Aguasabon Golf Club

Terrace Bay sits on the north shore of Lake Superior, one of the more dramatic and remote stretches of highway in Ontario — a corridor of boreal forest, granite outcroppings, and cold Superior winds that shapes everything about life here, golf included. The Aguasabon River, which gives the club its name, tumbles through the area in a series of falls before emptying into the lake, and that rugged, Shield-country landscape almost certainly defines the character of the course itself.

A full 18-hole, par-72 layout this far north of the Trans-Canada is no small thing. Communities along this stretch of Superior's shore are small and widely spaced, and a course of this size speaks to genuine local commitment to the game — the kind of club where members take real ownership and out-of-town visitors are a welcome novelty rather than the target audience.

Playing golf in this part of Ontario means contending with a short season, cool temperatures, and scenery that tends to dwarf the scorecard. If you're passing through on the drive between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie, Aguasabon is worth the stop.