• Date Circle Tour Completed
• Favorite Spot and/or Experience
• Member

June 28, 2006
Sheri Robinson, Mankato, Minnesota

Three segments: July 2000, September 2004, August 2005
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan; Lake Superior Provincial Park, South of Wawa along Trans Canada Hwy. 17; Whitefish Point; Madeline Island; La Pointe, Wisconsin; Copper Harbor, Fort Wilkins State Park; Scenic drive along Trans Canada Hwy. between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Hiking in the Porcupine Mountains. Boat trips, sunset cruise out of Copper Harbor, Pictured Rocks Cruise out of Munising, Michigan, Harbor Cruise out of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Visiting Lake Superior Provincial Park south of Wawa, Ontario. Visiting the Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point. Historic sites regarding the Anishinabe people, lighthouse visitor centers and visitor centers along Hwy. 61 on Minnesota’s North Shore. Staying for a few nights each summer over the past several years at Solbakken Lodge in Lutsen, Minnesota, to enjoy the sound and ambience of Lake Superior and the beaches, parks and hiking trails near Solbakken.
Jackie Hill & Don Christensen, Minneapolis, Minnesota

August 3, 1963
We left from Ely, Minnesota, and spent the night in then Ft. William/Port Arthur. Then on to Wawa, the Sault, Ontario, Ishpeming, Michigan (for my husband’s high school reunion) and back to Ely. We has recently returned from living for several years in Alaska. One thing my husband had missed were the wild blueberries found around Lake Superior. As we drove across Canada it was the peak of the season and kids were selling blueberries by the side of the road. There were service stations conveniently spaced along the highway and as we remember, each one also had a restaurant, usually a mom-and-pop affair. At one where we stopped, the table in the kitchen was piled high with a gigantic mound of blueberries just waiting as the pie crusts were being prepared. Because the highway was so new it was quite an adventure and we enjoyed seeing the beginning of things. Wawa, even with the concrete goose, we found charming. As for scenic stops, the Provincial Park on the eastern side of the lake, which was rather rocky, but also had a lovely sandy beach. We had stopped at a bakery in a small town and had put together the makings for a picnic which we enjoyed as we spent several hours in that beautiful spot. We were the only people there and this was on a gorgeous day in the high part of summer. The quietness, solitude and beauty of that spot remain in my memory. We have repeated sections of that trip, but nothing stands out like that first time 40-some years ago.
William & Elizabeth Gray, Granville, Ohio

August 1999
My husband, Dan, & I drove the Circle Tour in our car in August 1999 for our anniversary. We took about a week to drive around Lake Superior and we have thought about driving the Circle Tour again. Our favorite spots were the north shore of Minnesota, Bayfield in Wisconsin, Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan and Kakabeka Falls in Ontario.
Dan & Karla Mooney, Woodbury, Minnesota

• Date Circle Tour Completed
• Favorite Spot and/or Experience
• Member

June 2003
My younger brother, Ted, and I biked around Lake Superior leaving from Duluth, Minnesota, in June 2003. Using two Trek road bikes and two Bob Yak trailers we completed the tour in 14 days. It was an amazing trip and I would love to do it again someday. Our favorite point was arguably Agawa Bay on the east coast of the lake. A campsite within feet of the lake and a brilliant sunset made Agawa incredible.
Joel LaFrance, Robbinsdale, Minnesota
Ted LaFrance, Collegeville, Minnesota

Summer 2005
Neys, Ontario. The swimming. Pictured Rocks, Houghton Mine tours, wished for more time in Thunder Bay.
Karen Parkinson, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Mary Etta Parkinson, Midvale, Utah
Anne Knight, New York, New York

July 25, 2005
Our trip started July 17th in Duluth, Minnesota and we rode my boyfriend’s motorcycle. From Duluth we rode north and stopped for the night in Thunder Bay, Terrace Bay and Wawa, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette and Ironwood, Michigan and spent our last night back in Duluth. The ride was beautiful from beginning to end. We only ran into rain just outside Thunder Bay and Copper Harbor, Michigan. Otherwise the weather was sunny and warm. We especially enjoyed Split Rock Lighthouse, Gooseberry Falls State Park, Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park, Aguasabon Falls, the Lake Superior Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, Michigan, the Pictured Rocks boat tour in Munising, Michigan, and the Apostle Islands near Bayfield, Wisconsin. We toured a few lighthouses and enjoyed the conversation with some of the locals. People along the way couldn’t have been nicer or more helpful and took the time to point out things to see. Unfortunately, we didn’t see any moose but did see a bear alongside the road outside of Marathon, Ontario, and an eagle in Munising, Michigan. There is too much to see and do in one trip and we plan on taking the Circle Tour again. This July we will complete the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. The map we received with the Lake Superior Travel Guide] was extremely helpful and guided us daily. Thank you!
Kristin Lura & Michael Schiemann, Mason City, Iowa

June 22, 2005
We have circled the lake a number of times but enjoyed this time the most. We did the trip counterclockwise with our first few days spent in the Pictured Rocks area. Chaple rock and beach were our favorite spots, other than getting engaged on 12 Mile Beach! Lake Superior Provincial Park had some of the greatest sunsets we have ever seen. And God bless the state of Michigan for putting a brewery in a State Park! (Tahquamenon State Park’s Brewery)
Susan Britton & James Hoppe, Duluth, Minnesota