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Thanks for this! We're definitely giving Toronto a miss, going down there would add a good 10 hours to the drive (we're going through Canada, not the states). We're on the fence about going through Ottawa or crossing the border up near Royn/Temiskaming which would take us way north of Sudbury. My childhood friend who lives in Ottawa just got back to me that he'll be out of town when where there, and I do know some people in Royn. But you do make a good point about enjoying the Canadian Shield while we can. We can't draw the trip out too much because the Mrs is flying with the baby and I don't want to leave her single parenting for too long. But we have left a couple days for sightseeing; Vancouver actually isn't our final destination, but I have family there so we'll stop in and spend a day with them.
If you do go up by Témiskaming, you might check out Parc National d'Opémican, which is an old lumber site with historic buildings. It's just outside of the town. There isn't a huge amount there, but it's all brand new and makes a decent place to stop, take in the lake, and get out to move around a bit.
Neat, thanks!
Ah, right, I hadn't even thought about going that way around - that's way north of the parts of Ontario I know. But it makes sense - that's also part of the Trans Canada, and it's probably closer to as-the-crow-flies.
Yeah, it's only about 80km shorter than going through Ottawa, so it's pretty close either way, but I guess we'd be less likely to hit traffic up north than in the Capital :)