Exploring the Hidden Wonders of Lake Superior's Eastern Coast

[@Jay_Hall]

Trippin with the Vike and the Poppin,,,HuRahh! :) OMG, the beauty of it all brings, almost, tears to my eyes....

[@johnbegovich1307]

My dad took me on a trip around lake Superior in 1962 from our home in the lower peninsula. We stopped and camped at rabbit blanket lake and I remember catching a nice large trout from shore that we had for dinner. I was six at the time, It was a wonderful memory.

[@RestlessViking]

That is awesome!

[@Gordo-lv7lg]

Living just 5 miles from Lake Superior as the crow flys here on the Keweenaw Peninsula and now retired near the top of my bucket list is the circle drive around Lake Superior. Enjoy your video’s immensely

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks Gordo. I hope you get a chance to do it soon!

[@gus473]

You definitely should make the trip! Some nice territory all the way around, plus America's westernmost Atlantic port in Duluth-Superior! Enjoy! 😎✌️

[@Kingfisher1060]

That is a great idea, thank you for the suggestion 😀

[@evalinawarne1337]

Keweenaw Peninsula is my favorite place. Lake Superior has a special sound kissing the shoreline. I HOPE to see this land. I am a CANADIAN 🇨🇦 Living in Michigan 🇺🇸🦓🦓☕🛐🛐🛐✝️🀄🌟☕☕💖. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. GOD BLESS YOU 🛐🛐🛐🛐✝️👍 CiAO ENJOY ☕☕ I appreciate you sharing this. How far is Georgian Bay? My folks MOVED here from Germany. Back in the 1940's. GREAT HISTORY. CiAO CiAO

[@ericharrison619]

I also have wanted to make the circle drive for quite some years now. I wish you luck on your future adventures fellow neighbor!

[@korodski]

Equal parts entertaining and educational 🇺🇸

[@johnhart125]

Made this trip to Wawa in late 50s with grandpa, lot of chgs since then but nice to see is not spoiled

[@RestlessViking]

Indeed!

[@cecilberry71]

My family came from France into Canada then to Michigan, my moms side. Dad side Indian n not sure the rest. What a great video thank you all

[@truckdaddy1957]

"Bad Bad Leroy Brown"....good stuff there Viking!

[@jeannebrauher3587]

How beautiful!

[@rollingcoal9500]

Part of my spirit infrastructure are these incrediable vids!! 👍👍

[@RestlessViking]

Absolutely nice of you to say! 😁

[@freetime4051]

Found this very interesting and informative, Thanks....Pete

[@rickyboy1947]

Algoma is amazing....the beauty of Canada is second to none

[@jimknarr]

Been up to Pukaskwa Nat'l Park so many times I've lost track. My favorite in all of Ontario.

[@gus473]

🤯 The mine flyover! Wow! Great collection of highlights! (Hope to get back there early next summer.) 😎✌️

[@RestlessViking]

I hope so too!

[@Unknown_Paramedic]

Think I just binge watched like 20-30 videos of yours. Wish I had found you sooner. The plethora of knowledge you’re sharing is truly amazing. I’ve learned so much.

[@RestlessViking]

Wow, thank you! Welcome - glad you found us. We still have a long ways to go and many more videos to post. So, good timing!

[@ReMotorcycle]

Those roads are great for motorcycles too! I need to add some blueberry storage 👌🏼

[@RestlessViking]

Good call!

[@peggyhemenger8983]

So beautiful and remote, not to mention all the history. I'm guessing that monster swishing his tail so violently was actually Lake Superior!

[@RestlessViking]

A huge storm (apparently) did wipe out an Iroquois war party heading to the north - according to both people's legends. I think you are right.

[@dickrice6583]

I Visited this Eastern Lake Superior area 50 years ago on "Around Superior" vacation; I can say this region is one of the most beautiful areas in North America. Lots of Moose and Bear inhabit this area also. I have great photos of the historic pictographs which drew me to this area ! When I visited in June there was still lots of bog moss and snow between the boulders.

[@johnbates7949]

Great video… was just there on our tour all the way around Superior. Love Superior.. I try to get up there every year.

[@RestlessViking]

Very cool!

[@garyhusband3395]

Thank you very much you two for the marvelous LIVING HISTORY. Fascinating!

[@stanfogg5869]

You were born under a wandering Thank you

[@RestlessViking]

Lee Marvin song?

[@Aaron-ul6cu]

Just stumbled across your channel. Love the content. Lake superior is my happy place. If I could convince my wife and kids, we'd be yupers in a minute.

[@RestlessViking]

😂😬same. . .

[@LadyYoop]

This is just spectacular.....wow, wow, wow! I love your adventures....

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks so much LadyYoop!

[@LadyYoop]

Thank YOU for sharing these incredible adventures....you two had to have awesome careers...or something sure got you into adventuring stuff! @@RestlessViking

[@salvatorepalombojr9119]

“Long gravel roads are my spirit infrasructure” is a brilliant and hilarious line. That made me spit coffee laughing this morning. Ive enjoyed binge watching you two all weekend and sharing these videos with my wife. We do these short attack trips all over Michigan too! So its really cool to see another couple’s extroverted version of all of the Michigan (and Ontario) places that we quietly and introvertedly go! Cheers and be safe out there! Thank you for the great content and informative banter. Youre hitting home runs every video.

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks! Believe me, we are mostly extroverted during travel until its time to turn on the camera. Even then, we don't have any real person to chat with. Only until we get back to social media are were "forced" to be extroverts. 😅

[@Auxrad39]

Thanks for showing some of the great country that you have near you 👍

[@robertsanders6463]

Nicely done and thank you for the reconmendation to visit here!

[@LadyYoop]

I sent this to a friend in Canada...here's his reply: "Donna, that was great. When we drove out west last year we stopped at the petroglyphs and the Magpie Falls ! It is as rugged as they show. Thanks."

[@softshoes]

I used to spend a week every year fishing in the Wawa area. What I remember most was the lakes were identified by number. To many lakes to name. Such a beautiful piece of country.

[@billanzell5962]

Two tracks are my favorite..

[@victoriamaaske7420]

Really enjoyed the history of these visits. Great video.

[@RestlessViking]

Glad you like them! Thanks for stopping by.

[@jacksalisbury5218]

I LOVE your channel! Thanks for taking the time and effort.

[@RestlessViking]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@terrymcmann1469]

Excellent video. Great history, beauty, humour and music. I love that area too. Thanks.

[@sagecoach]

I am so glad you do this for those of us who no longer are able. We thought we had seen the area on our circumnavigations of Lake Superior. You show much more.

[@nancyaustin9516]

“Spirit infrastructure”! LOL… Ah, I don’t know all that many who still sing Jim Croce songs-good deal. I’ve camped at the other Lake Superior Provincial Park campground a couple times-what a great park. I love the hiking there. Thanks for the video; it’s great to see these places again!

[@doughill5311]

Great post! Loved the insight into your "spiritual infrastructure"!!! BTW, my wife's maiden name is Miron. French Canadian....wonder if there is a deeper connection to the Gargantuan Lighthouse keeper's family? Beautiful post. Gotta see the pictographs.

[@RestlessViking]

That would be cool.

[@sixramsalot]

very cool,i cant imagine all the memories y'all have acquired ,thanks!

[@jodyrewa688]

Pictographs! Wow!!

[@bmighty9284]

My family is from Wawa, Canada. I have a great great uncle that found/discovered a uranium and gold mine out that way, They have statue of him in the town. Aime Briton I believe is his name. Great video, love the places and the history!

[@pdoherty]

Good stuff! Brought back memories of a road trip years ago my wife and I took up 17 from the Soo to WaWa before she passed away. Didn't go offroad like you guys but it was a beautiful drive with lots of moose to watch out for on the highway. Keep up your quality work. It's great to learn more things and be entertained at the same time.

[@debs5499]

Thank you for sharing all these treasures!!

[@kenlodge3399]

Fascinating stuff, I really enjoyed that. Great info - I love tall tales, especially the aboriginal kind. In all my travels I never made it to the eastern end of Lake Superior and gotta tell you being peaceful was always my take whenever visited the lake

[@stevekunde123]

Thanks for this. Superior is a gift.

[@judye2805]

I recently learned here on YT that Lake Superior is not really a lake, but it's technically an inland ocean. I'd love to know your take on this.

[@jafinch78]

Seeing the coast more reminds me of spots that might also be in that documentary promoting canoeing from the 60's or 70's I'm thinking. Maybe was made later, though with the happy sounding high pitched man that's hard to forget and of course I forget. Beautiful areas and a neat history.

[@benjaminkrum9880]

Another great video! Looks like a great trip!

[@Rattles02]

Another great video! Your Canada adventures might reignite my desire to go up that way. My accountant has a place by an old gold mine somewhere around Wawa. He said we could use it if we head out that way. I might have to take him up on that offer!

[@RestlessViking]

Heck yeah. That is a nice area!

[@paulbrandon5735]

Absolutely a most beautiful and enjoyable ride from the Sou to Wa Wa. Every turn on 17 gives up an incredible vista of the wonderful Superior. The waterfalls are everywhere. And I agree, this is the very best of views of the any of the Great Lakes. Your videos are great and the history is spot on. Sixty plus years ago my family made this same drive and then continued all the rest of way around Superior. I remember seeing the huge log rafts being pushed by a tug on their way to Marathon and the paper mills. There were men walking on the logs while they were being pushed by the tug. One slip and the guy was probably gone into the icy cold water. I made the same drive later as a teenager and then with my young family. Within the short span of just a few years, it all changed as the country’s needs changed.

[@RestlessViking]

It's amazing how things change there, but some things stay the same.

[@GarryFizzard-n5h]

Your knowledge of that part of Ontario is impressive given you actually live on the USA side. I guess we can truly say you are a Great Laker ! As a Toronto boy I look forward to riding my Adventure Bike in that area . Thanks for the great videos.

[@RestlessViking]

30 years of visiting I guess. So many cool things on both sides of the Great Lakes.

[@robertlaroy3083]

I recently discovered your channel, and I love how you shared all the "off the beaten path stuff". I grew up in Michigan, but never got to see so many of the places you've been. Keep up the good work. Love it!

[@NorthernStruggler]

Another amazing video, thank RV!

[@Thief400]

Well hello from Thunder Bay! Nice to see you made it up to our piece of heaven. I bumped into your videos a couple of years ago and have been a fan ever since. Cheers Chris and Lisa

[@RestlessViking]

Hello! Thanks for hanging with us!

[@rickahlberg7020]

Keep up the good work! I enjoy your adventures and the sometimes humorous comments. Beware of eating too many blueberries...my 1 year old grandson has done this several times 😊

[@RestlessViking]

That's what Poppins says!

[@richardjohnson7563]

Probably forty years ago or more, I climbed down to view the pictographs depicting the monster and the canoes. I marveled at the fact that those images were still visible on the face of a rock on Lake Superior after such a long time. Whatever the painter used has held up to all that Superior weather could throw and still exist. Not even Sears Best Paint could do that.

[@christinewagberg5742]

Absolutely fantastic! So beautiful and so very interesting/informative. I'd definitely do a road trip with you two. 😊 Ever consider leading a tour of some sort???

[@RestlessViking]

Chuck (Da Viking) actually retired from doing tours. They were often quite involved and very remote. Many of them were in this area. If there is interest, we may do a few again.

[@dennymeyer7410]

Just came upon your channel today - like it - subscribed - good fun and informative for this former Petoskey kid

[@RestlessViking]

Welcome aboard!

[@joeinmi8671]

I had the hardest time with syrups per moose when i drove in canada for the first time long distance this summer. I found it easier to leave my vehicle in freedom units and wing it.

[@toddjones1403]

How many electric chargers did you see on the Trans Can Hwy?

[@VelocityFilms12]

Absolutely incredible video, i’ve only been to Wawa once and it was absolutely stunning. Have you and poppins ever thought about exploring the “6th” great lake, Aka, Lake Nipigon?

[@RestlessViking]

We have. I think Lake Nipigon would be a great focus. We just have to get more efficient at trying to get a video out every week! 😬😬 Then we can get a few far off adventures done. (I have to get the time off. . . )

[@VelocityFilms12]

@@RestlessViking Absolutely understandable! Congrats on 10k!

[@xrayman7040]

Great video catering to my worst fears of isolation. You couldn't pay me enough to get that far away from civilization as parts of this trip were.

[@RestlessViking]

It isn't for everyone, for sure.

[@michaelhasse2568]

Just filled up my car at Wawa, however I've been to Wawa in Canada and have also been to magpie falls before it was damed and severly slowed down the water flow

[@matthewgross6958]

Where did you buy the map Poppins was navigating from? What guide book shows these locations? Thanks guys! Awesome video as always!!!

[@RestlessViking]

I bought the map (about 10 years ago) at the Lake Superior Provincial Park visitor's center. It is the Park map produced by the park service. I'm not aware of any guidebooks for the area, but many locations are in the Park or close to Hwy 17/Wawa.

[@sillarsscott7694]

I enjoyed this video Almost as much as I have enjoyed all of your videos I am on the west coast of Canada Can I order a hat from you?

[@RestlessViking]

Thanks! We would love to send you a hat. We have them in our online store - restless-viking.myshopify.com/ .

[@sillarsscott7694]

Thank you so much I have ordered a hat I enjoy both of your characters Look forward to seeing more of your posts

[@RestlessViking]

@@sillarsscott7694 Thanks for your support!

[@DAGRIT5]

BAD BAD LEROY BROWN

[@Jay_Hall]

Maybe someday you can run across a UAP/UFO and film it for your fans!

[@kylefishmoore]

Stay in michigan. ❤

[@JeffinBville]

Doesn't look like there's much dispersed camping available.

[@RestlessViking]

There is a lot of dispersed camping. Except for Lake Superior Provincial Park - its by permit there.

[@JeffinBville]

@@RestlessViking You pulled into a pay campground that's why I was wondering.

[@RestlessViking]

Well, I make sacrifices for Poppins and find places she can shower, etc.

[@JCOFFELT1979]

Disney overlanding ?

[@peterrudy766]

I Am Convinced That Michigan Should Buy ALL The Land On The Canadian Side Of Lake Superior All The Way Around To Minnesota's North Shore For A Distance Of 100 Miles Inland From The Shore. You Know, So It's All Ours Without Any Concern Of Canadian Interference! Who's In?!?