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Destination Northern Ontario in Co-Operation With Discover more at northernontarioitt.com EXPLORE NORTHERN ONTARIO AN ITINERARY ONTARIO RV travel in Northern Ontario Map-Marker-Alt Hwy 17 North (Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa) RV Travel in Northern Ontario. Second Edition / Revised July 2019 Most people are surprised that Northern Ontario starts in This immense landscape speaks of our Canadian history. French River just three and a half hours north of Toronto. Starting with the Indigenous people and the fur trade that Here, the landscape on the edge of Georgian Bay gives led to settlement with the exploration of canoe routes, way from cottage country and pastoral rolling farmland to railroads and eventually highways that connected resource gradually merge with solid rock landscapes towards the towns to the outside world. Great Lakes. The Boreal Forest stretches from here across Northern Ontario has a unique character in its people and the vast Canadian Shield. The Fur Trade route along Lake communities that has seen its share of the boom and bust Superior is one of Canada’s most scenic drives. of mines and mills. Produced by Destination Northern Ontario in co-operation with Destination Ontario | Ontario Parks | Camping in Ontario | RV Rental Association of Canada Best Time RV | CanaDream | Cruise Canada | Fraserway RV Photo credits: Destination Ontario, Ontario Parks, Parks Canada, Gord Rees, Tiina Keranen, Greg Mattson, Dan Grisdale Photography, Algoma Country, Tourism Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay Tourism, Parry Sound Tourism, City of Kenora. 2 Calendar-Check Planning RV travel Where to camp along the fur trade route. Campground reservations are strongly recommended during July and August, and on long Ontario Parks weekends in May and September. Make a circle tour through Northern Ontario, or extend your holiday There are more than 30 provincial parks along the Fur to include the Trans Canada route to the Rocky Trade Route. Most of these parks open in late May Mountains and the west coast. Allow a minimumm and close in September. A park pass is required and of three weeks to cover the 5,000 kms across two- must be displayed on the dash of a vehicle at all times. thirds of Canada, although a month is recommended Electrical, fresh water and sani-dumps are available in to meander across the Prairies to the Canadian all provincial parks that accommodate RV camping. Rockies and the west coast. It is approximately 2,000 Campsite reservations at Ontario Provincial Parks: kilometers of winding highway from Toronto to the 1-888-668-7275 | www.ontarioparks.com Manitoba border. Add another 300 km for getting into campgrounds, shopping, sightseeing and of Parks Canada course, back tracking to investigate animals and attractions along the road. The federal government is guardian of Pukaskwa National Park, Fort St. Joseph, Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, and National Historic Sites along the route. RV rental stations Contact: 1-888-773-8888 | www.pc.gc.ca Visit rvrac.com for rental stations in Toronto. There are also special one-way rental rates to relocate new Ontario Private Campgrounds motorhomes to Calgary and Vancouver during April Operators Association and May. Be sure to book early. Participating campgrounds in Ontario's Private Campground Operating Association are listed by s From the south. number in the Camping in Ontario Directory. RV rental stations in Toronto offer an ideal starting More information: point to begin your trip along the Fur Trade Route. www.campininginontario.ca RV Rental stations in Ontario Best Time RV 300 Maple Grove, Cambridge, ON plus Additional travel Canadream 33 West Drive, Brampton, ON information. Cruise Canada 12275 Highway 50, Bolton ON Fraserway RV 5362 County Road 27 N, Cookstown, ON Ontario Travel Information Centres W From the west. There are several travel information centres along this route offering a variety of services in addition RV rental stations in Vancouver and Calgary are to travel information on the entire province: connected by Trans Canada Hwy 1 to Hwy 17 at the • Travel information sorted by travel area Manitoba / Ontario border, just east of Winnipeg. • Free highway maps More information: • Camping permits www.rvrac.com • Weather forecasts • Spring blossom & fall colour reports northernontarioitt.com 3 EXPERIENCE A NINE-DAY ADVENTURE Follow the Fur Trade Route. 4 northernontarioitt.com Map-Marker-Alt Hwy#17 North, Old Woman Bay Map-Marker-Alt Island Queen Cruise on Georgian Bay/30,000 Islands – Parry Sound. Map-Marker-Alt Dynamic Earth underground mine tour – Sudbury. Map-Marker-Alt Canal tour of Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site. Map-Marker-Alt Agawa Canyon Tour Train – departs from downtown Sault Ste. Marie. Map-Marker-Alt Tour of Fort William National Historic Park – Thunder Bay. TOUR HIGHLIGHTS Map-Marker-Alt Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung National Historic Site – Fort Frances. Map-Marker-Alt MS Kenora cruise on Lake of the Woods – Kenora. Other special attractions. Map-Marker-Alt Group of Seven 19 artists’ plaques. Canada’s Group of Seven artists were inspired by the landscapes of Algoma and the North Shore of Lake Superior. There are interpretive installations with easel and chair ONTARIO in 19 locations. 9 Map-Marker-Alt The Terry Fox Memorial and c historic markers showing 8 Prisoner of War camps of World 7 6 War II in Neys Provincial Park UPERI 5 AKE S OR and Red Rock. L 2 Map-Marker-Alt Heritage sites and museums 4 3 L include the French River Visitor AK E 1 H U a Centre, Fort St. Joseph National R N A O N G Star Historic Site, Wawa, White River, I H b O C TARI I ON Nipigon, Fort William National AKE M L E K Historic Site in Thunder Bay, A L Atikokan, La Verendrye Parkway IE ER KE in Fort Frances, and Lake of the LA Woods Museum in Kenora. ITINERARY DAY 1 Toronto to Parry Sound DAY 6 Wawa to Nipigon DAY 2 Parry Sound to Sudbury DAY 7 Nipigon to Thunder Bay DAY 3 Sudbury to Spragge DAY 8 Thunder Bay to Fort Frances DAY 4 Spragge to Sault Ste. Marie DAY 9 Fort Frances to Kenora DAY 5 Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa *a,b, and c are alternate routes Map-Marker-Alt Hwy#17 North, Old Woman Bay northernontarioitt.com 5 Bird Umiujaq Sanikiluaq Shamattawa FortFort Severn Severn HUDSON BAY Gods River Gods Lake Narrows Peawanuck POLAR BEAR PROVINCIAL PARK Red Sucker Lake Sachigo Lake MANITOBA Bearskin Lake Kitchenuhmaykoosib OPASQUIA PROVINCIAL PARK BIG TROUT LAKE JAMES Muskrat Dam BAY Sandy Lake Kasabonika SANDY LAKE Keewaywin Weagamow Lake WINISK RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK Deer Lake Kingfisher Lake Wunnummin Lake Webequie North Spirit Lake AKIMISKI Summer Beaver Little Grand Attawapiskat Rapids ISLAND Poplar Hill Pikangikum Lansdowne House Kashechewan Cat Lake Fort Albany Bissett WOODLAND CARIBOU PROVINCIAL PARK Pickle Lake Fort Hope Marten Falls Red Lake Uchi Lake Slate Falls Osnaburgh House Ear Falls Moosonee WABAKIMI PROVINCIAL Wabauskang PARK Wabaseemoong 599 Grassy Narrows LAC SEUL S 105 S Ojibway Nation E R X Sioux Lookout of Saugeen E R Kenora A Armstrong E Vermilion Bay B 17 9 NORTHERN R Falcon LA Dryden 72 PO Beach Kejick g RUSHING RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK 594 Nakina 308 Wabigoon Lake ONTARIO NORTH OF THE SIOUX NARROWS NORTH FRENCH RIVER PROVINCIAL PARK Gull Bay CONSERVATION RESERVE Sioux Narrows LAKE NIPIGON Longlac LAKE OF THE Geraldton WOODS Crow Lake Fraserdale 502 11 Calstock Nestor Falls Ignace 17 CALIPER LAKE 527 Beardmore Hearst PROVINCIAL PARK 622 11 Rainy River Opasatika 71 Kapuskasing 652 11 Emo Rainy Lake Upsala f Atikokan Hornepayne 8 11 Nipigon OUIMET CANYON PROVINCIAL PARK 6 RAINBOW FALLS Fort Frances PROVINCIAL PARK Oba Kashabowie 631 Lac la Croix Pays WHITE Loon Marathon LAKE PARK QUETICO PROVINCIAL Plat Terrace Bay Cochrane 11 655 PARK KAKABEKA e 17 SLEEPING GIANT FALLS PROVINCIAL NEYS PROVINCIAL PARK PARK 7 PROVINCIAL Pic Mobert PARK South White River LAKE ABITIBI Thunder Bay Abitibi Timmins 101 388 61 Ramore Dubreuilville PUKASKWA NATIONAL PARK OF CANADA Foleyet 101 11 Kirkland Lake 117 66 5 Wawa 112 Matachewan LAKE SUPERIOR 101 Chapleau 65 Elk Lake Weather Warnings 17 VI A R A Gogama 560 Notre-Dame LAKE SUPERIOR IL -du-Nord Remote sections on Hwy #17 / 11 between PROVINCIAL PARK Sultan Shining Temiskaming Sault Ste. Marie & Thunder Bay: Agawa Bay Tree Montreal River Harbour Latchford AG AW A Watch for sudden weather changes with heavy snow TO UR 144 TR 129 AI 101 PANCAKE BAY N Temagami and wind on isolated stretches of highways with few or PROVINCIAL PARK BATCHAWANA BAY 11 QUÉBEC no services during April and early May in Spring, and PROVINCIAL PARK Searchmont 556 late September–October in Fall along the north shore Marten River MINNESOTA CartierCartier of Lake Superior. Gale-force winds can quickly develop Sault Ste. Marie 4 Echo Bay Elliot Lake 17 63 d c Sudbury North Bay over the north shore of Lake Superior. Keep an eye on 108 17 Spragge LAKE NIPISSING Mattawa your fuel and propane before heading north around Callander 17 Fort St. Joseph Blind River Deep River Spanish KILLARNEY Alban 64 the crest of Lake Superior where gas stations may close PROVINCIAL PARK Powassan French River Sheshegwaning Gore Bay Killarney FRENCH RIVER Port Loring 522 Petawawa in the evening, and on Sundays. PROVINCIAL PARK ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK 148 6 South River Pembroke 148 Hawkesbury Manitoulin Island Buckingham 50 Britt LAKE MICHIGAN Burk’s Falls Orléans Rockland 417 Vaudreuil- Providence Eganville Dorion Bay 69 60 Renfrew 124 60 South Baymouth GEORGIAN BAY Whitney Salaberry-de- WISCONSIN Shawanaga Arnprior Kanata Ottawa Valleyfield Casselman Alexandria Parry Sound Huntsville 138 Tobermory Carleton Place 141
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