Strange moving lights in the sky at night, far from here, up North, where the Mooses are on the looses.
A Snowy Alberta Day.

D...D... D...
Bull Elk calling on the links, Banff

Fairmont Banff Springs Golf Course

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Go for a float.
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Went through there in the late '70s, that time the Trans Canada was washed out, turned back from the hwy 11 turnoff due to heavy flooding.
Delayed for a day, when we passed over the repaired section in the deep vee of a valley, far to the east, I was amazed at the scale of the damage.
Big rain, much water running downhill, a semi truck and trailer had fallen into the hole, 60' below the road level.
Took many hours to get through to Wawa.
I'm pretty sure that was the time I had a Ryder 25' stake truck, heavy.
Painted Sky in late summer, the expanse of the universe visible at night, exhilarating.
Great experience, out in the boonies.
Solitude, Nature.

Lake Nipigon, Ontario.
Yes, the driving distance between Toronto to Nipigon, is 1268 km.
790 miles.

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50. Re: Best route across Ontario. Hwy 17 or 11??
7 years ago

I do longhaul from Toronto to Vancouver on a weekly basis,
and from where Hwy 400 North in Barrie splits into either hwy 11 or hwy 69 which turns into hwy 17 there is only a 60km difference in the total mileage between Barrie and Nipigon where travellers are routed once again to hwy 17 to leave the province of Ontario.
I myself use hwy 11 all year round as traffic is usually lighter, the road surface flatter and straighter and more service areas along the way with more than just fuel and accommodations. Unlike what most posters on here have said, there is fuel available in every little town along the way from Barrie to Nipigon along hwy 11. The only area where there is no services of any kind is the 210km stretch of hwy between Hearst and Longlac EB/WB.
Yes there are far fewer passing lanes on hwy 11 compared to 17 but when you factor in that on hwy 11 your heading due north from Barrie to Cochrane and then due west from Cochrane to Nipigon, if you needed to pass another motorist on hwy 11 it'd be very easy too as there is no hills or curves as there are on 17. Y
es there are Moose from time to time on 11 but mostly only in the stretch between Hearst and Longlac which being flat and straight you can see the moose from a mile away.
Speed limit is 90 all along 11 but doing 105kmph is perfectly acceptable all along this hwy. with the almost of curves hills and drops on 17 you'd be very lucky to maintain 105kmph at all given the amount of truck traffic and campers along that route that are constantly speeding up and slowing down to stay on the hwy in one piece.
So given all that, yes you'll be giving up lakefront scenery to a degree on hwy 11 vs 17 but at the expense of having a nice quiet uninterrupted drive on 11 with plenty of places to stop along the way OR taking hwy 17 which is very squirrelly and dangerous both at night and day because you'll never know what's around the curve till your already in it.
Want to save time and wear and tear on your vehicle, use hwy 11....want the longer lakefront route with fewer services along the way, than try your luck at hwy 17.
PS...as of Spring 2015, they have completely repaved the 35km stretch of hwy 11 between Mattice-Val-Cote Westbound to Hearst.
The rest of the "rough-patch" from Kapuskasing to Mattice will be completed next year I do believe.
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Princeton, BC.
Okanagan Mountains, BC.
G-Map : ' E. C. Manning Provincial Park '
Strange things going on in the Okanagan Mountains, yep, strange indeed.
' What I saw, what I believe to be true, is true. '
Becoming a humble man, understanding we are not alone in our universe, we are part of a big family.

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Steve reads written eyewitness accounts to the ' Club of No Return ', affirming for those that have seen something, that they are not alone.
You should so go for a drive up the trans-canada beyond Hope, trek up into the hills, seeking revelations.
Bring a friend, equip yourselves with the necessary survival gear, hump the hills until you too, meet your wilderness people.
Bring food, they like food, dried fish, meats, fruits, nuts, berries, deer, elk, moose, rabbit.
The Chawathil First Nation
Make it an expedition, chronicle your journey, hire a guide to blaze a path, make like an adventurer of the 19th century, discovering the source of the Nile.
Howard Carter, opening the tomb of Tutankhamun, coming down from the mountain after forty days, with news of your meetings with the ' Men of the Mountains '
' They are able to move between dimensions of reality, between the molecules of the rocks and forest, they are aliens that have lived on Earth for all time ! '
' We are their children, they are our fathers, who come from heaven, the Orion Constellation. '

Two hundred and fifty years ago, sailors of the Royal Navy returning from tropical voyages weren't believed either.
' Flying fish. How absurd ! Sir, you are a charlatan ! ' Overheard in London, 1776.
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For more than a century, the forest people have been seen in these mountains.




Trail-cam catches a juvenile scoring a few buds in the valley.
Turns out, the weeds are a wonderful addition to salads.
A healthy diet for the growing denizens of the forest.


Fifty Thousand !



[ maps/@49.4042392,-121.4547601 ]
Touring B.C. Taking You to Historic Sightings, Southbound Fraser Canyon Highway Trans-Canada #1
There's a place called Chapmans near here, from long before the highway was cut.
Hope Mtn on the left, Silver Peak the right of the three beyond, Isolillock's two peaks to it's left at 2040M 6535' above the town of Hope.




A view from the the top of Hope mountain, 1768M, 5800' above, the arrow pointing to Pelletier Rd.
That's Kawkawa Lake in the right foreground.

I think, I believe, that you have to invite the Sasquatch to speak to you, a mental telepathy experiment.
A kind of Zen frame of mind, free of the clutter of domesticated life, one with nature.


' Yeah, like that. '

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What your reaction would be on discovering the truth about Sasquatch, a revelation that we are not alone in the Universe.
' Inconceivable ! '
' Stupendous ! '

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