The island is not a place to take lightly. Lake Superior water is ice cold. Life threatening cold in a short period of time. The big lake is no place for an open canoe unless you are experienced and safety prone. We did a couple of miles on the big water coming around Indian point from McCargo cove.......stunning but nerve wracking. Even during calm conditions there can be big rollers.

My suggestion for a fun trip with a daughter would be to take the water taxi to Chippewa harbor and stay there for a few days. The campsite intersects the trail system there and is good for day hikes. Very beautiful and fairly protected water. Then portage the .6 mile to Whittesley. Unfortunately even though I wanted to fish there I just passed through. The lake has a good population of walleye I am told. Stay there a few days and then continue on to Wood Lake. Good average size on the pike. Wood gives access to huge Siskiwit as well.*****I would never stringer a fish this size but it was bleeding like a stuck pig and I waited to see if it would recover.......it did not.
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