We boarded the Star ferry at 11.30am for the 15 minute ride back to St.Ignace where we had parked the cars yesterday afternoon. Looking back at Mackinac.
Wendy took this cheery photo of me, Bob and Thelma as we sped across Lake Huron at 40 knots.
Another photo of the plume of water being thrown up by the jet engine.
We reached St.Ignace and collected the cars from the car park and loaded up our bags and drove the 60 miles north to the border.
Crossing the bridge to the Canadian border control.
The Soo locks under the bridge on the US side of the border.
As soon as you cross the bridge you come to the Canadian border control and we rather liked this understated welcome to Canada.
We went through Canadian border control in just a few minutes and without any problems at all. The drive from the border to Sudbury was about 200 miles and as soon as we left Sault Ste. Marie we were in farming country very reminiscent of the English countryside.
Wendy took this photo of a house that could easily have been owned by Norman Bates!!
By now we had been travelling for about two hours so we decided to find a place to have a short break. The road was running along the north shore of lake Huron and at the first convenient spot we turned down a small track to the lake side. What a beautiful spot it was with the lake, a shimmering blue in the bright sunshine and a broad sandy beach. The temperature was a very warm 27 degrees with lovely shade from the trees. We saw Bob and Thelma drive past and called them on their mobile. They turned round and joined us by the lake.
Whilst we sat there eating our cheese and crackers Wendy pointed out a small black squirrel. We had never seen a black squirrel before. It was quite tame and Wendy was able to get a good photo of it.
After spending about three quarters of an hour we drove on and went past this Monument to Logging. I hope the two loggers manhandling the logs are visible. If not just click on the photo to enlarge it.
The remainder of the drive to Sudbury was uneventful. As we approached the town we saw for the first time the gigantic chimney stack built in 1975 for the nickel processing plant. The stack, known as the Inco Superstack, is 1257ft tall. Sudbury is the nickel capital of the world.
After we arrived at our hotel in Sudbury, the Best Western, we went for an Indian meal at the Indian restaurant next door. Our waitress told us that there is a strike going on at the plant which has been ongoing for over eight months. I haven't yet checked the current situation on the web.
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