Best route: Chicago to Newfoundland
What route should I take -- going there and back? We are going to Newfoundland from Chicago and coming back we will be heading to California. We are thinking of crossing into canada quickly from ...
Forum Discussion
Canadian Campers checking in, re. little Kopit's comments above.
If I was going from Chicago, I would definitely NOT cross at Detroit or Port Huron, unless you are just looking to get from Point A to Point B quickly... From Detroit/Windsor, to pretty far down Hwy 401, you'd be dealing with huge traffic etc etc. Having said that, for some, Toronto is a main tourist attraction and offers tremendous things to see/do. I'm just not a huge fan of the traffic or the city (unless the Blue Jays are involved).
I would travel up the east coast of Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore is gorgeous, Traverse City, Petosky, Macinaw City, side trip to Mackinac Island (we camped on the north side of the bridge, in St. Ignace) cross the border at Sault Ste. Marie and head east from there, following the routes and tourist info provided in other posts including Science North and Dynamic Earth and the Big Nickel in Sudbury.
We're headin East on June 19th, and will be crossing central Ontario to visit my mother in Trenton, Ontario and heading east from there... Gaspe Peninsula for several days and catching the ferry to Newfoundland on July 1st.
As for booking your ferry, you can check the Marine Atlantic website for availability and prices for any given day.
If I was going from Chicago, I would definitely NOT cross at Detroit or Port Huron, unless you are just looking to get from Point A to Point B quickly... From Detroit/Windsor, to pretty far down Hwy 401, you'd be dealing with huge traffic etc etc. Having said that, for some, Toronto is a main tourist attraction and offers tremendous things to see/do. I'm just not a huge fan of the traffic or the city (unless the Blue Jays are involved).
I would travel up the east coast of Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore is gorgeous, Traverse City, Petosky, Macinaw City, side trip to Mackinac Island (we camped on the north side of the bridge, in St. Ignace) cross the border at Sault Ste. Marie and head east from there, following the routes and tourist info provided in other posts including Science North and Dynamic Earth and the Big Nickel in Sudbury.
We're headin East on June 19th, and will be crossing central Ontario to visit my mother in Trenton, Ontario and heading east from there... Gaspe Peninsula for several days and catching the ferry to Newfoundland on July 1st.
As for booking your ferry, you can check the Marine Atlantic website for availability and prices for any given day.
