CAMPING IN ONTARIO
Northern Ontario – Part IV By Darcy Nybo
We’ve come to the final installment of Camping in Ontario. Today we’ll explore the great northern areas of James Bay Frontier, Algoma-Kinnewabi, North of Superior and Sunset Country.
When people think of James Bay Frontier, they think of two things: the birthplace of Shania Twain and great fishing! Tagged by rugged cliffs, deep canyons, plentiful wildlife (including beluga whales and polar bears), and water everywhere, this is a vast area with so much to do it’s hard to cover it all.
There are several fairs in late summer and fall, including the Great Canadian Kayak Challenge in Timmins which runs late August. Fall fairs and celebrations in many of the smaller towns include the Cochrane Summer Festival in mid-August, and fall fairs in Englehart and Liskeard in early September.
Re-live the glory days of the gold rush and pan for gold or take a float-plane deep into remote areas for some of the best fishing found on planet Earth. Should hunting be more to your liking, there are excellent guides who can take you into prime areas for grouse, duck, deer, moose and even bear.
If you aren’t into ‘roughing it’, you may want to head to Wawaitin Falls, on Kenogamissi Lake, to try Glamping. It’s a new twist on an old theme whereby you are pampered in a luxurious camping environment for seven days. You can relax and rejuvenate in ways that put an entirely new twist on “camping”, while still taking in more traditional fare like exploring the local heritage and history.
There are wonderful camping areas in the Algoma-Kinnewabi Sioux Narrows, Ontario Parks, Photo by Macleod
region. As with most of the camping in Ontario, you will find some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Here you can explore the shorelines of Lake Huron and Lake Superior. Walk, take the car, hop on a train or a boat and start exploring.
West of Sudbury and East of Sault Ste. Marie, you will find the Shoreline Discovery Trail. The bill for this stairway up the Rocky Bluffs which are adjacent to the Municipal Marina, rung in at $250,000. Once you reach the top, relax in the viewing gazebo and take in the Whalesback Channel of Lake Huron. Along the way you will find interpretive signs to explain what you'll find in and around the hiking paths. High above it all sits a 24-meter tall wind turbine that boasts 18 meter long blades. The electricity produced by this machine provides electric power to the Municipal Marina and the Four Seasons Complex.
There are plenty of other things to do here as well. The Bruce Mines and St. Josephs Island Museum have a great collection of artifacts that show the history of the area, or you can take in a concert at Bellevue Park, located on the shore of St. Mary’s River. North of Sault Ste. Marie and on the other side of Lake Superior Provincial Park, are the Magpie High Falls. These beautiful and breathtaking falls are the result of the Magpie River cascading 75 feet over a rocky gorge. In places the gorge is over 200 feet wide. There is a trail with steel railings and wooden steps that offer a view the falls from a variety of angles.
Whether you have kids, or are a kid at heart, you must stop at White River, the birthplace of the most famous of all bears, Winnie the Pooh. During World War I, a Canadian soldier by the name of Captain Harry Colebourn, bought
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