Legendary Waters & Scenic Landscapes

15 Days | 10 Guided Tours | 2 Countries

** ADDITIONAL DEPARTURE DATES AVAILABLE MAY - AUGUST **

Join Viking for a unique voyage across the historic waterways of all five of the majestic Great Lakes. Experience culture-rich urban centers and admire the awesome power of thundering Niagara Falls. Explore the granite islands and sheltered inlets of Georgian Bay and traverse the famous Soo Locks. Study the aquatic ecosystems of the lakes as you journey and venture into the dense boreal forests that line the shores of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.

DAY 1: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Embark your ship and settle into your stateroom. Toronto is beloved by many as one of Canada’s boldest and most innovative capitals.

DAY 2: Welland Canal

The Welland Canal is one of Canada’s greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.

DAY 3: Niagara Falls (Port Colborne), Ontario, Canada

Port Colborne proudly proclaims itself the “Gateway to Navigation.” It is also the gateway to North America’s largest and most powerful cascade, Niagara Falls.

DAY 4: Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland sits on the shores of Lake Erie at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and is a major port along the St. Lawrence Seaway.

DAY 5: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Detroit sits on one of the four straits that link the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence Seaway and has emerged as a city rich in culture.

DAY 6: Alpena, Michigan, United States

Alpena is in the northeastern region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

DAY 7: Door Peninsula (Algoma), Wisconsin, United States

Algoma is the gateway to the scenic Door Peninsula, a slender limestone peninsula projecting out into Lake Michigan.

DAY 8: Mackinac Island, Michigan, United States

Steeped in the charms of simpler times, Mackinac Island is a gem of the Great Lakes.

DAY 9: Fathom Five National Marine Park, Ontario, Canada

Fathom Five National Marine Park is nestled between the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron.

DAY 10: Georgian Bay (Killarney), Ontario, Canada

Killarney was founded by a French-Canadian fur trader in 1820; he named the post Shebahonaning, or “canoe passage.”

DAY 11: Georgian Bay (Frazer Bay), Ontario, Canada

Frazer Bay is located off a remote finger of land on the eastern tip of the North Channel in Ontario’s Georgian Bay, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

DAY 12: Scenic Sailing: Soo Locks Transit

The Soo Locks is a series of parallel locks that make river travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron possible, thereby linking Superior to the lower Great Lakes and the Atlantic.

DAY 13: Silver Islet, Ontario, Canada

Silver Islet sits on the southern edge of the Sibley Peninsula at the mouth of Thunder Bay.

DAY 14: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Thunder Bay is known as “Canada’s Gateway to the West” for its location at the final navigational point on the Canadian side of Lake Superior.

DAY 15: Duluth, Minnesota, United States

After breakfast, disembark your ship and journey home.

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** ADDITIONAL DEPARTURE DATES AVAILABLE MAY - AUGUST **