First Nations Experience

Manitoulin Island is a mecca for those
interested in learning about First Nations culture.

2016 Pow Wow Schedule
 

Fishing on Manitoulin

Enjoy world class fishing that
is just a ferry ride away

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Manitoulin Cycling

Manitoulin Island is a holiday destination
that is uniquely appropriate for cycling.

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Legends of Manitoulin

Explore Manitoulin through some
of its many legends

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Take a Lighthouse Tour...

...Visit or see them all.

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Discover Manitoulin

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    First Nations Experience

    Manitoulin Island is a cultural mecca for those interested in learning about First Nations culture. The Great Spirit Circle Trail offers hands-on cultural experiences (www.circletrail.com). At M’Chigeeng, the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation is a centre of learning and an art gallery. Each First Nation community hosts a powwow event, and you’re invited to join in. (www.ojibweculture.ca). The Woodland Art Movement is firmly rooted on Manitoulin and many First Nation artists have their own galleries (www.wikwemikongheritage.org).

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    Your ‘natural destination’

    Manitoulin Island is neither overdeveloped nor overcrowded (Little Current and Wikwemikong Village are the largest towns with only 1,500 souls). Careful planning has set aside land, like Misery Bay Provincial Park, as a nature reserve where visitors can experience striking examples of shoreline alvar as well as a myriad of flora not found elsewhere in this latitude. (www.miserybay.org). Beautiful views along every highway, a stable farm population and a myriad of community activities make the Island a ‘natural destination’.

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    The fishing is fine

    Not many years ago, a Canadian record-breaking rainbow trout (40 lbs in 2005) was caught in the North Channel. It likely has relatives… Every game species of fish is available somewhere on Manitoulin Island. Your challenge is to find out in which lake and then catch and land them. But walleye, pike, bass, perch, salmon, whitefish, muskellange are all out there somewhere, waiting for you to tempt them with your lures and your style. Manitoulin is the world’s largest fishing hole!

Great Vacations, Close To Home

There is a great deal that is unique to Manitoulin Island; its celebrated cultural diversity, its vibrant arts scene, its natural beauty and the fact that this northern extension of the Niagara Escarpment is the largest island in fresh water in the world. Getting to Manitoulin Island is also a unique experience, whether by land, by water or by air. The magnificent ferry M.S. Chi-Cheemaun, with a car carrying capacity of 120 and a passenger capacity of over 700, is in a class by herself on the Great Lakes. Operated by the Owen Sound Transportation Company (OSTC), the Chi-Cheemaun experience from Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to South Baymouth on Manitoulin is a destination in itself.

The secret is out

and this is what people are saying…

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Cup and Saucer Trail - Breathtaking...amazing...perfect...no words to describe it. You have to see it to believe it. I've gone many, many times, and you'll never stop being amazed or seeing something new.

Mitena D
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Great Spirit Circle Trail - Great staff, loved the medicine walk, teachings & homemade treats after too. Will go back to do more hiking tours next time.

Crozon
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Bridal Veil Falls - where you could actually go behind the falls and have someone take your picture. The stream is a babbling brook fed by the cold waters of Kagawong through a winding valley that has a small hydro plant along the path. Lots of greenery and natural fauna along the path.

Brian W
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Misery Bay Provincial Park - Misery Bay offers great trails. Hike the trail that takes you to the water which offers spectacular views, a great place to take a dip and plenty of unique rocks and fossils. We have had young kids with us on this hike and they had a blast.

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