Niagara of the North

Friday, September 4, 2015

Another beautiful sunny day!  We are off to see Kakabeka Falls, located about 30 miles northwest of our location, in a Provincial Park.  Many have told us they are more beautiful than Niagara Falls and have been called the Niagara Falls of the North.  After seeing them we would agree.  They are smaller, the drop is 131 feet, but they cascade over multiple ledges on the way down.  They are in the Kaministiquia River and their flow is controlled by a power plant dam located up river.

The park itself is beautiful.  They have great overlook locations in several areas all connected by boardwalks.  Here are some pictures.

We also visited a few other places today.  Close to the US border is Thunder Oak Cheese Farm.  They make and sell authentic Dutch Gouda Cheese and of course we bought some.  Gouda cheese is not widely available at home, so we really never tried it, but after we did, we were hooked!

We also drove into the little town of Hymers.  This place is so small and remote Garmin couldn’t find it.  They have an old fashioned farm fair going on this weekend, so if the weather cooperates, supposed to have rain Sunday and Monday, we plan to attend.  This was a scouting mission, hopefully we’ll have more on it in a couple days.

The last stop today was to the Terry Fox Memorial.  Terry Fox was a young man from British Columbia afflicted with cancer and lost his right leg to the disease.  To raise money for cancer research and inspire others afflicted, he attempted a Marathon for Cancer by running across Canada.  He made it from New Brunswick to this spot, over 3300 miles, in 2 months, but his cancer returned causing him to stop.  He died a short time later on June 28, 1981.  He was 23.

On the way home we saw these in the yard of a house we passed.

A close view will show these sculptures are comprised of a bunch repurposed stuff joined together.  This person has talent, wouldn’t you agree?  We wonder how many people, like us stop, back up, and get out to take pictures.  Their yard was full of these creations.

Well that concludes another interesting day of our adventure.  Tomorrow we head into the city to explore Thunder Bay.