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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).0 f! x- w: c2 m8 g9 I, T" v9 S
; a# z; \* C s% L+ o; YActually,one big rule - head West on Canada Hightway No 1 (it could change its name to some local road name like 117 etc )# q4 A5 a# [3 J& h' b
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1.Install Winter tires or even a set of USED ones.
9 G4 T; Y7 A. _. Y: D2. at least four-five bottles Windshield water6 O+ b/ P+ D8 Q2 d- [ C5 k
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; ~) K7 {) t \' i3. Plan your night stop only in major cities.* B5 `2 g' z5 q# c' \( L
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I spent straight 45 hours driving from Galgary to Montreal In August.
# O( D; p" s; p; v' |Don't follow me, because now it's in the Winter. Please prepare yourself for the
3 G& n* g9 a; G: {* Lterrible driving condition in Northern Ontario area. You need at least 4 -5 days to finish this trip.4 } I _" u3 F& n
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If you have no problem with US visa, go to take a shortcut via US -
2 z" W4 H5 P1 s; oTORONTO-Winsor-Chicago-Minneaplis->...->Winnipeg=>Regina->CAlgary.
8 }- y9 f# A% `7 D) ACould be much easier, especially in Winter., s5 y0 b. t; I' m1 y3 I$ c; H
' P+ N. `9 E4 K( ~& g* FTake care. good luck. |
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