What do you do on a quiet evening at Agawa Bay in Lake Superior Provincial Park?
Watch the sun setting over the water… and take photos!
During my one-night stay at the Agawa Bay campsite several years ago, the sky was semi-cloudy, creating a moody sunset with the sun playing hide-and-go-seek. Late paddlers were making their way across the scene to their campsites. You can see one in the left: a tiny black speck on the water.
When you tune out the loud tractor trailers and semi-trucks passing by on Highway 17, just adjacent to the campground, you really find peace here.
The scenery is beautiful. In the evening, over a campfire, you can listen to the waves hitting the shoreline.
During the day, walk along the shoreline and take in the pristine, aquamarine blue waters along the water’s edge. You can walk along to the western part of the beach and climb on a few rocks to get a better view of the bay and the landscape beyond.
The Agawa Bay Campgrounds
Agawa Bay is one of the many campgrounds in Lake Superior Provincial Park. We chose it because it was in a central area to some of the key sites we wanted to explore. It also offered beach-front campsites.
For anybody with a kayak, this is the perfect place to stay. You can easily make your way around the Bay and along the shoreline of Lake Superior. The rocky beach isn’t great for sunbathing, but it’s good for a walk around.
The Agawa Bay campgrounds offer the best beach and sunset views on clear days. They may not be the best campsites for a quiet night as you can easily hear the big rigs and trucks on the highway close by. However, the views are worth the stay for at least one or two nights.
Nearby is the Orphan Lake Trail which takes you around a small lake on a natural trail. A short drive takes you to Sand River Falls. Probably the most important place to visit in the park are the pictographs the First Nations people left behind so many years ago.
It’s worth travelling further into northwestern Ontario, past Sudbury!
Read more about Lake Superior Provincial Park on the Ontario Parks’ site.
Photo taken in August 2006.
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Kristin, it’s a gorgeous spot. I’ll post a photo of the bay during the day in the near future. The water is so blue, and the beach is white sand with pebbles.