Our trip to Michigan, Huron and Superior Lakes |
Our ship Viking Octantis |
Leaving Milwaukee under Hoan Bridge. |
Leaving Milwaukee |
Mackinac Island |
Mackinac Bridge |
Mackinac Bridge |
Dropping anchor near Mackinac island |
Mackinac Island |
Lots of horses to clean up after. |
Mackinac home |
Grand Hotel Mackinac |
Three horse team for the second part of our tour |
Arch Rock Mackinac Island |
Delivering hay |
Parry Sound on Georgian Bay in Lake Huron. |
Lighthouse on Parry Sound |
Kayakers from the Octantis |
Zodiac from the Octantis |
Submarine -holds 6 people and the Captain |
Inside the submarine |
Captain of the submarine |
Trestle in Parry Sound |
Famous Trestle Brewery in Parry Sound |
Seaplane in Parry Sound |
Viking Octantis from a beach in Parry sound |
Special Operations Boat on a tour at Killarney |
Killarney on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron |
Gulls and Cormorants on Georgian Bay |
Gulls and Cormorants on Georgian Bay |
The largest paddle in the world - the Big Dipper in Killarney, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron |
Setting sun on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron |
Launching weather balloon |
Launching weather balloon |
Launching weather balloon |
Path at Frazer Bay, Georgian Bay, Lake Huron |
Frazer Bay, Lake Huron |
Frazer Bay, Lake Huron |
Entertainment at Frazer Bay |
Traffic at Soo Locks |
Approaching Soo Locks |
Moving into the Lock |
In lock waiting for water to raise to level of Lake Superior |
Silver Islet in Lake Superio - location of a successful silver mine under the water closed 1884. Pumps kept the water out. |
The only store at Silver Islet |
Seal Rock Silver Islet |
Trowbridge Lighthouse on Lake Superior |
Kakabeka Falls, Thunder Bay, Lake Superior is 2/3 rds the height of Niagara Falls |
Kakabeka Falls in Thunder Bay, Lake Superior |
Kakabeka Falls, Lake Superior |
View of Lake Superior |
Fort William - major trading post for voyageurs (trapers) |
Fort William |
Furs at Fort William |
Actors at Fort William in birchbark canoes |
The apothecary at Fort William |
Trading post at Fort William |
Trading Post at Fort William |
Trading post at Fort William |
Canoe shed |
Canoe Shed weathervane at Fort William |
Inside the Canoe Shed |
Inside the Canoe Shed |
Window in Canoe Shed |
Furs inside the fort |
Viking Octantis on Lake Superior |
Soo Lock from the air |
Great Lake Sunset |