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TOP TEN Could Be the Reason the fish Was 705-855-7164 705-258-3730 705-753-4716 705-647-7441 Mascot Named ‘Kilo.’ Immortalized Near the Town Centre MS. CLAYBELT ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES MUSKWA meaning Is located in New Liskeard, ‘bear’ in Cree, protects grazing on the edge of Hwy. 11. French River Trading Post Haileybury Beach & Marina Museum of Northern History Antoine Mountain MS Chi-Cheemaun Little Claybelt the Kapuskasing & Restaurant Haileybury Kirkland Lake Mattawan South Baymouth Homesteaders Museum Information Centre, just Alban 705-672-3354 705-568-8800 705-744-4754 800-265-3163 Temiskaming Shores off Hwy. 11. FLYING SAUCER 877-857-2115 www.temiskamingshores.ca www.discoverkl.ca www.antoinemountain.ca www.chicheemaun.com 705-647-9575 SIGHTING IN MOONBEAM www.frenchrivertrading.com www.claybeltmuseum.ca A flying saucer can be found next Pioneer Museum – Latchford Bridge Great Spirit Circle Trail Sturgeon River House THE LARDER LAKE TROUT OLG Slots at Sudbury Downs Pulp & Paper Path Tour Museum & Nature Trails Thornloe Cheese Factory to the information centre and Latchford M’Chigeeng Known for healthy lake trout fisheries, this Chelmsford Iroquois falls Sturgeon Falls Thornloe we hear it has a tiny Martian www.latchford.ca 877-710-3211 TOP TEN could be the reason the fish was 705-855-7164 705-258-3730 www.circletrail.com 705-753-4716 705-647-7441 mascot named ‘Kilo.’ immortalized near the town centre. www.olg.ca www.iroquoisfallschamber.com Canadian Ecology Centre www.sturgeonriverhouse.com www.thornloecheese.ca MOTORCYCLE ROADS Mattawa Chief Commanda II Cruise IN NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO Classic Theatre Cobalt Manitoulin Chocolate 888-747-7577 North Bay Bell Park & Boardwalk Cedar Meadows Resort GUY-PAUL TREEFALL Cobalt Kagawong www.canadianecology.ca 866-660-6686 Sudbury & Spa Wildlife Park By Mike Jacobs at 20ft tall, sits next 705-679-8080 705-282-0961 www.chiefcommanda.com 705-674-4455 Timmins to the Iroquois Falls www.classictheatre.net www.manitoulinchocolate.ca Historical Three Crosses www.rainbowroutes.com 877-207-6123 Information Centre. of Mattawa Dionne Quints Museum www.cedarmeadows.com Polar Bear Habitat Ron Morel Memorial Museum Mattawa North Bay Big Nickel & Dynamic Earth As you ride around the region on your epic road Cochrane Kapuskasing www.mattawa.ca 888-249-8998 Sudbury Neo Laser Tag 800-354-9948 705-337-4274 www.city.north-bay.on.ca 800-461-4898 Timmins trip, you may notice Northeastern Ontario has www.polarbearhabitat.ca www.kapuskasing.ca Mattawa & District Museum www.dynamicearth.ca 705-531-4824 some interesting roadside attractions along the Mattawa Discovery North Bay Museum www.neolasertag.com Polar Bear Trading Post Village Killarney 705-744-5495 North Bay Science North way. Call them weird, or call them Canadian Cochrane Killarney www.visitamuseum.com 705-476-2323 Sudbury Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre 705-272-2099 705-287-2424 www.discoverynorthbay.com 800-461-4898 folk art, these attractions beckon you Timmins MANITOU is just down Hwy. 11, the very big bison www.polarbeartradingpost.com www.municipalityofkillarney.ca Samuel de Champlain www.sciencenorth.ca Provincial Park/Visitor Centre 705-360-2617 into their welcoming towns and roaming in Earlton. North Bay Waterfront Park Englehart & Area Historical Hockey Heritage North Mattawa Finlayson Point Provincial Park www.timminsmuseum.ca most of them have an interesting North Bay Museum Kirkland Lake 705-744-2276 705-476-2323 Temagami It’s no secret that I love riding in Northern Ontario. Northern Spirit Adventures story to tell. Englehart 866-568-4420 www.ontarioparks.com www.news.ontario.ca 705-569-3205 It’s much more than a job for me, it’s almost a CHIMO 705-544-2400 www.hockeyheritagenorth.ca www.ontarioparks.com Smooth Rock Falls spiritual connection – the open spaces, the miles of As you roll in to Cochrane, meet www.englehart.ca Board’s Honey Farm 705-338-1053 forests, lakes and rivers, the small towns and the big Chimo “Be Welcomed” in Cree. Restoule www.northernspiritadventures.com 888-363-2827 cities of Timmins, Sudbury, New Liskeard, North Bay www.boardshoneyfarm.com and Mattawa (the official boundary line that signifies BIG JOE MUFFRAW the start of the Northeastern part of Ontario). Can be found towering at Explorers Point in Mattawa along with 11 others. At only three and a half hours from Toronto, it’s FOOD also a place that I ride frequently enough to know Who Says Ram’s Head Restaurant Olde Towne Inn Mama’s Corner Restaurant Arugula Jake’s Place Restaurant Rooster’s Bar & Grill where all the good roads are, and I’ll go out of THE BIG NICKEL The Big Nickel is, well, big! It’s 64 Callander Englehart Kirkland Lake North Bay Port Loring Temiskaming Shores my way time and again to make sure I get them There’s No Good million times larger than the nickel If you find yourself stopping to pose 705-752-1175 705-544-2225 705-568-6262 705-223-3400 705-757-2012 705-647-9500 in each season. While the region is so vast, you’ll you’d find in your pocket. Located with one of our roadside attractions, www.ramsheadrestaurant.ca www.mamasinkirklandlake.com www.arugulanorthbay.com www.jakesrestaurant.ca www.waterfrontinn-ontario.com La Boulangerie just outside of Sudbury city limits, have no trouble finding more than ten roads to tag us using #WeirdNeOnt on Husky Roadhouse Kapuskasing Lavigne Tavern Cecil’s Eatery and Beer Society Rolly’s Restaurant & Motel Zante’s Bar & Grill Riding in Our Region? next to Dynamic Earth where you ride, but these are the ones that never fail to put a Cochrane 705-335-6645 Lavigne North Bay Ramore Temiskaming Shores can learn first hand about mining. Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. smile on my face. 705-272-5345 www.laboulangerie-byng. 705-594-2301 705-472-7510 705-236-4004 705-647-8822 www.myhusky.ca foodpages.ca www.lavignetavern.com www.cecils.ca www.rollys.ca Cedar Meadow’s Resort & Ice Hut Bar and Grill O’Briens Bar & Grill The Anchor Inn Bar & Grill Colonel Hoagie’s Diner Larry’s Chip Stand Spa-dining Cochrane Kapuskasing Little Current North Bay Sturgeon Falls Timmins 705-272-4777 705-335-6297 705-368-2023 705-474-1166 705-753-2375 877-207-6123 www.theicehut.ca find us on facebook www.anchorgrill.com www.hoagiesdiner.com www.cedarmeadows.com Riv Chip Stand JR BBQ Ranch Sea Star Restaurant Rockpine Motel and Good 2 Go Sturgeon Falls Mike’s Restaurant 5 Cochrane Kapuskasing Restaurant North Bay 705-753-0260 Timmins Hwy. 63 From North Bay to Quebec 705-272-4999 705-335-2020 Marten River 705-223-4246 www.rivchipstand.ca 705-264-3000 find us on facebook 705-892-2211 www.gd2go.ca www.mikes.ca Kenogami Bridge Inn - Dining www.rockpine.ca Sturgeon River Inn and Riding through the little town of Eldee from North Bay, this Thriftlodge - Dining Kenogami Farina Ristorante Restaurant The Fish Bowl integral part of the Temiskaming Loop offers an incredible Cochrane 705-642-3227 Draper’s Bakery & Café North Bay Sturgeon Falls Timmins view of the Ottawa river, as you ride down a ridge overlooking 705-272-4281 Mattawa 705-474-5800 800-881-6681 705-267-3940 the river that separates Ontario and Quebec. If you’re headed www.travelodge.com Herbert’s Fisheries Fish 705-744-2323 www.bestwesternnorthbay.com www.sturgeonriverinn.net www.fishbowlrestaurants.com 1 north on this road, there’s a great little dirt turn off just big & Chips www.visitmattawa.travel enough for two bikes to stop for a photo op. Driftwood Truck Stop Killarney Moose’s Cookhouse Eddie’s Restaurant Siva’s Restaurant Hwy. 64 from French River to Marten River Hwy. 11B through Cobalt to 9 Driftwood 705-287-2214 Myrt’s Family Restaurant North Bay Sudbury Timmins Temiskaming Shores 705-272-6161 www.wildonfood.com Mattawa 705-472-8834 705-522-5244 705-268-8882 If there ever was a definition of twisty country road, this is it. find us on facebook 705-744-2274 www.themoose.ca www.eddiesrestaurant.ca www.sivasfamilyrestaurant.com While this certainly isn’t the most technical road, it does Killarney Mountain Lodge South of Hwy. 11, Hwy. 64 has fast curves and rapidly rolling www.mymyrts.com offer the best unobstructed views of Lake Temiskaming and is Elk Lake Chip Stand Killarney Pinewood Restaurant Tutti Frutti Breakfast & Lunch Tomiko Restaurant & Gas Bar hills, while north of the Trans-Canada, it’s longer sweepers always part of the Freedom Ride at the Bikers Reunion. It’s got Elk Lake 800-461-1117 Meldrum Bay Inn Restaurant North Bay Sudbury Tilden Lake with very light traffic. Even when heading home from the New new pavement in most sections, and with a slight detour, you 705-678-2290 www.killarney.com Meldrum Bay 800-461-9592 705-566-8846 705-892-2213 Liskeard Bikers Reunion, I’ll go out of my way to take this road can ride out to see the unfinished Grant mansion that is ranked 877-557-1645 www.exploreyoursenses.com www.tuttifruttidejeuners.com home, just for the sheer thrill. Elk Lake Eco Centre - Dining as the most expensive house in Canada. Dino Pizzeria www.meldrumbayinn.com Elk Lake Kirkland Lake Gilli’s Truck Stop 877-678-2248 705-567-7223 Temiskaming Shores 6 www.elklakeeco.com www.dinospizza.com 705-647-1919 2 Pamela Hamel Hwy. 144 from Hwy. 637 to Killarney Sudbury to Timmins This road didn’t always OK, so the road quality isn’t amazing, but there are enough 10 Poutine Hwy. 560 to figure very highly in my twists, the scenery is pretty good – Lake St. George is probably J’adore ACCOMMODATIONS Elk Lake rankings, mainly because it one of my favourite rest stops in Ontario – but the village was chewed up, full of frost heaves and tar strips, of Killarney, with both the Killarney Mountain Lodge and it’s Marsh Bay Resort Super 8 Kapuskasing Meldrum Bay Inn Hampton Inn Radisson Presidents Suites While other roads might be twistier, better paved, or have and could be downright scary on any of it’s many rapidly glorious kitsch, and the Sportsman’s Inn, with it’s indefatigable Cobalt Kapuskasing Meldrum Bay North Bay Sudbury Temiskaming Shores more eye-opening scenery, this is one of those zen roads you escalating corners (especially the closer you get to Sudbury) – opulence, make it so worth the ride.
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