We woke at our Thunder Bay KOA and hit the road pretty early.  Scott, as always, carefully inspected the site before we left. 

Continuing our Lake Superior Circle Tour, our first stop was the Bridgeview Lookout Tower in Nipigon – one of the many impressive civil engineering projects built by Canadian taxpayers to lure tourist to the area.  As with the others, this was fairly new, well built, and well maintained.

The next top was Aquasabon Falls and Gorge , a short hike from the nice parking area (a separate one for trucks and RVs.)  We used this opportunity to eat lunch.  The walkway was very well constructed, and we learned about the local Hydro plant operated by Ontario Power Generation , a VideoRay customer.

We then went up the Terrace Bay Lighthouse – a replica of a lighthouse that was really an observation tower, but a nicely built replica and tower located in a shopping district off of Route 17.

Traveling on route 17 – the trans-Canadian highway – is very interesting for an American.  Parts of it are 4 lane and limited access.  A lot of it is two lane and they are widening it – blasting rock and making quite a mess as much is pretty rugged terrain.  Parts are 2 lane with occasional passing lanes.  But – just a few weeks after Labor Day – we found traffic to be pretty sparse.  There were lots of trucks, several RVs (probably doing the Circle Tour,) and a few cars.  But for the only way to get from one end of Canada to the other it seemed to have less traffic than route 23 back home at this time of year.   We’re finding several campgrounds are already closed for the season – this one closes in 4 days.  But the weather right now is real nice – go figure.

This area from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste Marie is backcountry wilderness. Very few crossroads or towns and if you find town, they are small. We drove through the town of Marathon – just to look around.  We tried to find the Robins Donuts store – Tom, having tried Tim Hortons (Canada’s version of Dunkin Donuts) on an earlier OWG trip – wanted a comparison.  However, they had moved and we couldn’t be bothered to find their new location, so that adventure will have to wait for another day while in Canada.

Around 4PM we arrived at White Lake Provincial Park, however, it appears our floor mat for wiping our feet before entering was left behind. After deciding who was at fault, we got out the eBikes for a short ride, then dinner of microwaved leftovers and off to bed.