White River

Day: 41
Destination: White River, Ontario
Route: Highway 17
Miles Ridden: 214   Total Miles: 9,199

Points of Interest:

• Lake Superior
• Agawa Indian Gift Store
• Lake Superior Provincial Park
• Sinclair Cove
• City of Wawa

Today was the coldest day of our trip. Although we did not have any rain, we put on everything we could to keep warm...sweatshirts, jackets, rain jackets...but it was still cold. We also had more wind than we had experienced, with gusts up to 45 miles per hour. We left at 9:30 a.m., and arrived at White River at 4:00 p.m. We took several opportunities to stop and look around at things, and to take a few pictures. We left Lake Huron, and early on we began running alongside Lake Superior. Even with the overcast and grey skies (it looked like it was going to pour the entire day), the views over the lake were fantastic. In some areas, white beaches could be seen, as well as small islands. Larger islands were seen in the distance, as clouds hung low over the mountains around the lake. At the higher elevations, the highway was engulfed in a dense fog making visibility difficult at times, and the riding even colder.

We exited the highway, and road down a single lane road to Sinclair Cove. There was a boat ramp, with a pickup truck backed up to the water. Two American Indians, part of the Agawa Tribe, were cleaning about 500 pounds of whitefish which they caught that morning using gill nets. Gill nets are outlawed in the US and Canada, but can be used by Native Americans. We took a few photos (until the battery died), and moved on. We stopped for lunch at Wawa at a restaurant called the Viking. The chicken pot pie was excellent, and after a break, we continued on our way to White River. White River is little more than a bump in the highway (Not even available to mark on our blog's pin map). It had two hotels and one restaurant. We settled in for the night.