Observation Tower, Hecla Island

A favourite day trip is Hecla Island.

They have just built a new observation tower on the Northpoint tip of the island at Gull Harbour Point. Great view! Now you can see for miles over the treetops. Looks like they will be adding interpretive boards eventually on top like the ones near the picnic area.

Three of the seven interpretive signs. Photo: A. Klassen.

From here you may be able to see Black Island. Corning Glass mined silica here for years and shipped it by barge to stockpile in Selkirk.

Check out this fascinating article on why we have so much sand on Lake Winnipeg. Click here.

The Winnipeg Formation is exposed in the large silica sand pits on Black Island. Photo: Graham Young, Curator of Geology and Paleontology at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg

Gull Harbour Area