Voyageurs' Lodge and Cookhouse - Batchawana Bay, Ontario
Voyageurs' Lodge and Cookhouse is located in beautiful Batchawana Bay just North of Sault Ste. Marie along the coast of Lake Superior. Equipped with full service gas pumps and one of the top restaurants around the lake this is a must stop.
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Crossing Border Driving From U.S.A. Into Ontario, Canada
Driving I-75 (Interstate 75) over the Sault Ste Marie International Bridge into Ontario, Canada to the Border Crossing
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Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ Soo Saint Marie) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the US-Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 20 feet from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to Saint Mary's Rapids or Saint Mary's Falls. The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /ˈsuː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name. Residents of the city are called Saultites.
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. The US prohibited British traders from operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie
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Border Crossing Drive From Ontario Canada, Into U.S.A.
Driving I-75 (Interstate 75) over the Sault Ste Marie International Bridge from Ontario, Canada to the Border Crossing
Daytime Trip Into Canada here:
Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ Soo Saint Marie) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the US-Canada border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 20 feet from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to Saint Mary's Rapids or Saint Mary's Falls. The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /ˈsuː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name. Residents of the city are called Saultites.
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. The US prohibited British traders from operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie
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Agawa Bay Shoreline Trail, Lake Superior Provincial Park Ontario
Agawa Bay, part of Ontario's Lake Superior Provincial Park (est. 1944), is located 90 km NW of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, on Lake Superior's ruggedly scenic north shore. Agawa means 'sacred place' in Ojibway; the First Peoples have dwelled in the region for nearly ten millennia. Precambrian rocks, some of the Earth's oldest dating between 1-2.5 billion years, appear near the broad pebble beach. This slide show features shoreline vistas, beach forest and foliage close-ups, with the rhythmically entrancing 'New Awakening' by Burning Sky as the musical accompaniment. Quotes by Gail Sheehy, Jessamyn West, and Henry Reed provide a spiritual context.
Wawa: Ontario, Canada
A friendly small town in Northern Ontario, situated conveniently on the Trans Canada Highway between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Wawa took its name from Ojibwe word for wild goose', wewe. That is why they have giant geese all over town. They are also famous for snowmobiling and sport fishing.
Neys Provincial Park
Neys Provincial Park is all about the beach. Neys is right on the shore of Lake Superior and has more than a mile of sandy beach riddled with copious amounts of driftwood. What a great place to unwind!
We have camped at Neys many times and in August of 2016 we stayed there for five nights. The family had some good times and I got to play with my cameras and canoe (but that's a different video
The video and the time-lapse were taken with my Fuji XP80 action camera. A few of the still shots (the good ones) were taken with my old SLR camera, Nikon D70.
Editing was done in Windows Live Movie Maker.
Music:
Ugly as I Seem, The White Stripes
Lily's Fair, Terra Lightfoot
Vancouver Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Vancouver? Check out our Vancouver Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Vancouver.
Top Places to visit in Vancouver:
Stanley Park, Granville Island, Vancouver Seawall, VanDusen Botanical Garden, Queen Elizabeth Park, Spanish Banks, Marine Building, Pacific Spirit Regional Park, False Creek, Bloedel Conservatory, English Bay, Nitobe Memorial Garden, Jericho Beach, University of British Columbia, Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium
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Agawa Gifts, Canadian Wood Carvers, July 22, Lake Superior Circle Tour
1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour by highway around the world’s largest & most famous freshwater lake. 2726 miles of shoreline, cliffs & beaches, fishing villages, great campsites & more. Click on Show More for more info about our tour and dozens of videos of the many stops
Travel information on the way always provided us good clues where to visit next. Always talked to campers and they gave us good leads to check out. Had a few stops in mind to start before the trip around Lake Superior.
Here's a list of the places we visited.
I made a * video of each stop:
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Temperance River State Park
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Grand Portage National Museum
(In progress being created)
Minnesota Pigeon River Waterfall
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Fort Williams Historical Park
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Town of Nipigon Paddle to Sea
(In progress being created)
Rainbow Falls Provinical Park
*
Terrace Bay & Water Falls
*
Rossport Fishing Village
*
Pukaskwa National Park
(In progress being created)
Agwawa Woodworking Crafts
*
Pancake Bay Prov Park
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Sault St Marie Locks
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Petosky HS steel drum band at St. Ignace MI
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Mackinac Island & Fort
(In progress being created)
Pictured Rocks Shoreline boat tour
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Jampot Bakery and Byzantine Catholic Church Eagle Harbor
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Upper Michigans Most Scenic Roadside Park (Esrey)
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Copper Harbor Town
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Copper Harbor State Park & Fort
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Down load map of circle tour
Canada Road Trip Vlog | Driving from Ontario to British Columbia
Join us for an epic Canada Road Trip in this vlog as we highlight our journey driving from the Ontario to British Columbia as a family traveling with a dog. As one of our last major trips of 2018 it was an incredible opportunity to travel with Audrey's family and Togo the German Shepherd across Canada. Basically we all piled into a van and drove roughly 9 to 12 hours per day over 4 days to arrive in Alberta before spending a couple of nights with a family friend before making the brief crossing over to British Columbia. Overall, our journey looked like this:
Day 1 Driving in Ontario and staying overnight in a cabin
Day 2 Once again driving in Ontario and staying overnight in a cabin
Day 3 Driving out of Ontario crossing through Manitoba and staying overnight in Saskatchewan in an airbnb
Day 4 Driving from Saskatchewan in to Alberta and staying overnight with a friend
Day 5 Exploring Alberta (which we'll show in another video) and staying overnight with a friend
Day 6 Crossing from Alberta to British Columbia
Basically if you're looking to do a road trip like this across Canada you can make it from Ontario to British Columbia in four busy days or a more comfortable 5 days.
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Canada Road Trip Vlog | Driving from Ontario to British Columbia Travel Video Transcript:
So here we have Togo he jumped in the car. He is ready for his road trip. Ready to see all of Canada. He looks so happy.
Well, good morning good morning. Good morning guys. We are kicking off this road trip. It is happening. It is happening. The plan. I feel like we haven't really explained it. We came up with the idea to do this last minute road trip with my family. With my parents with the dog. We're going to be driving from Ontario to BC. Yeah, British Columbia for those who don't know. Haha. British Columbia. Sam's home province. I haven't been there in over 10 years I'm so excited to go back. It is going to be fun. I've never been there before. It is going to be 4 days of driving to get there. We're going to show you guys the road trip and then once we get to BC we're going to be doing lots of hiking, visiting lakes, mountains, nature. It is going to be a good time and then on the way back we're planning to travel via the US if we can get across the boarder with this dog.
We want to hit the road. We've got three provinces in one day. It is very exciting. Want to name them all? We're leaving Ontario. We're going to Manitoba and then we're finishing off in Saskatchewan. We've got a lot of driving.
We are getting close to Regina. We like blasted through Manitoba. It took us two and half days to get through Ontario and just a few hours to get through Manitoba. Flat roads the whole way and yeah the scenery didn't really change. Like we started off with a little bit of forest as we crossed through Ontario into Manitoba and then it became flat like a pancake and it was mostly like farmland so it was a completely different change of scenery.
We are going to be continuing the road trip out to BC (British Columbia) so like yesterday we did a little bit of sightseeing around Alberta but now we're going to finish off strong so we have about three hours left to drive over across the Rockies.
I think we can say welcome to home sweet home. Where are we? Welcome to my home province of British Columbia guys. This is my first time in Invermere. It looks like a beautiful town and we're going to show you the house that we're staying in. This is going to be our little base as we explore BC and Alberta. The Rockies. But before we do that I've just got to show you how big the property is.
This is part of our Travel in Canada video series showcasing Canadian food, Canadian culture and Canadian cuisine.
Music by DJ Grumble:
Terrace Bay Aguasabon Waterfall, Canada, Lake Superior Circle Tour
1,300-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour by highway around the world’s largest & most famous freshwater lake. 2726 miles of shoreline, cliffs & beaches, fishing villages, great campsites & more. Click on Show More for more info about our tour and dozens of videos of the many stops
Travel information on the way always provided us good clues where to visit next. Always talked to campers and they gave us good leads to check out. Had a few stops in mind to start before the trip around Lake Superior.
Here's a list of the places we visited.
I made a * video of each stop:
mikeminnesota-youtube
Temperance River State Park
*
Grand Portage National Museum
(In progress being created)
Minnesota Pigeon River Waterfall
*
Fort Williams Historical Park
*
Town of Nipigon Paddle to Sea
(In progress being created)
Rainbow Falls Provinical Park
*
Terrace Bay & Water Falls
*
Rossport Fishing Village
*
Pukaskwa National Park
(In progress being created)
Agwawa Woodworking Crafts
*
Pancake Bay Prov Park
*
Sault St Marie Locks
*
Petosky HS steel drum band at St. Ignace MI
*
Mackinac Island & Fort
(In progress being created)
Pictured Rocks Shoreline boat tour
*
Jampot Bakery and Byzantine Catholic Church Eagle Harbor
*
Upper Michigans Most Scenic Roadside Park (Esrey)
*
Copper Harbor Town
*
Copper Harbor State Park & Fort
*
Down load map of circle tour