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Old Posted Jul 31, 2015, 1:57 AM
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For Sault Ste. Marie, the best areas are the waterfront trail, Sault Canal National historic site, and Hiawatha Park. If you walk to Whitefish Island across the canal you can get the best view of the rapids of the St. Mary's. Hiawatha Park is home to the biggest waterfalls in the area (Crystal Falls and Minnehaha Falls), which are a short walk from the parking lot there.

Going North Lake Superior Provincial Park is a great place to stop. Harmony Beach which is not park of the park (located 30 minutes north of the Sault) is great for swimming and so is Batchawana Provincial park just north of there. Chippewa Falls between Harmony and Batchawana is a good place to stop, though the falls are really most impressive in the spring. In the Park the Agawa Pictographs are a good place for a hike. Katherine's Cove is another good place for swimming. Sand River is the big waterfall inside the park that can been seen from the highway. Between Sand River and Katherine's Cove there is a small trail that leads to Bathtub Island that is a short walk through the water to get to. It has a pool of water in the middle of it that is warmer than Superior. The water in the tub is collected from the waves crashing into the island. On one side of the island the is a drop-off that goes 30 feet down and you can see all the way to the bottom because the water is very clear here. The last good spot in the park is Old Woman's Bay which is a great place to take pictures of the cliffs.

North of the some good places to stop are the Town of Marathon which has some good views of Superior from there. Terrace Bay has a nice beach and is a great place to take pictures of Superior. Also in Terrace Bay is Aguasabon Gorge which is another scenic area and not much walking there.
Some of the town's along the way are pretty nice as well.

Google maps and sateilite would help if you have trouble finding some places. The drive around Superior is great and there is lots of scenic places the whole way.
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