Split Rock Lighthouse
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay Main Lighthouse
Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Outer Light

Domestic


2025 - Lake Superior North Shore

Aug 15, 2025 to Aug 22, 2025

This tour is under development.  Dates are tentative.  

Join us for a unique tour of Ontario Lighthouses.  It will start and end in Duluth, Minnesota.  We travel up to Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and see lighthouses from the coach and from boat rides.

Tour Leaders:  Kelly Bowers and Mike Rosenberger

Tour Cancellation / Refund Policy / Trip Insurance 

210 – 180 days prior to departure $150.00 processing fee will be charged 
179 – 150 days prior to departure Deposits become non-refundable 
149 – 90 days prior to departure 25% of tour price becomes non-refundable 
89 – 60 days prior to departure 50% of tour price becomes non-refundable 
59 - 1 days prior to departure 100% of tour price becomes non-refundable 

NOTE: Trip Insurance is now required or a signed waiver on file at the USLHS headquarters.

NOTE: Due to the dynamic and fluctuating world financial markets, the price per person is under development for this tour The actual cost may change after all of the tour elements have been negotiated and finalized.  

Itinerary

Day 1 - Our tour will begin and end in Duluth, Minnesota. We will see the lighthouses in Duluth Harbor, North Breakwater, South Breakwater Inner & South Breakwater Outer and visit Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center to see the 4th order Fresnel Lens from Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Inner Lighthouse.
Welcome Dinner at the hotel.

Day 2 - We will head north to Thunder Bay stopping to tour Split Rock Lighthouse and other sights. 

Day 3: Breakfast at the hotel. We split into groups. One group will take a boat to view Pie Island, Angus Island, Thunder Bay Main and Welcome Island Lighthouses. Everyone else will explore Thunder Bay on their own. Lunch will be on your own. Once the boat returns, the other group will board the boat to see the lighthouses. 
We will meet for dinner. 

Day 4: Breakfast at the hotel. We check out of the hotel and depart for Silver Islet to board the boat to view Trowbridge Light then dropped off at Porphyry Island to see the lighthouse, explore and enjoy lunch on the island. We will view No. 10 Lighthouse on our return to Silver Islet. 
Dinner will be at a local restaurant. 

Day 5: Breakfast will be at a local restaurant. A boat will take us in groups to see Lamb Island Lighthouse and the Nipigon shore. We will visit the Red Rock Interpretive Center and Nipigon Historical Museum.
Dinner at a local restaurant. 

Day 6: Check out with bags on the bus. Breakfast is on the way to Rossport Docks to board the boat to Battle Island to see the lighthouse and lunch on the island. 
Dinner will be near the hotel.

Day 7: Breakfast will be at the restaurant near the hotel. Check out with bags on the bus. One group will board the boat to view Slate Islands Lighthouse while others will visit Terrace Bay Lighthouse and Aguasabon Falls & Gorge. Once everyone has viewed both lighthouses, we will depart for our hotel in Thunder Bay with dinner in route.

Day 8: Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out with bags on the bus. We head down south to Duluth, MN with lunch enroute stopping at Grand Marais and Two Harbors Breakwater lighthouses for photos and climbing Two Harbors Lighthouse. We will also visit Two Harbors Museum. 
Farewell Dinner will be at the hotel.

Day 9: Breakfast at the hotel & Check-out. Flights home.

Tour Map
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What's Included:

Included

6 Breakfasts
4 Lunches
6 Dinners
Entrance into museums and interpretive centers

Want more details?

Contact Headquarters: (415)362-7255 or jeff@uslhs.org

and encourage them to come along!


Register

Download a Tour Registration Form (PDF). Complete and mail your check to USLHS, 9005 Point No Point Rd NE, Hansville, WA 98340.