Places

Cape Gargantua

Cape Gargantua is a striking landmark on Lake Superior’s eastern coastline, distinguished by its towering cliffs and a protective fringe of volcanic rock islands. It is an archipelago of roughly...

Caribou Island Lighthouse

The current light was built in 1912 and flashes white every 15 seconds. It's a hexagonal concrete tower with six flying buttresses and is 31.5 meters or 103 feet tall...

Cascade Falls

The name of a popular backcountry campsite in Pukaskwa National Park at the mouth of the Cascade River. It's known for the spectacular waterfall flowing directly into Lake Superior.

Davieaux Island Lighthouse

The lighthouse is a white reinforced concrete octagonal tower completed in September, 1918. The tower is 44 feet high and sits 129 feet above the water. In 1919 a fog...

Dog Harbour

Dog Harbour is a very small cove just west of Dog River. It's large enough for 1-2 boats max. 1/3 of the shoreline is dominated with a cliff that's covered...

Dog River

Formally known as the University River.

False Dog Harbour

A small harbour just east of Dog Harbour. It boasts a small sandy beach on the west side.

First Cabin

The approximate location of a trail cabin along the White River Trail in the 1920's.

Gargantua Lighthouse

Ghost River

Ghost River flows out to Lake Superior and is an excellent sandy beach for camping. This was the first place Gus Weidman set up his trap line but moved over...

Heron Bay

A bay on Lake Superior deep enough to bring in large ships to dock. It was used for logging operations from the 1930's to 1960's.

Indian Harbour

A small by just north of Gargantua area.

Kushik Logging Camp

A logging camp in the 1920's. This was a satellite camp for the main base of operations at Pukaskwa Depot.

Lafleur Logging Camp

The approximate location of a satellite logging camp for Pukaskwa Depot on the Pukaskwa River. It operated in the 1920's.

McCoy’s Harbour

A small harbour on the Pukaskwa coast of Lake Superior.

Michipicoten Harbour

Michipicoten Harbour Lighthouse

Michipicoten Island

An island on Lake Superior.

Michipicoten Island East End Lighthouse

Constructed in 1911 and complete in 1912, this hexagonal, concrete tower, stiffened by six flying buttresses is 71 feet tall and flashes ever 10 seconds, visible for 14 miles.

Michipicoten Trail

This is a very rough estimate of the Michipicoten Trail route that ran for only a couple of winters in the 1920's.

Newman’s Bay

Trapper, Billy Newman used to have a cabin in this bay in the 1930's.

Old Woman Bay

Old Woman Bay is a dramatic stretch of Lake Superior shoreline known for its long sandy beach framed by towering cliffs that rise roughly 200 metres above the water. The...

Otter Cove

A large cove on Lake Superior. Home of trapper Gus Weidman in the 1930's. This bay also has a Pukaskwa National Park Warden Cabin in it.

Otter Island

An island on the Pukaskwa Coast of Lake Superior

Otter Island Lighthouse

In 1902, the Department of Marine erected a beacon on Otter Island. The following year, a lighthouse was built on the northwest tip of Otter Island, off Otter Head, of...

Pantagruel Bay

Pantagruel Bay is a small sandy bay on Lake Superior just west of Warp Bay.

Pic River

Pipe River

A river mouth on Lake Superior. There is also an abandoned trappers cabin here.

Point Isacor

A headland on Lake Superior.

Poitier's Cabin

The approximate location of a trail cabin along the White River Trail in the 1930's.

Pukaskwa Depot

Pukaskwa Depot is the site of a former logging camp on Lake Superior.

Quebec Harbour

A harbour on Michipicoten Island on Lake Superior.

Quebec Harbour Fishing Village - Original Location

This was the original site of the Quebec Harbour fishing village originally leased from crown land in 1860 by Alfred Booth of the A. Booth Packing Company. The site was...

Sand River

There is a very large sandy beach where the Sand River enters into Lake Superior. During the summer of 1920 and that winter, trapper, Billy Newman worked out of this...

Second Cabin

The approximate location of a trail cabin along the White River Trail in the 1920's.

White River

Started as a CP Rail work camp in 1885, but by 1886 it was a modern rail town, with a deluxe station house, fine hotels, and an ice house. This...

White River Trail

The White River Trail was a winter trail that ran between Pukaskwa Depot and White River in the 1920's.