The most ambitious of our plans was trying to make it to Toronto, Ontario from Pictured Rocks in one day! Taking the northern route into Canada appealed to us because we wanted to hug the shoreline of Lake Huron and take a different route out of Michigan.
There were a few stops we would add to complete our Upper Peninsula experience, and I will detail them here! As mentioned in the previous post, the twelve mile beach is a must see/do.
From there we hit Tahquamenon Falls, where we lucked out with visiting on a free entry day. These falls are two different waterfalls on the Tahquamenon River. The water is brown from the tannins leached from the cedar swamps which the river drains. The upper falls are more than 200 feet across and drop 48 feet, making them the 3rd most voluminous vertical waterfall east of the Mississippi River after Niagra Falls and Cohoes Falls in New York.
Our next stop was Sault St. Marie (pronounces Soo St. Marie, I think?) to visit Soo Locks and cross the border into Canada. We watched a barge with windmill parts come through the lock system to pass from Lake Huron to Lake Superior. Fascinating!
Crossing the border was simple with no traffic. Now we had a little over 400 miles to get to Toronto if we made no stops, which of course we did! It was hard not to pull over and stop every time we had a view of Lake Huron (our 3rd Great Lake of the trip). Here is our first stop along the shoreline at Bruce Mines.
Toronto-bound with complete with Lord Huron playlist and other podcasts to entertain us!
From Arkansaw to Ottawa 