Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay Ontario

Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada [Paintograph] -  ©2009 Carol Cooper

The original image was captured this last Winter (March 2009)

Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay

image: Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada ©2008 Carol Cooper

Shhhhhh!! . . . he’s sleeping! )

“The Sleeping Giant is a formation of mesas on Sibley Peninsula which resembles a giant lying on its back when viewed from the West to North-Northwest section of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. (Lake Superior)

As one moves southward along the shoreline toward Squaw Bay the Sleeping Giant starts to separate into its various sections. Most distinctly in the view from the cliffs at Squaw Bay the Giant appears to have an “Adam’s Apple”. The formation is part of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Its dramatic steep cliffs are among the highest in Ontario (250 m). The southernmost point is known as Thunder Cape, depicted by many early Canadian artists such as William Armstrong.”
above snippet from wikipedia

An Ojibway legend identifies the giant as Nanabijou, turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine, now known as Silver Islet, was disclosed to white men.

read more about The Legend of the Sleeping Giant – Nanabijou [ Visit Thunder Bay website ]