Thunder Bay

Sports & the Outdoors

North of Superior Climbing Company (Batchawana Island View Resort, Batchawana Bay, P0S 1A0. 705/946-6054 or 877/877-7385. www.northofsuperiorclimbing.com) offers ice-climbing lessons, professionally led climbs, and two-day packages. Accommodations in condos or small cottages are provided, and there's a casual diner-style restaurant on the premises.

At Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park (32 km (20 mi) west of Thunder Bay off Hwys. 11 and 17. 807/473-9231. www.ontarioparks.com/english/kaka.html), Kakabeka Falls on the Kaministiquia River drops 128 feet over a limestone ledge. Paths lead around the falls, and there are large, free parking lots.