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and the charming Finlayson of the stronghold, destroyed
Provincial Park, a popular by the Americans in the War
place to picnic and camp; of 1812. Entry is across a
both are located on drawbridge, and the interior
Temagami’s outskirts. holds barracks, a powder
magazine, and officers’
quarters. The fort’s battlefield
27 is the site of one of the War of
1812’s blood iest battles, fought
Lake Erie here during the siege of the
fort in 1814.
n 660 Garrison Rd, Fort
Erie; www.forterie.ca Old Fort Erie
Lake Erie is named after the " '-= ⌂ 350 Lakeshore
The rocky, tree-lined First Nations people who Rd § (905) 871 0540 # Mid-
shores of picturesque once lived along its shores. May–Oct: daily
Lake Temagami The Erie were renowned for
their skills as fishermen. Some
250 miles (400 km) long and 28
26 an average of 37 miles (60 km) Sault Ste. Marie
wide, Lake Erie is the shal­
Temagami lowest of the Great Lakes and
separates Canada from the ~ @ n 99 Foster Dr; www.
@ n Chamber of saulttourism.com
Com merce, Lakeshore Rd; US. Its northern shore is one Where the rapids of St. Mary’s
of the most peaceful parts of
www.temagami.ca
Ontario, with a string of quiet River link Lake Superior to Lake
The tiny resort of Temagami country towns and small ports Huron sits the town of Sault
and its wild surroundings have set in rolling countryside. Ste. Marie, one of Ontario’s
long attracted fur traders and Reaching out from the oldest European communities.
trappers, painters, and writers, Canadian shoreline are three The area was originally
most famously Grey Owl (p161), peninsulas, one of which has called “Baawitigong”, meaning
the remark able Englishman been conserved as the Point “place of the rapids,” by the
who posed as an Aboriginal Pelee National Park (p234), Ojibwa people, who used
Canadian and achieved home to a virgin forest and, the site as a meeting place.
celebrity status as a naturalist during spring and summer, It remains a strong First
and conservationist in the thousands of migrating birds. Nations area today.
1930s. The resort sits on the About 19 miles (30 km) The town itself was founded
distinctively shaped Lake south of Niagara Falls, the as a Jesuit mission and fur­
Temagami, which features small town of Fort Erie lies trading post by the French
long fjords and bays as well as where the Niagara River meets in 1688. Called the “Sault”
1,400 islands, which are criss­ Lake Erie, facing its sprawling (pronounced “Soo”), after the
crossed by numerous scenic US neighbor, Buffalo. The French word for “rapids,” the
canoe routes and hiking and massive Peace Bridge links trading station prospered
mountain­bike trails. the two, and most people cross after 1798, when the rapids
Even more remote is the the border without giving were bypassed by a canal.
Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Fort Erie a second look – thus Since then, the canal has been
Wilderness Park, farther to the missing one of the more upgraded time and again, and
west. The only way in is by impressive of the reconstruc­ today transports the huge
canoe or floatplane from ted British forts that dot container ships to the
Temagami, but the reward the Canada­US border. interior, maintaining a
is some of Ontario’s most Old Fort Erie is a replica thriving local economy.
stunning scenery. Much more
accessible is the 100­ft­
(30­m­) high Temagami Fire
Tower lookout point, which
provides panoramic views of
the surrounding pine forests,

Point Abino Lighthouse,
which stands on the
northern edge of Lake Erie
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