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Brave Man!
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Please Pay special attention to the road condition in NORTH ONTARIO (Ottawa, Sudbury,Sault Ste MAri, ThunderBay and Knora, Mountain after mountain, only two lane roads).$ a, R/ z* v8 }4 i# O4 V
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Actually,one big rule - head West on Canada Hightway No 1 (it could change its name to some local road name like 117 etc )
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9 y/ O& t. E/ Z& r9 s+ Z0 L1.Install Winter tires or even a set of USED ones.
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3. Plan your night stop only in major cities.
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I spent straight 45 hours driving from Galgary to Montreal In August.
4 p" a' @6 H, {2 f. }+ O+ NDon't follow me, because now it's in the Winter. Please prepare yourself for the
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2 p& P9 q* j2 c% JIf you have no problem with US visa, go to take a shortcut via US -
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Could be much easier, especially in Winter.
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