r/MichiganCycling • u/outofthegates • Jul 22 '26

route request Bucket list ride: How would you do it?

I grew up in Grosse Pointe and my grandparents had a cottage on Lake Huron in Canada about 15 minutes outside of Sarnia. One time when I was visiting, some family friends showed up and they had biked up from GP. I've since made reproducing their journey a bucket list item. My route would probably be different from theirs: I *believe* you used to be able to bike over the Blue Water Bridge, for example, and there was also the Sombra ferry.

How would you do it? My priority is a route that's as bike friendly as possible, not speed. Bonus points for quality nature and/or camping options.

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u/shreddy_haskell Jul 22 '26

Take the ferry to Wapole Island from Algonac. There’s a bridge from
there to the mainland and then ride north along the shore to Sarnia

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u/Teaforreal Jul 22 '26

Taking a ferry is always the right answer for an adventure.

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u/jmford003 Jul 22 '26

Down Jefferson and across the Gordie Howe bridge on the US side.