Musée Sturgeon River House Museum

Le musée Sturgeon River est un ancien poste.
250 Fort Rd
Sturgeon Falls
ON
P2B 2W4

The Sturgeon River House Museum, located on the west bank of the Sturgeon River, promotes and preserves the cultural and natural heritage of the Municipality of West Nipissing. The Museum presents the fur trade era from 1623 to 1879, and pioneer life in West Nipissing between 1878 and 1939, along with cultural contributions among groups in the region.

Manitouwadge Museum

Exterior of the museum
52 ADJALA, Box 498
Manitouwadge
ON
P0T 2C0

Curated by the Manitouwadge Archival and Historical Society, the Manitouwadge Museum is a must see for historical buffs. The MAHS plays an important role in maintaining and archiving the community’s history and beginnings, which they caringly do for everyone to enjoy.

MacLeod Provincial

Look out dock on hiking trail in MacLeod PP
MacLeod Provincial Park c/o Geraldton Community Forests Inc. Box 400
Geraldton
ON
P0T 1M0

Named after an abandoned gold mine, this park is located on a peninsula in Kenogamisis Lake. The lake offers excellent swimming and walleye and pike fishing in its bays and marshes. Look up at the sky on a clear summer night and you may see the northern lights. Bird watch and view wildlife as the forest comes alive after a long, cold northern Ontario winter

Little Schoolhouse and Museum South Baymouth

Little Schoolhouse and Museum South Baymouth
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South Baymouth
ON
P0P 1K0

Trace the history of Tehkummah Township, one of Ontario's ghost towns, Michael's Bay, and the development of South Baymouth from a commercial fishing station to a tourist destination and ferry port. The museum complex includes one of the Island's pioneer one room schools.

Little Rapids General Store & Gas Bar

exterior general store
59 Little Rapids Road
Thessalon
ON
P0R 1L0

This general store has been servicing the area since 1890. Stop in for over 30 different flavours of cheese and the best summer sausage around, Penokean Hills Farms food products, Gas, BBQ propane, fishing and hunting licenses or a memorable souvenir to commemorate your trip.

Le Voyageur Inn

old hotel exterior
351 Main Street P.O. Box 1170
Mattawa
ON
P0H 1V0

Where the lazy Mattawa River meets with the mighty Ottawa River, you’ll find this historic Inn. The landmark building dates back to its original construction in 1881.

Le Voyageur offers clean cozy rooms, great rates, and dedicated customer service. The dining lounge specializes in authentic Thai cuisine—best in the North!—as well as classic Canadian.

Larder Lake Tourist Centre

Larder Lake Tourist and Historical Information Centre
Intersection of Ontario St (Hwy 66) & Government Rd (Hwy 624)
Larder Lake
ON
P0K 1L0

The Larder Lake Tourist and Historical Information Centre boasts an archive of photographs and historical displays dating back to the town’s humble beginnings, as well as brochures and information on local hotspots. For those interested in taking a bit of the north home with them, we also host a souvenir table with a variety of items available for purchase.

Lake Superior Provincial Park Visitor Centre

Agawa rock from water
Trans-Canada Hwy
Agawa Bay
ON
  • The Lake Superior Coast, including both easy to access and remote sections of the Lake Superior shoreline
  • Spectacular and diverse scenery – cliffs, beaches, river valleys, waterfalls, inland lakes, Algoma Hills, fall colours
  • World-class hiking and paddling along the Lake Superior shoreline
  • Agawa Rock Pictographs – 35 red ochre images are visible; one of the few pictograph sites in Ontario accessible by foot (only when Lake Superior is calm); open mid-May to mid-September
  • An exceptional Visitor Centre highlighting the park’s cultural history, na

Lake Superior Marine Conservation Area

A fire on a beach at dusk
22 Third Street, P.O. Box 998, 22, rue Third, C.P. 998
Nipigon
ON
P0T 2J0

There’s a reason Lake Superior has been referred to as an inland ocean and you’ll discover that for yourself when you visit this immensely beautiful Great Lake. Called gichigamiing or “The Big Lake” by the Anishinaabe people of the region and known for its furious storms, the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area will soon be recognized as one of the largest protected areas of fresh water in the world.

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