Day 117, July 28, 2018 Whitefish Point, Tacquamenon River and Camp 33 for dinner.

From Germfask where we are staying , to Whitefish Point is about 75 miles, but the trip is well worth it. Lake Superior at its best.

First, a visit  to the Whitefish Point Mooring and Launching Facility (Whitefish Point Harbor) . which gives tribal people the right to use.

The small harbor at Whitefish Point

Historic start for the harbor

South end of the harbor

A schema for the harbor.

Then Whitefish Point with a new boardwalk almost to the Point avoiding all the polished stones to walk on all the way.

This used to be an all stone walk

Ruth made it all the way to the Point which is now mostly sand bars

 Next was the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory store and HQ.  We ate lunch in the sun on the bench there. Jim walked up to the bird counting platform which is used from April until the end of June.

There is a new memorial at the Point

The US Coast Guard Station is still there

The Whitefish Point Lighhouse

View of Lake Superior from the Counting Platform

The bird counters shack on the platform.

Migration at the Point explained

A drive down Vermilion Road where we found that the high water levels had eliminated all nesting there.

South to the Mouth of the Tacquamenon River looking for birds. It too was high water level and only a few Canadian Geese were there.




A short drive down the Tacquamenon Trail found no birds again.

 










Lastly we drove to Camp 33 at Tacquamenon Falls and ate a dinner of what else. Whitefish that is the best of ll we have ever had. As Ruth says. “Outstanding”. The parking lot there (200 car lot) was full.

 



















On the way through Germfask we found another ‘family name’ this time for ‘Therese’.

This is the sixth family name found on the trip.This is in Germfask.

 On M 77 a huge line project is in process. New poles that have to be sunk in a marsh next to Seney NWR. Platforms for the trucks have to be built first, holes drilled, cassions put in and when done the wood platform is moved down the road to another one. So far is is 6 miles long. It will extend from M 28 to US 2.

The new poles dwarf the former ones.

One of the trucks on the platform getting ready to work.

The pulleys which willl hold the wires  until in place.  (6" X 6" timbers)

The stacks of timbers that hold the vehicles and after use are moved to the next pole.