A day trip up to Grand Portage to go see the Witch Tree with my friend Ada and her friend Karen. First Ada takes us down Memory Lane to places she played as a child. They used to swim and kayak through the hole in this rock
This was one of their swimming beaches
Next is the hike to the Witch Tree a 500-year-old, small, twisted, gnarled Cedar tree that grows out of rock,
and stands alone on a rock ledge at the edge of Lake
Superior on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation.
The Ojibwe believed that the tree was home to evil spirits who
endangered canoes passing the rocky point and entering the often treacherous
waters of the big lake, giving it the nickname “Witch Tree”. For centuries
the tradition was to pass by the tree before starting a journey and
offering tobacco to the gods or Great Spirit at the base of the
Little Spirit Cedar in return for safe travels.
People started to carve their initials in it so you can now only go with an Indian guide.
In case you were wondering, there are stairs.
The Witch Tree
From here we go to High Falls.
The High Falls of the Pigeon River, also known as Pigeon Falls,
is on the Minnesota/Ontario border
At 120 feet they are the highest falls in Minnesota
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