Sightseeing tours can be reserved in advance to help you plan ahead and secure your spot during your visit to Isle Royale.

Sightseeing tours are open to all visitors, not just those staying at the lodge, and offer one of the best ways to experience the island.

Passage Island
1:30pm to 6:00pm

Cruise across one of Lake Superior's popular shipping lanes to a rugged island that does not know the grazing effects of moose on its vegetation. See the rare devil's club shrub and a picturesque 1881 lighthouse. Be prepared to hike 1 mile each way on a trail with several steep inclines.

Hidden Lake/Lookout Louise
9:00am to 12:30pm

Walk with a guide from the lake side to the ridge top where you can see Ontario’s Sleeping Giant and Isle Royale's north side. Day Hikers and backpackers may choose to trek to Rock Harbor via the Greenstone Ridge, Mt. Franklin, and the Tobin Harbor trails (10.2 mi) or return to Hidden Lake for the boat ride to Rock Harbor.

Edisen Fishery/Rock Harbor Lighthouse
2:00pm to 6:00pm

Visit a historic commercial fishery site, tour with a guide, and take a quarter mile guided walk to the oldest lighthouse (1855) on Isle Royale.

Raspberry Island/Sunset Cruise
8:00pm to Sunset in June-July
7:30pm to Sunset in Aug-September

Take a walk along a boardwalk through the spruce bog on Raspberry Island followed by a cruise on the Sandy around Scoville and Blake Points to view features like the Canadian Shoreline, the site of the Monarch shipwreck, and a Lake Superior sunset.

(Raspberry Island is from June until Beginning of August. After Aug.15, cruise only, we do not go to Raspberry Island).

Passage Island
9:00am to 1:30pm

Cruise across one of Lake Superior's popular shipping lanes to a rugged island that does not know the grazing effects of moose on its vegetation. See the rare devil's club shrub and a picturesque 1881 lighthouse. Be prepared to hike 1 mile each way on a trail with several steep inclines.

Raspberry Island
2:30pm to 5:00pm

Take a walk along a boardwalk through the spruce bog on Raspberry Island. Enjoy an afternoon on your own spectacular island within an island.

Hidden Lake/Lookout Louise
9:00am to 12:30pm

Walk with a guide from the lake side to the ridge top where you can see Ontario’s Sleeping Giant and Isle Royale's north side. Day Hikers and backpackers may choose to trek to Rock Harbor via the Greenstone Ridge, Mt. Franklin, and the Tobin Harbor trails (10.2 mi) or return to Hidden Lake for the boat ride to Rock Harbor.

Edisen Fishery/Rock Harbor Lighthouse
2:00pm to 6:00pm

Visit a historic commercial fishery site, tour with a guide, and take a quarter mile guided walk to the oldest lighthouse (1855) on Isle Royale.

Passage Island
1:30pm to 6:00pm

Cruise across one of Lake Superior's popular shipping lanes to a rugged island that does not know the grazing effects of moose on its vegetation. See the rare devil's club shrub and a picturesque 1881 lighthouse. Be prepared to hike 1 mile each way on a trail with several steep inclines.

Raspberry Island/Sunset Cruise,
8:00pm to Sunset in June-July
7:30pm to Sunset in Aug-September

Take a walk along a boardwalk through the spruce bog on Raspberry Island followed by a cruise on the Sandy around Scoville and Blake Points to view features like the Canadian Shoreline, the site of the Monarch shipwreck, and a Lake Superior sunset.

(After Aug.15, cruise only)

Edisen Fishery/Rock Harbor Lighthouse
9:00am to 1:30pm

Visit a historic commercial fishery site, tour with a guide, and take a quarter mile guided walk to the oldest lighthouse (1855) on Isle Royale.