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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.

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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

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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

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Umiujaq Sanikiluaq

Shamattawa

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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 Siou Looout 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 LAE NIPIGON Longlac LAE 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 Atioan Hornepayne 8 11 Nipigon OUIMET CANYON PROVINCIAL PARK 6 RAINBOW FALLS Fort Frances PROVINCIAL PARK Oba Kashabowie 631

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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 LAE 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 LAE MICHIGAN Burk’s Falls Orléans Rockland 417 Vaudreuil- Providence Eganville Dorion Bay 69 60 Renfrew 124 60 South Baymouth GEORGIAN AY Whitney Salaberry-de- WISCONSIN Shawanaga Arnprior Kanata Ottawa Valleyfield Casselman Alexandria Parry Sound Huntsville 138 Tobermory Carleton Place 141 Dorset Denbigh Huntingdon 28 TORONTO TO KENORA – approximately 1,900 km LAE HURON Kemptville Cornwall 6 MacTier Bracebridge PerthSmiths Falls MICHIGAN 400 118 416 Morrisburg Lion’s Head Gravenhurst 41 Sharbot Lake 7 FROM TO DISTANCE DURATION Apsley 15 Wiarton 11 35 Prescott Coldwater 62 Northbrook Midland 28 Brockville Toronto Parry Sound 200 km 2 h 30 min Sauble Beach Meaford 26 Marmora 401 Collingwood Orillia Fenelon Falls Bobcaygeon 21 38 Southampton LAE 12 Lakefield Madoc Gananoque Owen Sound SIMCOE Port Elgin Lindsay Norwood Parry Sound Sudbury 170 km 2 h Markdale Barrie 37 Napanee 6 7 21 400Keswick Cannington Peterborough Kingston Kincardine Durham 10 12 Port 33 Walkerton 89 115 Belleville Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie 320 km 3 h 40 min 9 Shelburne Newmarket Perry Trenton Pontypool Brighton Mount 9 Picton Orangeville 401 Forest Markham Cobourg Sault Ste. Marie Wawa 340 km 2 h 30 min Wingham Vaughan OshawaNewcastle Village Goderich Palmerston 407 Scarborough Brampton Wawa Nipigon 360 km 4 h Clinton 23 Fergus Toronto LAE ONTARIO Etobicoke Bayfield 8 Mississauga 4 Mitchell Kitchener Guelph 407 Oakville IOWA Nipigon Thunder Bay 120 km 1 h 20 min 21 Grand Bend Burlington Exeter Stratford 401 St. Kettle Point Hamilton Catharines U.S.A. Woodstock 8 Niagara Thunder Bay Fort Frances 330 km 3 h 50 min 403 Brantford Falls Forest London Welland 402 Ingersoll 6 QEW Sarnia 3 Fort Frances Kenora 220 km 2 h 30 min Strathroy Simcoe Corunna Jarvis Port Colborne Tillsonburg NEW 40 Glencoe St. Thomas Wallaceburg YORK Dutton Port Rowan 401 Rodney

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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

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

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Marten River MINNESOTA CartierCartier Sault Ste. Marie Echo Bay Elliot Lake b 17 63 Sudbury 2 North Bay 108 17 Spragge LAE NIPISSING Mattawa Callander 17 Fort St. Joseph Blind River Deep River 3 Spanish KILLARNEY Alban 64 PROVINCIAL PARK Powassan French River Sheshegwaning Gore Bay Killarney FRENCH RIVER Port Loring 522 Petawawa PROVINCIAL PARK ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK 148 6 South River Pembroke 148 Hawkesbury Manitoulin Island Buckingham 50 Britt LAE MICHIGAN Burk’s Falls Orléans Rockland 417 Vaudreuil- Providence Eganville Dorion Bay 69 60 Renfrew 124 60 South Baymouth GEORGIAN AY Whitney Salaberry-de- WISCONSIN Shawanaga Arnprior Kanata Ottawa Valleyfield Casselman Alexandria Chi-Chee Maun Ferry Parry Sound 1 Huntsville 138 Tobermory Carleton Place a 141 Dorset Denbigh Huntingdon 28 LAE HURON Kemptville Cornwall 6 MacTier Bracebridge PerthSmiths Falls MICHIGAN 400 118 416 Morrisburg Lion’s Head Gravenhurst 41 Sharbot Lake 7 Apsley 15 Wiarton 11 35 Prescott Coldwater 62 Northbrook Midland 28 Brockville Sauble Beach Meaford 26 Marmora 401 Collingwood Orillia Fenelon Falls Bobcaygeon 21 38 Southampton LAE 12 Lakefield Madoc Gananoque Owen Sound SIMCOE Port Elgin Lindsay Norwood Markdale Barrie 37 Napanee 6 7 CANADA 21 400Keswick Cannington Peterborough Kingston Kincardine Durham 10 12 Port 33 Walkerton 89 Fraserway RV 115 Belleville 9 Shelburne Newmarket Perry Trenton Pontypool Brighton Mount 9 Picton Orangeville 401 ONTARIO Forest Markham Cobourg Wingham Cruise Canada Vaughan OshawaNewcastle Village Goderich Palmerston 407 Scarborough Brampton Clinton 23 Fergus Toronto LAE ONTARIO Canadream Etobicoke Bayfield 8 Mississauga Montreal 4 Mitchell Kitchener Guelph 407 Oakville Ottawa IOWA 21 Best Time RV Grand Bend Burlington Exeter Stratford 401 St. Kettle Point Hamilton Catharines Toronto Woodstock 8 Niagara Niagara Falls 403 Falls Brantford Chicago Forest London Welland New York 402 Ingersoll 6 QEW Sarnia 3 Washington D.C. Strathroy Simcoe Corunna Jarvis Port Colborne Tillsonburg NEW 40 Glencoe UNITED STATES St. Thomas Wallaceburg YORK Dutton Port Rowan 401 Rodney 0 50 100 150 200 Km

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Leamington ILLINOIS Colchester Pelee Island INDIANA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA Day One. LAKE SIMCOE / ORILLIA / PARRY SOUND

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Camera 1 Island Queen Cruise, Parry Sound Camera 2 Fall colours in Parry Sound Camera 3 Kayaking, Georgian Bay Camera 4 Motorhome rental

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MAP-SIGNS Main Route – 250 km Hwy#12 from Toronto to Coldwater. Hwy #400 from Coldwater to Parry Sound. ONTARIO MAP-SIGNS Alternate route (a) available from Toronto Day One. 9 to Tobermory where the MS Chi-Cheemaun, c Ferry brings visitors across Georgian Bay to 8 Manitoulin Island. 1 Parry Sound 7 6 MAP-SIGNS Alternate route (b) available from Toronto 2 Sudbury 5 through North Bay to Sudbury (adds 275 kms). 3 Spragge 4 Sault Ste. Marie 4 2 3 5 Wawa Manitoulin Island 1 b 6 Nipigon 7 Thunder Bay a

8 Fort Frances Star 9 Kenora Toronto

1 DAY ONE Travel from Toronto to Parry Sound. MAP-SIGNSALTERNATE ROUTE • Toronto. Stock up on essentials at a big-box store or • Manitoulin Island. As an alternative route, supermarket. We recommend purchase of a small visitors can take the MS Chi-Cheemaun, a barbeque and a small gas canister for outdoor dinners passenger and vehicle Ferry, from Tobermory along the way. at the tip of Bruce Peninsula to South Baymouth on Manitoulin Island. Over-size rates • Go north from Toronto RV rental stations. There are apply to vehicles greater than 20 feet. numerous highways heading north from Metro Toronto. Take Hwy#12 through farmland and horse ranches around Sandford and Brock Township with stone houses bed built in the 1890s. WHERE TO CAMP Where to camp near Parry Sound / • Orilla. A large Catholic church sits on a hill that Manitoulin Island. dominates the approach to Orillia from the east side of KOA – Parry Sound. Three hours north of Toronto. Lake Simcoe and gives an insight to the early settlers Located in Seguin, just 20 minutes to downtown whose headstones reveal the Irish ancestors. Parry Sound. Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Sani-station. Flush toilets/ • Parry Sound is cradled on Georgian Bay with a large showers. Swimming pool. harbor and a rail bridge trestle spanning right across Horseshoe Lake Camp & Cottages. Located in Seguin. town, and a Tower Hill with 360 degree view of Georgian Mixed forest overlooking Horseshoe Lake. Bay surrounded by mixed forests. The Bobby Orr Hall Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. of Fame can be found here on the waterfront. This is a Beach. Canoes available. tribute to one of Canada's greatest hockey players. Providence Bay Trailer Park. Manitoulin Island. • Island Queen Cruises operates two and three hour Check-Circle Services: Electrical and water hookups. Sani-dump. cruises from the pier in Parry Sound for a close-up look at Georgian Bay’s wild and rugged outer islands.

northernontarioitt.com 9 Day Two. PARRY SOUND / FRENCH RIVER / KILLARNEY / SUDBURY

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Camera 1 Killarney Provincial Park Camera 2 French River Provincial Park Camera 3 French River National Historic Site Camera 4 World's Longest Snowmobile Bridge

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MAP-SIGNSRoute – 180 km ONTARIO Hwy#400 from Parry Sound until it 1 Parry Sound merges into Hwy#69. Continue down 9 Hwy#69 until you meet Hwy#637 2 Sudbury c where you can exit to visit Killarney 3 Spragge 8 Provincial Park (optional side route), or 7 6 4 Sault Ste. Marie continue along Hwy#69 to Sudbury. 5 Wawa 5 6 Nipigon 4 2 7 Thunder Bay 3 b 8 Fort Frances Manitoulin Island 1 9 Kenora a Star Toronto 2 DAY TWO Travel from Parry Sound to Sudbury.

The day begins with a noticeable change in landscape • Killarney Provincial Park. Hwy#637 (125 km) return Day Two. to Hwy#69. Dominated by La Cloche Mountains with towards the Shield. The granite rock formations created by catastrophic events at the end of the ice pink granite and white quartzite hills overlooking the age illustrate the direction and magnitude of the coastline of Georgian Bay. Killarney Provincial Park is slow-moving glaciers more than a kilometer thick, recognized as a nationally certifiedDark Sky Preserve almost 2 million years ago. by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Check-Circle Services: George Lake Campground is open for camping • Britt. An historic railroad hub connected to shipping all year. Electrical. Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. Hiking coal and timber on the Great Lakes. The old pier is a trails. Park Store (seasonal) and Canoe Rentals nearby. reminder of a company town gone bust. • Sudbury. Approaching Sudbury, you will soon see • French River Provincial Park. A visitor centre the 380-meter super stack on the horizon. The stack and museum at the National Historic Site on the is now disabled as the community becomes more French River pays tribute to the Lake Nipissing environmentally friendly. Canoe Route. Voyageurs followed the river west to secure furs from the Objibwe on a voyage of trade and exploration leading north and west of bed WHERE TO CAMP Lake Superior as early as 1659. The French River, Where to camp near Sudbury. although relatively small, was most significant in Sportsman’s Park. Located in Alban. providing access to westward travel. The world’s 30 minutes south of Sudbury. longest snowmobile bridge spans 512-feet and sits Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/flush toilets. Sani-dump. 90 feet above the river. The visitor center is open Thursday to Monday in spring and fall, and daily in Carol’s Campsite. Sudbury. Check-Circle the summer. Services: Electrical. Sani-dump. Laundry. Wifi. Check-Circle Services: Backcountry camping only – No RV camping There are numerous provincial parks along this route available at this site. Flush toilets, Laundry, Canoe & Kayak that have campsites available. Open seasonally. rentals, Park Store (seasonal), Visitor Information Centre. Hiking trails.

northernontarioitt.com 11 Day Three. SUDBURY / MASSEY / MANITOULIN ISLAND / SPRAGGE

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Camera 1 Dynamic Earth, Sudbury Camera 2 Bridal Veil Falls, Manitoulin Camera 3 Indigenous Culture, Manitoulin Camera 4 Bird Watching, Spanish

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ONTARIO Day Three. 1 Parry Sound 9 c MAP-SIGNSRoute – 175 km 2 Sudbury Head west on Hwy#17 to McKerrow 8 3 Spragge where you can turn left onto Hwy#6 7 6 4 Sault Ste. Marie to Manitoulin (optional side route), or continue along Hwy#17 to Spragge. 5 Wawa 5 6 Nipigon 4 2 7 Thunder Bay 3 1 b 8 Fort Frances MS Chi-Cheemaun Ferry 9 Kenora a Star Toronto 3 DAY THREE Travel from Sudbury to Spragge.

• The Dynamic Earth museum in Sudbury needs a full day • The Spanish Marina and Four Seasons Waterfront to visit, starting at the Big Nickel on the hill, with mining Complex offers a bird watchers paradise from exhibits featuring every kind of geology, and a one-hour a viewpoint overlooking Lake Huron and the underground tour with exhibits showing the history of “Provincially Significant Wetlands” with waterfowl mining technology in the Canadian north. feeding on wild rice and other aquatic vegetation at the mouth of the Spanish River. Information plaques • Optional side route to Manitoulin Island and Georgian tell of the life in lumber camps and company towns Bay Coastal Route. Turn left at McKerrow on Hwy#6 in the 1800s. to Whitefish Falls, across Great La Cloche Island to Sheglulandah where roads lead to villages and beach resorts. bed WHERE TO CAMP

• Visit Lillian’s Indian Crafts & Museum in M’Chigeeng Where to camp near Spragge. First Nation on Manitoulin Island. This quaint shop, Brennan Harbour RV Park. Located in Spanish on with adjoining museum features the most unique crafts Lake Huron at mouth of the Spanish River. including Pow-Wow accessories and all sizes of porcupine Check-Circle Services: Sani-dump. Mid- May to mid-October. quill baskets. The Centennial Museum of Sheguiandah has Serpent River Campground. Located in Spragge an interpretive centre and displays artifacts from early on Hwy#17 alongside the Serpent River (half way settlements. between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie). Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/toilets. Convenience • Once back on Hwy#17, you will encounter a cluster of store offering fresh home-made pizza. provincial parks. Chutes Provincial Park. Located in Massey. Check-Circle Services: RV camping available. Electrical. • Chutes Provincial Park in Massey (30 minutes before Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. Hiking trails. Canoe Spragge). The park features a roaring waterfalls on the rentals available. Open mid May to mid October. Spanish River. Display boards record the river runs using a log chute to bypass the falls during the logging heydays.

northernontarioitt.com 13 Day Four. LAKE HURON NORTH SHORE / SAULT STE. MARIE

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Camera 1 Bridge to St. Joseph Island Camera 2 Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site Camera 3 Iron Bridge Historical Museum Camera 4 Northern Ontario Logging Memorial

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Camera Camera 2 Photo courtesy of Parks Canada 4 4 DAY FOUR – SPRAGGE TO SAULT STE. MARIE Day Four. ONTARIO 1 Parry Sound MAP-SIGNS – 170 km 9 Route c 2 Sudbury Continue west on Hwy#17 to Sault Ste. Marie or stay 3 Spragge 8 7 6 overnight at a campground 4 Sault Ste. Marie along the way. 5 Wawa 5 6 Nipigon

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4 DAY FOUR Travel from Spragge to Sault Ste. Marie.

This route takes us along the north shore of Lake Huron.

• Blind River hosts the Northern Ontario Logging • Echo Bay where the Loon Dollar monument was Memorial to forest workers, and the Timber Village erected to commemorate Canada’s centennial in Museum showing life in the early lumber camps. 1987. The Canadian one-dollar “loonie” gets its name from the loon whose lonesome call you hear • Iron Bridge. The Tulloch/Carlyle house are two echo across the northern lakes. replicas of the first homesteads, located east of Iron Bridge. A Tourist Information Centre is located at this site. bed WHERE TO CAMP • Bruce Mines saw discovery of copper in 1846, Where to camp near Sault Ste. Marie. resulting in the first copper mine in North America. Objiway Park. Located south of Sault Ste. Marie just Tom Thompson of the Group of Seven painted outside Echo Bay on Hwy#17B after the Echo Bay “View over a Lake Shore with Houses” in 1912. Bridge. Beach front on sandy shores of Laying Water Beach. Operated by Garden River First Nation. • Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site. Located on Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Shower/flush toilets. St. Joseph Island 56 kms east of Sault Ste. Marie. Sani-dump. Pavilion rental. The British chose the location for the proximity to Sault Ste. Marie KOA Holiday. Located 10 minutes the navigation routes controlling the fur trade and from downtown. access to the Great Lakes. The fort served as the Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Some cable TV hookups. base for the first British military maneuvers against Showers/toilets. Sani-dump. Laundry. High pressure the Americans in the War of 1812. Hilton Beach has RV wash. Gift and souvenir store. a general store.

northernontarioitt.com 15 + OPTIONAL EXTRA DAY Explore SAULT STE. MARIE

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+ OPTIONAL EXTRA DAY Stay an extra day in Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie. A major centre along the St. Mary’s River and the shorelines of both Lake Huron and Lake Superior. City highlights include the Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre and the Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site as reminders of northern settlement. Take a walk around town to visit numerous Heritage Properties and the 1923 Pilgrimage of History Plaques Camera2 featuring buildings with historical and architectural significance.

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• Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre. • Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic • Agawa Canyon Tour Train departs The de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver is the Site. The Sault Ste. Marie Canal, built in from downtown Sault Ste. Marie. classic Canadian single-engine bush plane 1895, was the world’s longest lock, the first A one-day excursion into the heart with pontoon floats designed to land and to operate using electricity and the last of the Canadian wilderness where in takeoff at outposts on small lakes, or to link in an all-Canadian navigational chain 1912 the Group of Seven (G7) rented drop firefighting crews closest to forest from the Atlantic to Lake Superior. Today a box car to house their studio in the fires. On display is CF-OBS, the second the Canal, used by recreational craft, is a bush. The 180-km rail journey follows oldest Beaver that was built in 1948 that great spot for boat-watching and picnics. the shores of lakes and rivers, and was operated by the Ontario Provincial ends at the bottom of the Agawa • The Soo Locks Boat Tour departs from Air Service throughout the northwest. Canyon. A dining car serves hot and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S.A., and Discover the history of forest fire fighting cold meals. This trip is magnificent takes visitors on a two hour tour through in combating wildfires in the far north in September and October for fall the American Soo Locks, Canadian Locks, brought to life through a 20 minute movie colour viewing, and always sells out St. Mary’s Rapids, three hydro-electric before you visit the exhibits. early. Operates daily from early June plants, and historic waterfronts on both to October. sides of the Canada-US border. POINTS OF INTEREST Camera 1 Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Camera 4 Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre Camera 7 Bridal Veil Falls, Agawa Canyon Camera 2 Soo Locks Boat Tour (U.S) Camera 5 Agawa Canyon Tour Train Camera 8 Sault Ste. Marie Canal National Historic Site Camera 3 Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site Camera 6 Sault Ste. Marie Casino northernontarioitt.com 17 Day Five. LAKE SUPERIOR PROVINCIAL PARK / WAWA

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Camera 1 Spring foliage at Old Woman Bay Camera 2 Agawa Rock Camera 3 Hwy#17 overlooking Lake Superior Camera 4 Fall colours in the Algoma

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MAP-SIGNS Route – 300 km Head north on Hwy#17 from 1 Parry Sound ONTARIO Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa. 2 9 Sudbury c Exclamation-Circle Day Five. 3 Spragge Park permits are required in 8 Lake Superior Provincial Park. 4 Sault Ste. Marie 7 6 Permits can be purchased at the 5 Wawa Visitor Centre at Agawa Bay. 5 6 Nipigon 7 Thunder Bay 4 2 8 Fort Frances 3 1 b 9 Kenora

a Star 5 DAY FIVE Toronto Travel from Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa. Renowned as one of the great RV drives in the world.

• Chippewa Falls drops 13 meters in two stages. There is a • Agawa Rock. 8 kms north of Agawa Bay within Lake rest stop just to the side of the highway bridge. A plaque Superior Provincial Park. See pictographs painted on sheer marks the half-way point on the Trans Canada Hwy cliffs rising from Lake Superior. Red ochre figures are between St. John, Newfoundland, and Victoria, BC. Look for painted on a giant canvas of stone to record the stories of another G7 easel by Arthur Lismer entitled “The Little Falls”. generations of Objibwe. Proper footwear is recommended for access along a cobblestone path on the shoreline. • Batchawana Bay Provincial Park. Stop by the Voyageurs’ Paintings can only be viewed when the lake is calm. Cookhouse filled with artifacts and large paintings of the Warning signs advise visitors to use extreme caution on the Fur Trade Route. Ask for a copy of the visitor attractions rugged path down to the water’s edge. Open mid-May to that are listed on the way to Thunder Bay. mid-September. Park permit required.

• Pancake Bay Provincial Park. 76 km northwest of Sault Ste. • Michipicoten. Magpie River Valley features a 75-foot Marie. Voyageurs preferred this wide sandy 3-km waterfall at the outflow of a reservoir. long beach for stopovers on the canoe route around the top of Lake Superior. A plaque on the lookout trail tells • Wawa. The Land of the Big Goose statue. A legendary town of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald that broke up in settled by pioneers located three hours north of Sault Ste. a violent winter storm made famous by Canadian folk Marie. Follow the “Signs of History” around the town that singer Gordon Lightfoot. explain the early beginnings. Look for a statue of early settlers. Information Centre at the south end of town. • Lake Superior Provincial Park is one of the larger parks on the eastern shore of Lake Superior. Displays illustrate the affect of “rebounding” on the Shield which is a term to bed WHERE TO CAMP describe how bed rock rises after removal of the massive Wild Rose RV Park. Located next to Voyageurs’ weight of glaciers. Another G7 easel marks the area where Cookhouse in Batchawana Bay. Check-Circle Fully serviced. J.E.H. MacDonald came to Algoma Country “to find gems of Wawa RV Resort & Campground. Wawa. 1 mile north the Canadian landscape”. A Visitor Centre highlighting the of town. Open May 1-October 28. Check-Circle Services: Electrical. park’s cultural history, natural features and recreational Outdoor heated pool. Laundry. Wifi. Showers.

opportunities is located at Agawa Bay. Lake Superior There are numerous provincial parks along this route Provincial Park is recognized as a nationally certifiedDark that have campsites available. Open seasonally. Sky Preserve by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

northernontarioitt.com 19 Day Six. PUKASKWA NATIONAL PARK / NIPIGON

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ONTARIO 1 Parry Sound 9 c Day Six. 2 Sudbury MAP-SIGNS 3 Spragge 8 Route – 360 km 7 6 Continue north on Hwy#17 4 Sault Ste. Marie from Wawa to Nipigon. 5 Wawa 5 6 Nipigon 4 2 7 Thunder Bay 3 8 Fort Frances 1 b 9 Kenora

a Star Toronto 6 DAY SIX Travel from Wawa to Nipigon.

• White River. Started as a railroad divisional point • Terrace Bay. The last easel of G7 on the route from Sault where large blocks of ice were cut from lakes in winter Ste. Marie. Follow the Casque Isles Hiking Trail for two to refrigerate box cars filled with perishables being kms to Terrace Bay beach where you walk knee-deep shipped across the long northern route. Historical Society through rye grass. Pre-arrange a boat tour to Slate Museum and historic markers. Famous for Winnie-the- Islands which shelters a large herd of Boreal Woodland Pooh statue built to commemorate the black bear cub Caribou. Enjoy views from a scenic lookout from the that became the mascot for Canadian troops serving Patterson Lighthouse in town lookout located behind the overseas during WW II. Tourist Information Centre.

Pukaskwa National Park. Heron Bay. Main entrance to • Aguasabon Falls and Gorge is just a half-mile off camping and visitor centre is 25 km east of Marathon on Hwy#17. Boardwalk to the 100-foot waterfall and gorge. Hwy#627 at Hattie Cove. Features a boardwalk over the • Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is just 20 minutes west of sand dunes to the sandy beach on Horseshoe Bay. Canoe Terrace Bay. The park has a beautiful sandy beach. rentals ($20/ half day) are recommended when the bay is calm. • Nipigon. Climb the 20m Bridgeview Lookout Tower with Check-Circle Services: Electrical sites 15 km in from Hwy#17. Showers/ 360 degree view overlooking the Nipigon River that once flush toilets. Visitor centre with displays. Hiking trails. produced the largest brook trout for fly fishing in the Canoe rentals. world. Visit the Heritage Museum and take a self-guided • Marathon was a staging area during construction of the walking tour that explains the history of the town. CPR rail line through solid bedrock, mid-way between Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Visit Pebble Beach with polished stones along the shore of Lake Superior. bed WHERE TO CAMP Where to camp near Nipigon. • Neys Provincial Park. Neys Camp 100 was one of first Stillwater Tent & RV Park. Nipigon. Prisoner of War camps that housed German soldiers and Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Shower. Wifi. Gift Shop. Laundry. enemy civilians during WW II. Prisoners were transported Sani-dump. by ship from England, arriving in January, 1941, and held Neys Provincial Park. Located 30 minutes outside Marathon. until fall 1943 when the camp was relocated. Prisoners Check-Circle Services: RV camping available. Electrical. Showers/flush were permitted to leave the confines of barbed wire to toilets. Laundry. Park store. Hiking trails. Canoe rentals work in lumber camps and cut cord wood. available. Open mid May to mid September.

northernontarioitt.com 21 Day Seven. NIPIGON / THUNDER BAY

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ONTARIO 1 Parry Sound 9 Day Seven. c 2 Sudbury

8 3 Spragge MAP-SIGNSRoute – 290 km 7 4 Sault Ste. Marie 6 Continue north on Hwy#17 from

5 Wawa 5 Nipigon to Thunder Bay. 6 Nipigon 7 4 2 Thunder Bay 3 8 Fort Frances 1 b 9 Kenora

a Star Toronto 7 DAY SEVEN Travel from Nipigon to Thunder Bay.

• Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park has a unique geological • Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park. A 40-meter feature with 100 metre cliffs and two viewing pods along waterfall that required a portage on the historic a short trail. canoe route connecting Lake Superior with Lake of the Woods. • Sleeping Giant Provincial Park offers spectacular views of the "Sleeping Giant" from the tip of Sibley Peninsula. bed WHERE TO CAMP • The Terry Fox Monument and Scenic Lookout has a 9-foot statue erected in memory of Terry Fox, the Wolf River Park. Dorion. 75 km east of Thunder Bay. courageous one-legged runner who embarked on a Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/out house. Sani-dump. Open May 18-October 8. 5,300 kilometer run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. His unique hop-and-skip style inspired KOA Campground. Thunder Bay. On Hwy#11/17 just east of Thunder Bay. Canadians to support his Marathon of Hope that has Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Convenience store. Firewood. grown world-wide. Winner of KOA Campground of the Year award.

• The city of Thunder Bay is named after a large bay at Happy Land Park. Kakabeka Falls. the head of Lake Superior. The bay's name refers to the Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/sani-dump. Heated pool. Open all year. legendary Thunderbird, a mythical giant bird of Ojibwe folklore. The city has grown into a major transportation Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Check-Circle Services: Limited RV camping available at Marie hub with an inland port served by two transcontinental Louise Lake Campground. Showers/flush toilets. railroads delivering grain from the Prairies. Visit the Laundry. Hiking trails. Open mid May to mid October. developed harbor front for a choice of fine restaurants.

• Visit Fort William Historical Park, the World's largest Fur Trade Post at its time. It is an exact replica of the North West Company's inland headquarters. Fur traders would bring their goods from the far west for trading, and the voyageurs would then haul bales of beaver pelts all the way to Montreal for shipment to Europe. Meet Scottish fur traders, French voyageurs and the Ojibwee who toil at the fort.

northernontarioitt.com 23 Day Eight. ATIKOKAN / FORT FRANCES / LAKE OF THE WOODS

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MAP-SIGNSMain Route – 335 km Depart west from Thunder Bay on 1 Parry Sound Hwy#17. Turn left onto Hwy#11 which 2 Sudbury ONTARIO will take you to Fort Frances. 9 3 Spragge c MAP-SIGNSAlternate Route – There is an 4 Sault Ste. Marie 8 alternative northern route on #17 to 7 5 Wawa 6 Ignace, Dryden and Kenora that is slightly shorter (c). 6 Nipigon 5 7 Thunder Bay 8 Fort Frances 4 2 3 9 Kenora a 1 b

8 DAY EIGHT Star Toronto Travel from Thunder Bay to Fort Frances. Sunset Country. A vast area in Northwest Ontario with 150,000 lakes bound by the Boreal forest.

• Quetico Provincial Park – Dawson Trail. Turn off the Cold War. A shuttered pulp mill is a reminder on Hwy#11 (148 km west of Thunder Bay). A major of the boom and bust times in the region. Continue wilderness park with RV camping limited to Dawson along Hwy #11 past the junction with #71 to Kay- Trail Campground. Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre that means Check-Circle Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. Visitor centre. Hiking the Place of Long Rapids with the largest group of trails. Canoe rentals. Indigenous burial mounds in Canada that reflect • Atikokan. The Centennial Museum and Historic Park more than 8,000 years of reoccurring habitation. describes the Steep Rock mine discovery in 1938, Some mounds are more than 7 meters in height. its opening in 1944 to extract iron ore from a giant The Visitor Centre has limited hours of operation. pit, and its ultimate demise in 1974. Four massive electric dredges were used to remove 270 million • Caliper Lake Provincial Park. Campground situated cubic yards of dirt from the lake to access the ore on a bluff overlooking Caliper Lake from a stand body. Iron pellets were shipped by ore carriers of old growth red and white pine. Features a large across the Great Lakes to steel mills in Hamilton beach with sectioned off swimming area. and Pittsburgh. Check-Circle Electrical. Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. Hiking trails. Canoe Rentals. Seasonal opening. • Fort Frances. A border town across Rainy River bridge to International Falls, Minnesota. Follow the La Verendrye Parkway along the shores of Rainy bed WHERE TO CAMP River as it flows 129 kms west out of Rainy Lake to Where to camp near Fort Frances. Lake of the Woods. Historic plaques describe the Tomahawk Resort. Sioux Narrows. Cabins with Voyageurs Highway and the rivalry between the an RV park. Hudson Bay and Northwest Trading Company for Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/toilets. Laundry. furs along the canoe route. A description at the base There are numerous provincial parks along this route of a 100-foot forest fire lookout tells of the early- that have campsites available. Open seasonally. warning radar bases that dotted the north during

northernontarioitt.com 25 Day Nine. LAKE OF THE WOODS / KENORA

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MAP-SIGNSRoute – 225 km Continue west to Hwy#11. Then turn north onto Hwy#71 to Hwy #17. Follow Hwy#17 to downtown Kenora. Hwy 1 Parry Sound Day Nine. #17A is a by-pass route on the Trans 2 Sudbury ONTARIO Canada Hwy. 9 3 Spragge c MAP-SIGNSOntario / Manitoba border. Trans 4 Sault Ste. Marie Canada Hwy #17 in Northern Ontario 8 5 Wawa 7 becomes #1 at the Manitoba border 6 42 km west of Kenora. 6 Nipigon 5 7 Thunder Bay 8 Fort Frances 4 2 3 9 Kenora 1 b

a 9 DAY NINE Star Toronto Travel from Fort Frances to Kenora. There are numerous sport fishing camps along the highway, and charter air service into bush camps.

• Lake of the Woods. Once known as the King’s Highway, • Kenora. Once known as “Rat Portage” after trapping Hwy #71 is one of the most spectacular 200 km stretches muskrats, the canoe route by-passed the rapids at of remote highway in Ontario. Meander northward the outlet to the Winnipeg River. Visit the Lake of the through Caliper Lake Provincial Park, Nestor Falls, Sioux Woods Museum nicely situated in downtown on the Narrows and Rushing River Provincial Park located along shores of Lake of the Woods. The museum explains the east shore of beautiful Lake of the Woods. Look for the fur trade, native culture, mining and railroad private campgrounds along the lake shore. history. It contains a replica of a birch bark canoe used by Indiginous people to gather wild rice, and examples • Sioux Narrows / Nestor Falls. Two quaint towns with of beaded buck-skin jackets and moccasins made from numerous tourist fishing camps on the eastern shores of animals trapped in the region. Enjoy a relaxing cruise Lake of the Woods. Rich in history, the town centre is the around the iconic Lake of the Woods on the MS Kenora site of a legendary battle between the invading Sioux and to view multi-million dollar homes and cottages owned the local Cree and Ojibway. The Nestor Falls attract flocks by celebrities from around the world. Depart from the of pelicans that feed in the white water below the falls. wharf at the Matiowski Farmer’s Market. Visit the Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre and book wilderness tours with Indigenous adventure guides for a • The Lake of the Woods Discovery Centre, located in thorough introduction to sport fishing in the area. Kenora, features an interpretive forest with different woods used by First Nations people. Sioux Narrows Provincial Park. Located just off Hwy#71. bed WHERE TO CAMP Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/flush toilets. Laundry. The Willows RV Park & Campground. Kenora. Rushing River Provincial Park. Located 25 kms south Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Wifi. Showers/washrooms. of Kenora. White water that gives name to the river that Waste dispoal. Hiking trails. drains Dogtooth Lake, surrounded by a forest of jack pine and balsam. There are numerous provincial parks along this route Check-Circle Services: Electrical. Showers/toilets. Laundry. that have campsites available. Open seasonally. Kayak rentals. Hiking trails.

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