St. Joseph Island Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Canadian island in northwestern Lake Huron
About St. Joseph Island
St. Joseph Island has two towns:🌍Richard's Landingand🌍Hilton Beach. Its principal industries are maple syrup production, tourism and small-scale agriculture. It is popular as camp and cottage country for Sault Ste. Marie and Mid-western American families. Many small family farms or hobby farms operate on the island producing corn and other vegetables, beef, lamb, poultry and eggs. Little evidence has been found of human activity on St. Joseph Island before the 17th century. By the time the first Europeans arrived in the 1630s, the north channel of Lake Huron was shared by the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples whose Algonkian ancestors had come from the east around 1200. St. Joseph Island became a strategic mid-way point for French explorers, missionaries and fur traders on the long vo
Top Attractions in St. Joseph Island
Explore the best things to see and do in St. Joseph Island:
- ★Adcock's Woodland Gardens
- ★Country Road Open House
- ★Fort St. Joseph Ghost Walk
- ★Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site of Canada
- ★Over the Rainbow Doll Museum
- ★St. Joseph Island Museum
Where to Stay in St. Joseph Island
- 🏨Clansmen Motel
- 🏨Hilton Beach Inn and Island Bar and Grill
- 🏨Sunnyside Bed & Breakfast
- 🏨Whiskey Bay Resort
St. Joseph Island Travel Guide Sections
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