Chutes provincial park

Today we left Manitoulin Island and headed toward Michigan.  Along the way we enjoyed all the sights and great scenery of a beautiful sunny (still a little cool) day.  We stopped for a hike in Chutes provincial park  and were amazed at the very powerful falls...sometimes called the Niagara of the north.  We parked as close as we could to the beach area and climbed down to wander around there checking out the clear, multicolored  waters and many types of stones (some may have been pyrite), then followed the trail up, up, up to the platform overlooking the falls and area where the chutes once stood.  The chutes were made of wood and were used to send the logs downstream, avoiding the falls in an effort to prevent jambs.  After we viewed that area, we drove to the campground area to again meet up with the trail leading to the Seven Sisters rapids. We had good intentions however, the trail quickly became too steep for a couple of out of shape, old ladies and we gave up and returned to the car where our picnic lunch waited before hitting the road to continue westward.

Chutes falls from the beach

chutes falls on the Aux  Sable river

top of the falls

top of the falls

area to the right is were the chutes were located

power of the falls

power of the falls

runoff from falls

chutes falls

Aux Sauble river behind the trees