RV Across Canada Halifax-Vancouver
Hi, My first experience with RV travel South Island New Zealand. I'm planning RV across Canada begin from Halifax to Vancouver. Really need advises and tips to get my dream become reality. 1. How mu...
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Head north out of Toronto, make sure you don't do this at rush hour, especially on a Friday evening. You have a choice, you can either head towards Tobermory and then take the ferry over to Manitoulin Island, which has the largest lake on an island in a lake in the world. Or drive on the East side of Georgian Bay towards Sudbury. The road from Manitoulin will meet the road from Sudbury at Espinola. Only do the Island route if you check the cost & the schedule so you dont waste a day waiting for the ferry. BTW, you can drive off the Island to the North.
You are now in the 'Canadian Shield' a vast area in which very old rocks are at the surface, with thousands of Lakes. going up over the top of Lake Superior you are actually in a sub polar vegetation region but it wont be that cold! Many will disagree, but I found this part of the trip a bit tedious, apart for looking out for the many moose & bears! However I do remember the area around Lake of the Woods being quite pretty.
You now begin to cross the prairies, it is VERY flat in parts of Manitoba but there is a slight roll in the land in Saskatchewan and Eastern Alberta. You could stop at Calgary, it's a nice clean big city, lots of malls etc!
At Calgary, actually a little before, you will see the Rocky Mountains off in the distance.
What you do now depends on how much time you have left. If this were me I would want to have half my time left. Let's assume you do!
Head north out of Toronto, make sure you don't do this at rush hour, especially on a Friday evening. You have a choice, you can either head towards Tobermory and then take the ferry over to Manitoulin Island, which has the largest lake on an island in a lake in the world. Or drive on the East side of Georgian Bay towards Sudbury. The road from Manitoulin will meet the road from Sudbury at Espinola. Only do the Island route if you check the cost & the schedule so you dont waste a day waiting for the ferry. BTW, you can drive off the Island to the North.
You are now in the 'Canadian Shield' a vast area in which very old rocks are at the surface, with thousands of Lakes. going up over the top of Lake Superior you are actually in a sub polar vegetation region but it wont be that cold! Many will disagree, but I found this part of the trip a bit tedious, apart for looking out for the many moose & bears! However I do remember the area around Lake of the Woods being quite pretty.
You now begin to cross the prairies, it is VERY flat in parts of Manitoba but there is a slight roll in the land in Saskatchewan and Eastern Alberta. You could stop at Calgary, it's a nice clean big city, lots of malls etc!
At Calgary, actually a little before, you will see the Rocky Mountains off in the distance.
What you do now depends on how much time you have left. If this were me I would want to have half my time left. Let's assume you do!
