VoyageworthyTravel guides, routes & real deals
🧳 My trip: 0 saved · 📖 My trip →
Great Lakes 10 Days — day by dayNorthern Europe • 8-15 days

Great Lakes 10 Days — day by day

8-15 days • Northern Europe
🧭 The trip
Toronto to Milwaukee through the Welland Canal, Detroit, Alpena and car-free Mackinac Island, or the full five-lake Collection. Balcony fares from about $6,800; 15-day voyages from $16,000.

The order shown is the one the sources describe for the sailing they name; other sailings of this route differ. Check your sailing's own itinerary before you book.

📖 Route guide: costs and who it suits →

🗓️ Day by day — full guide

Start

⚓ Toronto

Embark: Toronto.
Stage 1

⚓ Welland Canal

Scenic cruising.
Stage 2

⚓ Port Colborne, Ontario

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it.
Stage 3

⚓ Point Pelee, Lake Erie

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it.
Stage 4

⚓ Detroit, Michigan

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it.
Stage 5

⚓ Alpena, Michigan (Thunder Bay)

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it.
Stage 6

⚓ Mackinac Island, Michigan

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it.
Stage 7

⚓ Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A port of call on this route, in the order the sources describe it. Two days.
End

⚓ Milwaukee

Disembark: Milwaukee.

🎯 Fares for this route

No tracked sailing has been checked against this exact itinerary yet, so we show no fare here rather than one from a similar cruise. Compare the ports and dates on the cruise line's own page before you book.

Sources

Based on the sailings named in these sources.

  1. Niagara and the Great Lakes, 7 nights Toronto to Milwaukee on Viking Octantis (The Cruise Web)
  2. Great Lakes Collection, 14 nights from Toronto on Viking Octantis (The Cruise Web)
  3. Voyageworthy fare database - tracked sailings, September 2026

Photo credits

← Back to all routes