Best route travelling Manitoba to Nova Scotia in 40' Class A

Hi Robin,

Go north from Niagra Falls and take the ferry (Tobermory, if memory serves). Then go to Sault Ste Marie, and head into USA skirting the south side of the lakes.

Are you blogging about your trip? I would like to know the places you are visiting and the campgrounds you are staying in so that I can put together an itinerary for my trip this summer. Thanks.

Sorry I never got back till now, we were travelling and not checking the forum. We took the route JackD suggested and had a great trip! No problem with the fuel, we never got below 1/3 of a tank at any point on the trip. There were very few campgrounds open because of the late spring, but 3 let us stay - electric only, we found 2 full service campgrounds, and boondocked 2 nights, once in a restaurant/truck stop parking lot in Wawa, and once at Wal-mart in Edmundston. The worst driving (steep grades, lots of hills) was from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste Marie. There was also a lot of construction, which was a bit nerve-wracking as there were times that the road was so narrow the mirrors were over the barricades on both sides.
We paid tolls twice - Taking the AUT-30 around Montreal ($1.50 per axle) and Coboquid Pass, Hwy 102 in Nova Scotia ($5.25 for RVs)
I see that some suggested we go through the states, but that would have defeated the purpose of seeing Canada from coast to coast. We may go back through the states from Niagara Falls and come up in time to get to Winnipeg, as we will visit family there. That would keep us from the 7% grades (I think one was 8%) north of the Superior. But for the next 7 weeks we will be checking out the maritimes and visiting family here.
Happy Trails everyone, and enjoy your summer! And thanks for the comments!

When going through Northern Ontario watch your gas gauge. We drove from S.Ontario to Thunder Bay last summer and were surprised how few gas stations there were in some areas north of Superior and no signs to warn of no facilities for xxx miles.
Have a great trip.

luckyd wrote:
I went from BC to Montana and across Hwy 2 to Sault Ste. Marie.
Down to Niagra Falls, crossed over into New York State, back into Canada
at Quebec City, followed the Saint Lawrence into NB. NS.

No problem with my 40 foot MH towing a car.

But that's one heck of a distance compared with JackD's route, which is also my route.

:C

I went from BC to Montana and across Hwy 2 to Sault Ste. Marie.
Down to Niagra Falls, crossed over into New York State, back into Canada
at Quebec City, followed the Saint Lawrence into NB. NS.

No problem with my 40 foot MH towing a car.

Hi,

I'd travel through USA on highway #2 to Sault Saint Marie. There are a lot fewer big hills, and the distance is much shorter as well.

Thanks, JackD! That's what we will do!

Highway 17 (Sault-Ste-Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Ottawa) is your best choice. The highway number becomes Highway 40 in Québec.
The road is excellent (mostly) and there is no concern for clearance.
You can go around Montreal using the new 4 lanes Highway 30.... not a single trafic light going around Montréal :)
Have a nice trip