The route we plan to take, of course nothing is written in stone, planned routes may change due to weather, local information and other unforeseen situations.
BRITISH COLUMBIA (899 kms)
We are starting our trip at the B.C. international airport. We will be working our way over to Hope on Hwy#7 and over Hwy#3 to Princeton. Continuing on Hwy#3A to Princeton and the Hwy #97 to Kelowna then Hwy#1 to Revelstoke, Golden and Lake Louise into Alberta.
Bristish Columbia Route
ALBERTA (520 kms)
From Lake Louise we will make our way to Banff via Hwy#1, in Canmore we will take Hwy#1A to Cochrane. From Cochrane we will leave Hwy#1 to bypass Calgary and start heading towards for Drumheller via Airdrie. We plan to visit the Badlands in Drumheller. From Drumheller we will follow Hwy#9 to the border of Saskatchewan.
Alberta Route
SASKATCHEWAN (700 kms)
In Saskatchewan Hwy#9 turns to Hwy#7 and we will follow it to Hwy#15 & #11 towards Regina. We will remain just north of Regina and take Hwy#10 to Fort Qu'Appelle and then we eventually take Hwy #15 to the Manitoba border.
Saskatchewan Route
MANITOBA (590 kms)
In Manitoba we will make our way to Hwy #24 and on to Hwy #16 passing Minnedosa. From Neepawa we stay on Hwy#16 to Portage La Prairie and from there we take Hwy #26 and make our way accross Winnipeg to Hwy#15 and then #44 back to Hwy#1 just before the Ontario border.
Manitoba Route
For Ontario we can't quite decide which way to go so we have planned two routes, we will decide a few days before the Ontario border which route will be taken.+
ONTARIO (Option 1 - 2,317 kms)
In Ontario Hwy#1 turns to Hwy#17, we will stay on Hwy#17 until it joins with Hwy#11. We immediately take Goldie Road/Swampy Road/Ellis Road which run in parallel to Hwy#11. We then will take Hwy#102 into Thunder Bay. Leaving Thunday Bay we will take the Lakeshore Dr until it joins up to Hwy#11 and will remain on Hwy#11 until Nipigon where we will take Hwy#17 around Lake Superior past Wawa and into Sault Ste. Marie. From Sault Ste. Marie will we take Hwy#17B and other secondary roads(away from Hwy17) as often as we can and revert to Hwy#17 when we have no other choices all the way to Espanola. In Espanola we will take Hwy#6 to the ferry that will bring us to Tobermory. We will make our way to Ottawa via the towns of Owen Sound, Midhurst, Orillia, Bancroft, Renfrew, Arnprior, Carp and home in Ottawa.
Ontario Route
ONTARIO via United States (Option 2 - 2,402 kms)
In Ontario Hwy#1 turns to Hwy#17, we will stay on Hwy#17 past Kenora where we take Hwy#71 to head towards the US. We will take Hwy#11 towards International Falls where we will enter the US. We then rejoin Hwy#71, #65 & #2 to Duluth. From Duluth we will take Hwy#13, #17, #2, #28, #41, #28 and secondary roads to Sault Ste. Marie where we will re-enter Canada. From Sault Ste. Marie will we take Hwy#17B and other secondary roads(away from Hwy17) as often as we can and revert to Hwy#17 when we have no other choices all the way to Espanola. In Espanola we will take Hwy#6 to the ferry that will bring us to Tobermory. We will make our way to Ottawa via the towns of Owen Sound, Midhurst, Orillia, Bancroft, Renfrew, Arnprior, Carp and home in Ottawa.
Ontario-US-Ontario Route
or
899 + 520 + 700 + 590 + 2,402 = 5,111 kms
BRITISH COLUMBIA (899 kms)
We are starting our trip at the B.C. international airport. We will be working our way over to Hope on Hwy#7 and over Hwy#3 to Princeton. Continuing on Hwy#3A to Princeton and the Hwy #97 to Kelowna then Hwy#1 to Revelstoke, Golden and Lake Louise into Alberta.
Bristish Columbia Route
ALBERTA (520 kms)
From Lake Louise we will make our way to Banff via Hwy#1, in Canmore we will take Hwy#1A to Cochrane. From Cochrane we will leave Hwy#1 to bypass Calgary and start heading towards for Drumheller via Airdrie. We plan to visit the Badlands in Drumheller. From Drumheller we will follow Hwy#9 to the border of Saskatchewan.
Alberta Route
SASKATCHEWAN (700 kms)
In Saskatchewan Hwy#9 turns to Hwy#7 and we will follow it to Hwy#15 & #11 towards Regina. We will remain just north of Regina and take Hwy#10 to Fort Qu'Appelle and then we eventually take Hwy #15 to the Manitoba border.
Saskatchewan Route
MANITOBA (590 kms)
In Manitoba we will make our way to Hwy #24 and on to Hwy #16 passing Minnedosa. From Neepawa we stay on Hwy#16 to Portage La Prairie and from there we take Hwy #26 and make our way accross Winnipeg to Hwy#15 and then #44 back to Hwy#1 just before the Ontario border.
Manitoba Route
For Ontario we can't quite decide which way to go so we have planned two routes, we will decide a few days before the Ontario border which route will be taken.+
ONTARIO (Option 1 - 2,317 kms)
In Ontario Hwy#1 turns to Hwy#17, we will stay on Hwy#17 until it joins with Hwy#11. We immediately take Goldie Road/Swampy Road/Ellis Road which run in parallel to Hwy#11. We then will take Hwy#102 into Thunder Bay. Leaving Thunday Bay we will take the Lakeshore Dr until it joins up to Hwy#11 and will remain on Hwy#11 until Nipigon where we will take Hwy#17 around Lake Superior past Wawa and into Sault Ste. Marie. From Sault Ste. Marie will we take Hwy#17B and other secondary roads(away from Hwy17) as often as we can and revert to Hwy#17 when we have no other choices all the way to Espanola. In Espanola we will take Hwy#6 to the ferry that will bring us to Tobermory. We will make our way to Ottawa via the towns of Owen Sound, Midhurst, Orillia, Bancroft, Renfrew, Arnprior, Carp and home in Ottawa.
Ontario Route
ONTARIO via United States (Option 2 - 2,402 kms)
In Ontario Hwy#1 turns to Hwy#17, we will stay on Hwy#17 past Kenora where we take Hwy#71 to head towards the US. We will take Hwy#11 towards International Falls where we will enter the US. We then rejoin Hwy#71, #65 & #2 to Duluth. From Duluth we will take Hwy#13, #17, #2, #28, #41, #28 and secondary roads to Sault Ste. Marie where we will re-enter Canada. From Sault Ste. Marie will we take Hwy#17B and other secondary roads(away from Hwy17) as often as we can and revert to Hwy#17 when we have no other choices all the way to Espanola. In Espanola we will take Hwy#6 to the ferry that will bring us to Tobermory. We will make our way to Ottawa via the towns of Owen Sound, Midhurst, Orillia, Bancroft, Renfrew, Arnprior, Carp and home in Ottawa.
Ontario-US-Ontario Route
SUMMARY
899 + 520 + 700 + 590 + 2,317 = 5,026 kmsor
899 + 520 + 700 + 590 + 2,402 = 5,111 kms
Hi there! First off, great website! I've been planning for my own trip from Montreal to Vancouver this summer, and your website had been a valuable resource.
ReplyDeleteI have a question for you though. I want to do daily blog updates similar to yours, and was wondering how you managed to get access to Internet every day? Also, was cell phone service an issue?
Thanks in advance.
Hi Jackie
DeleteFirst of all thank you for the compliments on our blog, we did spend quite a bit of time producing it.
To answer your question about Internet access most campgrounds and motels have WiFi Internet access. Also we often stopped at public places with free WiFi when we did not have it at night, for example coffee shops, visitor centers, restaurants and so on. Both our phones are with Rogers and we had service almost all the time, however we did not use our phones very much since we keep family and friends informed via the blog.
We had a Notebook with us to blog. For the evenings where we did not have WiFi access we wrote up the blog entry in a text file and the next day we would update the blog. All the blog posts(shell part) were prepared before leaving for the trip they were all in draft mode with a preset date and time, this way if we were late one day posting the entry it still showed with the date entry it was meant to be on. Some campgrounds' WiFi was quite slow in the evenings so in those cases the blog update would go on-line between 5-6am when everyone else was sleeping and off the Internet. For our next trip we will investigate how much it would cost us to do Internet tethering off our phones.
Good luck with your trip, we would love to have your blog address and follow you along your journey. If you have more questions do not hesitate to contact us, we could also exchanged phone# if required.
Hélène & Daniel
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