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Day Twenty-Five was our site-seeing day of Thunder Bay. I had done some investigating and researching yesterday, so I came up with a few ideas of things to see, and so that is what we did.
Our first stop was to go and look at Eangle Canyon, which boast's Canada's longest foot suspension bridge at 600 feet. The walk was about 30minutes and it took us up a hill, looped us across a smaller suspension bridge, up more of the hill, across the large suspension bridge, down the side of the hill and around the lake. It was very scenic, and gave us a great view of the sheer drop of the canyon wall. Imagine if they made a suspension bridge across the Grand Canyon?!?! What kind of view would that be?!
After we finished the walk we went back to Jerusalem and continued back to the highway. Before we got to the highway we noticed a sign for Ouilet Canyon and figured what the heck, we might as well go see it.
So off we went.
This Canyon offered visitors a boardwalk to investigate parts of the canyon, from the top. We walked along it and were, to our surprise, offered a more stunning view than what we got while we walked across the suspension bridge!
From there we headed back to the highway to marvel at the Terry Fox monument, which was erected right outside Thunder Bay. Where the monument was erected is very close to where Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope had to end in 1981. Granite was the base of the statue and amethyst underneath. The plaques and statue itself was impressive and gave me a true understanding of the impact Terry Fox had on Canada...and the rest of the world. I am very proud to have seen this monument and I am thankful of the impact his Marathon of Hope has had on the hope to find a cure for cancer.
Yesterday night we were told of a great trail/park just outside Thunder Bay that we could walk along and get a good view of some falls. We made our way to Cascade Conservation Area and there, we were given, like Cruise Sensei had informed, numerous choices for trails to take.
When we arrived in the parking lot we noticed this place was very popular. My best friend Amber should definitely come to this park when she moves to Thunder Bay next summer. It is beautiful and Amber, you can tell me what all the other trails are like!!!
As it was already getting late in the day we decided to take the yellow trail. It was the shortest, and the least strenuous of them all.
We walked along the trail and that continued along the bank of the river. We snaked our way over the large rocks and boulders near the falls. We were able to get a view of the falls from many angles and were definitely up close and personal with the river.
That concluded our site-seeing of Thunder Bay. After we had made our way back into the city we stopped to grab some food. Alexander got KFC (not the double down this time ;) and I got a sandwich from Subway.
With another day done we decided to take it easy for the evening and we watched some TV and blogged.
Tomorrow we are "going to Winnipeg"--Ah, saying that reminds me every time of that hilarious WestJet commercial....
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