Dorion Tower: The Pinnacle of Northwestern Ontario

Dorion Tower is a site that can still be climbed! You may want a 4×4 to get up to the location, but once at the end of the road the hike is a short 20 to 30 minutes but worth reading about at one of the links below for more details.

Links To Details

Pinnacles – Superior Hiking
 
Gripped – The Climbing Magazine (with Video)
 
rockclimbing.com – The Canine – 5.6

Guide Service

Outdoor Skills And Thrills get’s good reviews so have confidence in contacting them about more information on climbing Dorion Tower with a team that has done it before.
 
Dorion Tower Climbing Adventure

Location

From just north of Ouimet, Ontario, and from HWY 17 turn left (West) on Ouimet Canyon Road. Drive approximately 2.25 miles until valley Rd. Take a right onto Valley Road. Drive 1.6 miles until you see a trail heading West and to your left (Tower Road). NOTE: If you see the turn off for Eagle Canyon Adventures you have gone to far. (Visit this link to see the route on a map.)

Links To Photography

Check out Zack’s fantastic site to experience a passionate Educator, Enthusiast & Adventurer.

Check out The Lake Superior Research Group (LSRG) site, created in early 2008. The LSRG is an initiative created by Zack Kruzins, Aaron Nicholson, and Jessica Johnson with the support of Darrell Makin of the Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism department and Rob Stewart of the Geography department at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Their aim is to encourage research and increase awareness about Lake Superior and its surrounding communities.

Content the property of Ontario Parks & Linked Resources. Photography the property of Zack Kruzin

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