The Great Canadian Roadtrip
In and around Canada
Travelling Canada from coast to coast and back again.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler irishmonkey
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Quebec
Well Quebec lived up to what everyone was telling me about it. the drive up from montreal was pretty uneventful, i don't even have a getting lost s... Continue reading »
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Crossing New Brunswick
Ok so i shouldn't judge the state yet till i get to st. john. which is susppose to be the hotbed, but my drive through was largely forgettable. the... Continue reading »
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PEI & Great Beaches
PEI seems to be one of them places that survies on tourists and growing potatoes. i got there on sunday and there was a constant stream of RV's and... Continue reading »
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Wenworth (or the middle of nowhere)
Driving from PEI to Halifax, i stooped off in this place cause i was too lazy to drive the rest of the way to halifax. this was a chillax day. on t... Continue reading »
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Halifax
Halifax was a blast. good hostel there, which organised stuff for doing most nights if you wanted. first night there was a pub crawl. now who was i... Continue reading »
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Central NS and Digby
leaving halifax i drove down the atlantic coast of nova scotia and stopped of a the fishing village of lunenburg. was able to pass a few hours there b... Continue reading » -
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St. John and Edmundston
this one kinda starts about the ferry trip to St. John(NB not the one in newfoundland) got the ferry from digby to st. John at 5 in the morning whi... Continue reading »
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Back in Montreal
got back to montreal for a few days before i head west and was it good to be back. i was only gone 2 weeks but walking down the main street again f... Continue reading »
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Toronto city
Well as Montreal is the city with the Frenchflair and European vibe Toronto is definability the British city. There is something about it that... Continue reading »
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Niagara falls and about
If nature intended waterfalls to be impressive then it definability got it right with Niagara falls and the people of the town must be counting t... Continue reading »
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Tobermory and Bruce peninsula
From Niagara falls i drove across southern Ontario up to a region called the Brucepeninsula. Near the northern part is the Brucepeninsula natio... Continue reading »
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The Manitoulin Islands
The manitoulin islands main claim to fame is that the are the worlds largest freshwater island and that they hold the largest native american pow w... Continue reading »
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Sault St. Marie "The Soo"
So this is the biggest town....well between where i've just come from and thunder bay and its a classic example how malls can suck the life out of... Continue reading »
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Lake Superior Provincial Park
Driving from the soo up highway 17 would probably be a nicer drive if you could see more of lake superior but most of the time it is hidden by tr... Continue reading »
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Pukaskwa National Park
Pukaskwa national park has only one serviced campsite as most of the park is given up for backcountry camping. The campsite has three short hikes... Continue reading »
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Thunder Bay
Although this blog is tagged as thunder bay i didn't actually spend to much time in the place. The hostel i satyed in was located about 20 km out... Continue reading »
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Winnipeg
So i drove from thunder bay to Winnipeg a trek of about 800 km sustained by sandwiches made by the English guy i was giving a lift too and as eve... Continue reading »
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Regina, Home of the mounties
Regina is a very laid back spot. dons't seem to be realy busy and the mounties training acdamey is probably its main draw. they have a couple of... Continue reading » -
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Calgary
i have to admit calgary was a big disappointment. i don't think this is going to be a very long blog as i can't really think of much to say about t... Continue reading »
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Drumheller "the badlands"
i feel this place deserves a blog of its own, mainly cause i thought i was a great day trip out of calgary. the place is about a 90 minute drive out o... Continue reading » -
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Banff and first taste of the rockies
Nothing prepares you for the first time you see the Rockies. Well that's my humble opinion anyway. Driving out of Calgary(thankfully), I first s... Continue reading »
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Tour buses and lake louise
Theoretically Lake Louise could be done on a day trip from Banff as it only about 60 km up the road. There is a village there of sorts that is ab... Continue reading »
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Ice field parkway, best drive ever
North from lake Louise, must be one of the worlds greatest drives, the icefields parkway or if you want to be all technical highway 93, not that... Continue reading »
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Jasper, the less touristy national park
Jasper,(once again the major town in a national park that has its name) as a town is not a touristy as Banff, which makes a welcome change for th... Continue reading »
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Mount Robson, top of the Rockies
My tour of the Rockies is nearly over. From jasper i crossed into BritishColumbia and into the Mount Robson provincial park. Mount Robson is the... Continue reading »
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Wells Gray
While Wells Grey is one of the biggest parks in BC, it is really well set up. The access road is from Clearwater which also has a fairly good inf... Continue reading »
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Vancouver, Party City
I'm going to be staying twice in Vancouver so may be writing two post for it as all i did for this stay here was eat, sleep and party. About 2 m... Continue reading »
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Whistler, sea to sky
I went on a day trip up to whistler with the two guys from the hostel. The drive up the was scenic enough on what they grandly call the sea to sk... Continue reading »
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Tofino, Whale Watching Heaven
I don't know what the shortest crossing point to Vancouver island is, but I'm surprised there isn't a bridge out to it yet. Only way out is by f... Continue reading »
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The Drive to Nanaimo
Once again these blog is about a place i spent the evening, but most of the day was taken up with the journey there and the parks i visited on th... Continue reading »
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Vancouver
Back in Vancouver again. First day here i was fairly boring, doing my laundry and such. A guy has to have clean clothes for the weekend you know. A... Continue reading »
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Nelson
Nelson is a small enough town of about 10,000, that made for a ideal place to chill out for a couple of days. It has a few claims to fame though one t... Continue reading » -
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Spokane
So i finally got around to crossing the border into the united states. I drove down to Spokane to visit a friend of mine, morgana, and i stayed at... Continue reading »
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Fort mcleod and the buffulo jump
Stayed overnight at a small town called fort mcleod with has the distinction of being the place of the first Mounties fort when they came out west.... Continue reading »
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Saskatoon
Saskatoon is the biggest city in saskatchewan, and although i spent a couple of days here i didn't actually do all that much there. Lazed about t... Continue reading »
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Little Manitou Lake
Little Manitou Lake can be considered Canada's dead sea even if it is a lake. One of those oddities of nature the lake was formed at the end of t... Continue reading »
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Churchill, it all about the bears
Churchill is the proclaimed polar bear capital of the world cause it's nicely situated in the bears track
while they wait for the ice to... Continue reading »
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Ottawa- the nations capital
Ottawa, the nations capital, is like a high brow theme park that has museums and galleries instead of rides. You may also be wondering how i went... Continue reading »
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Montreal, back again
So i'm back in montreal, which means the journey is almost over. that said it is great to be settled in one place for a bit, plus got to meet up with... Continue reading »
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