Eagle Canyon Adventures is Lake Superior's Circle Tour's #1 tourist attraction. It is home to Canada's longest suspension footbridge and longest zipline. And it is just minutes away from the amenities the town of Dorion has to offer and only 45 minutes east of Thunder Bay. |
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When paying for the privilege
of walking on Canada's longest suspension bridge, the lady in the office
asked the two RV Gypsies if they wanted a ride to the bridge. Lee Duquette
asked how long the walk was and she said it would take about 5 minutes.
Lee said he could walk that. But what he did not know was how steep
the hill was... and the two RV Gypsies soon found out that it was very
steep, so they advise people to accept the offer to be driven to the
suspension bridge. |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies made it to the top of the steep hill got a look at the
first suspension bridge. |
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Below: The
two RV Gypsies walked on the first suspension bridge and enjoyed the
view of the gorge below. |
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Below: The
first suspension bridge was only 300 feet across and 125 feet from the
bottom of the gorge. |
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Karen Duquette got an eagle's view of the majestic span of the bridges and the beauty of the unique surroundings below. |
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Below: View
from each side of the bridge and a look at the second suspension bridge.
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Below: A view
of the other bridge that is Canada's longest walk-on suspension
bridge - and the beginning of the zip line |
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Below: Steps leading down
the side of the cliffs - and there was even a person walking on the
staircase. |
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After a brief walk up another hill, the two RV Gypsies came to the second suspension bridge, Canada's longest walk-on suspension bridge. It is 600 feet long and 152 feet high. The Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, Canada is only 440 feet long but it is 230 feet high, and much wider than this one. The two RV Gypsies have been on the Capilano Bridge twice before, but this was their first time here on these two suspension bridges in Canada. |
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Below: Karen Duquette leaned over the side of the bridge to photograph something amazing. Scroll down to see what she thought was so amazing. |
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WOW! What an amazing rock
formation. And it had a yellow pail on top of it. The two RV Gypsies
wonder who put it there and how they put it there. |
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A close-up of the pail showed
that people tried to throw money into the pail, so of course Lee
Duquette decided that is how he would use the Canadian coins that were
in his pocket. |
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Views from the second bridge,
looking back over at the first bridge that the two RV Gypsies walked
on earlier. Signs say that only 20 people should be on the bridge at
one time. Karen Duquette was glad that nobody else was on it while she
was on it. Because YES, the bridge shakes as people walk over it. That
is what suspension bridges do! |
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While on the bridges, the
two RV Gypsies watched people on the zip line which is Canada's longest
zip line. It is half a mile long and 175 feet high and reaches speeds
in excess of 45 mph. Lee Duquette did not want to ride the zip line
because he thought it cost too much money and had only one line, and
both of the two RV Gypsies have been on several other zip lines each
with multiple lines and lasting as long as 2 hours. The one they did
in North Carolina had 4 zip lines, two of which were over 2,000 feet
long, and two of which were over 1500 feet long with speeds up
to 50 mph. So they chose not to ride this zipline. |
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Below: Looking back at the tall rock
formation
with the yellow pail on top |
It was real nice to have nobody else
on the suspension bridge making it shake more. |
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The bridge walk
is over. Karen Duquette took a rest on a sunny rock while Lee Duquette
chose to rest across from her on a shady rock. |
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Below: Lee Duquette photographed
the staircase going down into the gorge - yes this is the same staircase
taken from the bridge and shown above and it is shown here again. |
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Then the two RV Gypsies started down the
hill, but they saw an employee on a golf cart and he gave them a ride
down the hill. He was very surprised that the two RV Gypsies had walked
up the hill, as most people accept the free ride up. |
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