We continued west on Hwy 17 in Norhtern Ontario and then joined Highway 11 before hitting the lovely town of Kenora, Ontario. Kenora is home to Huskie the Muskie, a 40 ft ourdoor sculpture of a fish and also is home to Lake Of the Woods. Just a bit
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Crystal Lake Campground – Vermilion Bay, Ontario
We departed Sleeping Giant Provincial Park and headed through Thunder Bay, after stopping by the Terry Fox Monument, and on west on Highway 17 to Vermilion Bay. The Terry Fox Scenic Lookout pays tribute to Terry Fox (read info on photos) and sits high above Thunder Bay. There is a
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From Neys Provincial Park we continued west on Trans Canada Highway towards Thunder Bay. Sibley Peninsula is a 53 km long peninsula just east of the town of Thunder Bay and is home to the Sleeping Giant – a rock formation which looks like a “Sleeping Giant” from Thunder
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We drove north from Lake Superior Provincial Park on the Trans Canada Highway and stopped in the lovely town of WaWa, Ontario. WaWa takes it name from an indigenous word for goose and has a 28 ft metal goose sculpture in town. Fun! Which brings us to our next
Continue readingLake Superior Provincial Park – Rabbit Blanket Campground – Ontario
We drove from Chutes Provincial Park to Lake Superior Provincial Park along the Trans Canada Highway. The highway follows the shoreline of Lake Superior but there are very few places where you can actually view Lake Superior from the road. The city of Sault Ste Marie, Ontario sits on
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We headed north from Killbear Provincial Park in Parry Sound on the Trans Canada Highway to Sudbury, known for it’s giant 1951 replica 30′ nickel, and on west to Chutes Provincial Park. It was a lovely drive and no, we didn’t see the nickel. Apparently, the parking lot there (Dynamic
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Killbear Provincial Park is in Parry Sound on the beautiful Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. We drove north of Toronto and on through the Muskoka area to Killbear. Killbear isn’t too far off the main highway and sits directly on the Georgian Bay. It was an easy drive in
Continue readingMoochdocking – Frankford, Ontario
We drove to our family’s house in Frankford driving through Prince Edward County area. It is a beautiful area. It is gorgeous countryside yet not that far from the big city of Toronto. It is hard to believe! Yay, we made it to their house, backed in, hooked up
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Yep, we did it! We parked in a Walmart parking lot overnight. Not that there’s anything wrong it but it is just something we never do. But this time we needed to be in the area to visit friends and there just wasn’t any place else to stay. It
Continue reading1000 Islands/Kingston KOA – Kingston, Ontario
We drove from Quebec City to Kingston, Ontario taking the Highway 30 bypass around Montreal. Highway 30 goes over Grand Ile where you first cross a 2.5 km bridge over the Beauharnois Canal and then a 1.8 km bridge over the St. Lawrence River (toll) followed by a 100m tunnel
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