Middle Falls of the Pigeon River

Today I hiked to Middle Falls of the Pigeon River in Grand Portage State Park.  The state park is also where I work for my 'day job'.  The Middle Falls Trail is a rugged, almost 5 mile round-trip hike.  It covers a variety of terrain, since the trail goes up and over a tall ridge.  There are fantastic overlooks of Lake Superior and the Pigeon River valley from the top of the ridge, which is roughly halfway along the trail to the falls.  When you arrive at Middle Falls there are several views downstream, upstream and  right at the falls.  This photo was taken while standing right at the top edge of the falls looking upstream.  It is not a very big waterfall, but the river is quite wide here and combined with the rapids that precede the falls it is a very beautiful stretch of river.  The Pigeon River is the border between the U.S. and Canada in this area, so the opposite bank of the river seen in this photo is actually in Canada :-)