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| Time Change sign |
July 11th we left Winnipeg a little later than we
planned so it was quite late when we arrived into Dryden where we spent the
night in a motel. The next day we passed
the sign that let us know that let us know the time change. We are now on
Eastern Time.
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| Kenabeka Falls |
Then we went as far as Kenabaka Falls which is just before Thunder Bay. The
water was running pretty fast and so you could hear the thundering sound of
water as it came over the falls. A really pretty area! The weather forecast was for thunderstorms in
the night so it was another motel night.
The next morning we went for a tour of Fort William as it was in 1816. Thomas
Douglas, the Earl of Selkirk and prominent shareholder in the Hudson’s Bay
Company had taken control of Fort William, the inland headquarters of the
Northwest Company. His arrival was in retaliation for the destruction of his
colony in the west. It is quite historical and was interesting.
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| Keith holding Musket |
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| Standing with the Guard! |
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| Sharen - Terry Fox monument |
As we left Thunder Bay, we visited the Terry Fox Scenic Lookout which is up on
a bluff beside the highway, named Terry Fox Courage Highway, overlooking
Thunder Bay and Lake Superior. It is very cool!
As everyone knows, Terry was an outstanding
young man and it is heartwarming
and definitely
worth a visit to read the plaques and see the life size
sculpture as he ran across Canada to raise money for cancer research. His quest began in 1980 but sadly, due to the return of cancer, he had to end his journey in Thunder Bay in
1981.
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| Terry Fox - Thunder Bay |
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| Wawa Goose |
On to Wawa, which is a neat place. They have the Wawa Goose here. It is
huge!
There is a nice walkway and
painted chairs with all kinds of interesting sayings on them.
We enjoyed the drive to Sault Ste Marie along Lake Superior. There is an area with Ojibwe pictoglifs and many
pretty water views from the highway area. This is a beautiful drive.
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| Ojibwe pictoglyph |
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| looking for pictoglyph on the rocks |
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| Lake Superior View |
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