A Thunder Bay resident "encountered ice like we've never seen it before" in Lake Superior while kayaking near the Sand Islands east of Silver Islet this week.

Once the richest silver mine in the entire world, Silver Islet Mine Shafts were established in 1868, plunging up to 365 metres below Lake Superior and producing more than $3 million in silver ...

"Some 50,000 some-odd visitors to the provincial park, they frequently drive down the road here to Silver Islet and basically they have no way to get out onto the lake, short of a fairly run-down ...

Silver Islet Ontario – The Silver Islet small craft harbour on Lake Superior is once again open to the public after a major rehabilitation project by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).