Pointe Aux Baies

Lake Superior has 2726 miles of shoreline and some of that shoreline comes together to form a slab of rock outcropping that is called Pointe Aux Baies or the Pointe Abbaye Natural Area.

I like to think of it as the mini Keweenaw Peninsula that juts out into Lake Superior separating Keweenaw Bay from Huron Bay that invites a view of the Huron mountains across the water.

Getting a chance to snorkel here is a fusion of influences like water temperature, sunshine and a lack of waves that roll in all the way from Canada gathering size and strength as they go. Over the ages the grinding force of waves, ice and time let mother nature sculpture the edges into stairs that could lead you to the bottom of the lake, it also can make car sized boulders look like they are floating.

A space alien that is detained in a rock formation that hangs above the water keeps an eye on me as I snorkel around.

For such a comparatively small area there are many time worn rock formations.

Lake Superior contains over 3 quadrillion gallons of water that harbors an abundance of tiny residents like small trout out on the rock plains with the refraction’s of light that dance across the bottom.

Living among the rocks is the tiny Mottled Sculpin 2 to 4 inches is stature – can you find it blending in with the rocks and algae in the photos bellow?