Whitefish Point, MI

Sunday we drove to Whitefish Point, MI which is the home of the Shipwreck Museum and the closest land to where the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior.

The day was beautiful, sunny skies and cool temps. The drive took about a hour and followed the lake shore. It was a very nice drive.

We stopped in Paradise en-route for lunch at The Red Flannel Saloon/Little Falls Restaurant. I had a really good BLT and Dean had some soup. We then continued the 11 miles to the point.

There are many buildings at Whitefish Point, of course the lighthouse, the keepers house, the museum, a gift shop and a snack bar just to name a few. There is a boardwalk to the beach right at the point with beautiful views of Lake Superior and Canada.

The lighthouse is very different in construction as you can see in the picture that I posted at Picasa. There are other pictures there as well. The keepers house is attached to the lighthouse by a enclosed bridge so that he wouldn't have to go out in the cold winters - good idea!

The Shipwreck museum houses artifacts from several shipwrecks that occurred off Whitefish Point. I believe I read that there have been over 555 ships lost in Lake Superior since they started keeping records. That's a lot! The most impressive item in the museum is the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was brought up from the wreckage and another memorial bell with the crews names inscribed on it was placed on the wreckage. They show a moving movie about this event.

We also stopped at Iroquois Lighthouse close to Brimley. It is a very pretty lighthouse and I believe one that is photographed frequently. We saw it on a Budwiser sign in a bar/restaurant yesterday. You can climb to the top if your brave enough to go up 76 circular steps - not me, not anymore. If I was younger and had better legs - yes!

We had a very nice time Sunday and look forward to more. We will be going to the Soo Locks one day this week. We are waiting for the weather to improve a little. We have had showers Sunday night and Monday. The temperatures are in the 50's when I get up and the high yesterday was around 71. If the sun would just come out it would be great!

Pictures are up at Picasa.

So, that's it for now. Thanks for stopping by and come back when you have time....

Till Then - Safe Travels......