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Lake Superior stargazing forecast — Friday, August 14

Algoma, ON · Bortle 2 · 47.717, -84.850 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:06 GMT

Fair   (Medium confidence)

Short 4h window, otherwise mean cloud 52%. Worth a look if you're nearby.

Best observing window tonight

Fri 5:00 p.m. – Fri 8:00 p.m. (4h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night
Fri 4:53 p.m. → Sat 2:35 a.m.
Moon
New moon · 2% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night)
52%   (min 0%)

Site

Lake Superior Provincial Park is a 250-kilometre ribbon of granite and pine wedged between Highway 17 and the largest freshwater lake on Earth. On a still autumn night the lake goes mirror-flat and aurora curtains double themselves on the water — Pinguisibi to Agawa, you can drive an hour without passing a porch light.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 8 hours north via Highways 400, 69 and 17.

Best time of year: Late August to early October — bugs have eased, the air is dry and crisp, and the geomagnetic season ramps up. Skip June unless you love blackflies.

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Citations & data sources

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=lake-superior updates continuously.