The north shore of Lake Superior has been our right-hand companion since we left Thunder Bay  and now we start down the eastern shore of the lake, still to our right. We start our day with a send off from a field of wild lupins and now we have left WAWA behind. This part of Highway 17 skirts quite close to the shore and at some elevation above so we have many views of the lake and the morning fog banks offshore. Interestingly this stretch of Highway 17 from WAWA to AGAWA to the south was not officially opened to traffic until September 1960 thus making it possible to go completely across the country by road. We are now truly connected to from sea to sea.

LUPINS LEAVING WAWA

OFF SHORE FOG BANK

At Sault Ste Marie we turn east and start running past the St Mary’s River which outflows from Lake Superior. Lake freighters use about 105-120 kms of the St Marys, depending on which channel they use, to get from Lake Superior to Lake Huron. As there is a 21-foot elevation difference between the two lakes, a series of locks lifts or lowers the ships between the lakes, much like the Welland Canal over the Niagara Escarpment.

Lake Huron is now our right-hand companion and about 2 hours east of “the Soo” we come to the little burg of Thessalon, Ontario, our destination for tonight. I have a cousin whom I have not seem in over 60 years who lives here. We have been in touch over the years, and I am looking forward to an in person visit. We spend the late afternoon and evening getting caught up and thoroughly enjoy the time together. After dinner together and a visit to her home of 46 years Vicki and I head to our trailer for a well deserved night’s sleep.

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