Our trip to the east coast of Canada....continued

I took this picture as we were going by Lake of the Woods, Ont. The scenery was beautiful on the drive down to Fort Frances. I had been to Fort Frances several years previosly but did not remember the drive as a vehicle load of us were attending a funeral there. We stopped for groceries at store & asked the young man at the gas station if there was a place nearby to camp & he gave us the directions to Pithers Point Park. What a nice little campground. We had to dump at the station as we were leaving but that was alright.

view of Sand Bay from Pither's Point

We left Fort Frances on the 8th of July with our destination of Nipigon, Ont. We stopped at the Atikokan tourist booth for lunch. We had phoned ahead & reserved a site at Stillwater Campground. We followed #11 and it was a beautiful drive. Very treed on each side & glimpses of water along the way.

Stillwater campground, Nipigon, Ont.

We arrived at Stillwater Campground later that afternoon. Along the way we drove by signs advertising Amethyst mines. We elected to stay a couple of days at the campground so we could tour the area.










We had the best ever deal while we stayed here. If you spent the night you got a discount coupon for the restaurant down the road (Becker's Restaurant) that they owned as well. Nice! Good food and reasonable prices. Unfortunately the sign out front still said Gus's so alot of people would not know that it has changed hands. We headed for the Amethyst mines the 9th of July. We turned at the first one we came to which was Blue Points Amethyst mine. What an experience! You take a pick/hammer and gloves with you (we didn't know this at the time). Then you are charged by the bucket. We vowed to return on our way back, as we really didn't want to take alot of rocks with us all the way to the east coast & back again. We toured around the region and still didn't get into Nipigon to see the "smallest Canadian Tire Store".

Agawa Bay, Lake Superior, Ont.

Our next destination for the night was Glenview Cottages & Campground, just north of Sault St. Marie, Ont.