach at the campground
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A painted rock
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Maire Louise Lake
The small community of Silver Islet sits at the southern tip of Sibley Island and is a charming, quaint area looking out over Lake Superior.
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Welcome to Silver Islet – World’s Richest Silver Mine
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The community along the waters’ edge
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The General Store at Silver Islet
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Bird rock
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Silver Islet launch area
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The view from Silver Islet
The park has a lookout point along Thunder Bay called, appropriately, Thunder Bay Lookout. The drive is a 5 mile dirt road off the main road with warning signs denoting it is rough and steep. It actually wasn’t that bad. At the end of the road is a steep overlook and it had lots of horse flies!! Yowzer! But it was a beautiful view across Thunder Bay even though it was cloudy and rainy.
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Road to Thunder Bay Lookout
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Caution steep hills
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Finally, after about 4 miles on the dirt road we saw a sign for the lookout
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Parking at the lookout
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Lilly at the lookout
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Walk out at the lookout – it goes out over the water
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Wood slats – you can see way, way, way down
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Sign at lookout
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View to the west
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View to the south
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View to the north
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Thunder Bay
And, of course, there is “The” Sleeping Giant as seen from across Marie Louise Lake.
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“THE” Sleeping Giant as seen across Marie Louise Lake
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The Sleeping Giant
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