towing in northern ontario

suz1500 wrote:

almcc wrote:
We are doing that trek right now, we stopped in the Serpent River campground west of Massey overnight and are heading for Wawa today. Get ready for the "construction season"! We were stopped for a half hour just west of Espanolo yesterday, a combination of road re-paving and a bridge repair resulted in stopped traffic for a couple of miles in each direction.

Almcc, not to but in, doing this trip in September, how did you like the Serpent River Campground?

We stop at Serpent River CG each year on our way north and on the return. It's a former KOA and the pull through sites are long and easy to get into. We left our 39ft. 5er attached to the truck and still had room front and back. Like most northern Ontario parks, it has only 30 amp and water, the dump is accessible on the way out if you go through the "in" entrance. I wouldn't call it a "destination" park but it works well for us, the provincial parks in the area are too tight with overgrown trees for our 5er.

One park that you may want to check if you are heading up here is Penn Lake in Marathon, we are parked here now, it's run by town of Marathon, full services with 30 amps (and a couple of 50 amp sites). It's rarely full and they have the fastest free wifi I've seen in any park, must be between 5 and 10 MB/sec!

For anyone else looking for construction info, there is blasting going on north of Wawa on the trans Canada, 10 or 15 minute delays each way.

almcc wrote:
We are doing that trek right now, we stopped in the Serpent River campground west of Massey overnight and are heading for Wawa today. Get ready for the "construction season"! We were stopped for a half hour just west of Espanolo yesterday, a combination of road re-paving and a bridge repair resulted in stopped traffic for a couple of miles in each direction.

Almcc, not to but in, doing this trip in September, how did you like the Serpent River Campground?

Thanks. That is tolerable. Hope there is not much more but some is to be expected.

We are doing that trek right now, we stopped in the Serpent River campground west of Massey overnight and are heading for Wawa today. Get ready for the "construction season"! We were stopped for a half hour just west of Espanolo yesterday, a combination of road re-paving and a bridge repair resulted in stopped traffic for a couple of miles in each direction.

Thanks . looks like all positive comments. A buddy drove it last year but in truck solo and he said I will be fine also.
Much appreciated the info.

Have done the Sault Ste Marie to Wawa run every year since 1997. The bridges were redone a year or two ago but even during that construction there was no delays. Light traffic in August as one would expect. Beautiful scenic drive.

Have done the trip from Toronto area through Sudbury, SS Marie through to Thunder Bay and Kakabeka Falls. Will also do this run again next week. At least from Thunder Bay to GTA no worries as relatives have just done it recently. Unless new construction and Google Maps will show you that. I tow a 35ft TT through this route with no issues. Just watch for speed traps when coming off passing lanes. Cops seem to like sitting at the end of the passing lane with radar. Also apparently this a high deer population at least around Thunder Bay so be vigilant. If you stop early and do not leave too early should be ok for wildlife.