Along Lake Huron

We are very near the little city of Goderich, which is a port on Lake Huron. We took a ride over to explore the water’s edge. We started at the lighthouse, which turned out to be high on a bluff.

The first lighthouse built on the Canadian shore of Lake Huron was in Goderich. This tower was built in 1847 and is still in use today. It is unusual in that it is square and not tapered. Of course, since it sits high on the bluff it doesn’t need to be very tall.

We wanted to walk along the harbor shore, but seeing these rather daunting steps decided to drive down. From the bottom we saw the steps were continuous all the way to the lake shore.

Down below there is a road and a walking path all along the shore.

It stretched from the harbor, where this lake freighter was being loaded with grain,

past the old train station,

now a restaurant,

and out along the reinforced shore and beaches.

We found out the giant blue buildings were the above ground parts of a salt mine. The mine itself extends several kilometers under the lake and has more horizontal “streets” than the town.

We tried to get to the marina, but it was private and gated, and there was no parking on the north side of the harbor. The walking trail and famous old bridge it crossed were closed for construction, so that was the end of our harbor tour.