Highway 41 Streetview trek makes a visit to Canyon Falls

 

The Streetview trek is far enough north in the Upper Peninsula that there is terrain that allows for the existence of waterfalls (and it should be noted, northern Wisconsin also has some features like this, too).  In this installment of the near-to-the-end Highway 41 end-to-end Streetview trek, the trek will cruise up to Canyon Falls, and provide some pretty sights.

This place on the map is called "Three Lakes"; two of them are visible here (do the full pan); George Lake and Ruth Lake (the one seen in the view). Highway 41 just went by Beaufort Lake, which I believe is the third lake.



Crossing Tioga Creek by the Tioga Creek Roadside Park.



If you can sense the curve here, the mostly west direction of the highway is ending here, as the highway turns back toward the north.



As mentioned in the introduction, here's a pretty good spot; Canyon Falls Roadside Park, which deserves more than one look. Canyon Falls is formed by the Sturgeon River. I'll also note that there is some wild country to the west; check out the Bears Den Overlook in the Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness. Now, the falls.

View from the highway, which isn't bad at all.



Canyon Falls.



Canyon Falls in winter -- a great panorama.



A slightly less turbulent section.



If the Highway Streetview trek was an actual trip, that would have been a nice break.

How many more miles remain? Basically, not many more.