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 Raising the bow as it docks in
Tobermory by Bwana_Brown, 2 more photos
According to Wikipedia, this $12 million ferry was built by the now defunct Collingwood Shipyard on the south shore of Georgian Bay and entered service in 1974. The Motor Ship 'Chi-Cheemaun', meaning 'big canoe' in the language of the local Ojibwe aborignals, weighs 6,990 gross tons, is 365 ft (111 m) in length and 62 ft (19 m) wide and has a top speed of about 16 knots (30-kph). It is capable of carrying 648 passengers and 240 vehicles including transport trucks and busses. Loading/unloading is carried out by means of a bow that can hinge upward and a square stern door, allowing vehicles to drive-on one end and drive-out the other. Because the ferry does not have ice-breaking capability, it runs seasonally during the ice-free period from mid-May to mid-October. The 'Chi-Cheemaun' makes the 25-mile (40-km) trip in about 1¾ hours 4 times per day during peak season and 2 times a day during May and October. We enjoyed our little cruise! Leave a Comment
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 Our 2004 Honda Accord by Bwana_Brown
This time, we both flew back to New Brunswick to attend a wedding and then made the return trip a vacation as we finally drove the Honda out to Regina. The rear seats were loaded with four winter tires already mounted on their rims and the trunk had two suitcases, a travel bag, two backpacks, a sewing machine, a small food cooler, a laptop and a few other odds and ends. Everything went well as we cruised along mostly on cruise-control at about 110-115 kph on the open highways. With gasoline prices ranging from $0.85 to $1.03 per litre (average $0.96) we ended up spending $302 for fuel and the car averaged almost 39 miles/Imperial gallon (or 7.3 litres/100 km). It was great cruising along with the air conditioner running and listening to CDs as we enjoyed the passing countryside. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Mink Falls by windsorgirl
This photo was taken near Marathon. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Salt and sand storage by sim1
In almost every village you'll find these strange buildings. They are for storage of sand and salt that is used in the winter months for the icy roads. There is a lot of snow in this area, so this is no luxery at all. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 by davecallahan
Route 401 traverses the whole southern border of the province from Quebec to Detroit.
Route 402 extends route 401's access up to Lake Huron.
Route 403 connects route 401 to the eastern tip of Lake Ontario.
Routes 405 and 407 extend route 401 to the Niagara Falls area.
Route 406 pushes down towards Lake Erie from route 405.
Route 400 traverses Ontario from south to north.
Route 416 connects route 401 to route 417.
Routes 417/17 traverse Ontario on its northern borders.
Route 420 connects Buffalo to Niagara Falls.
You cannot go anywhere in Ontario without making some use of this fine set of highways. Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Road less traveled on a
mini-van by Faiza-Ifrah
The best airlines serving Toronto is British Airways.
The best way to discover Ontario is to use family mini-vans. this is because of large distances and vans tend to be economical. However, one caution: if you have to rent out mini-vans in summer, do so well in advance. These are not available on short notice, as all of them get rented out. Furthermore, short notice rents are on the higher side (above CAD $ 700). Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 by sim1
Another useful website to see the roadconditions is :
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/conditions/
Winter Road Conditions Reports are made available during the winter months, from the end of October to April each year.
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 roadmap of Ontario by sim1
Another website that I like very much is this online roadmap :
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/
With this website you can click on a part of the map of Ontario, and get the roadmap for that area. You can zoom in very good on an area, so it makes the map easy to read. Another option is to go to the index of place-names, and search the map that way. The maps are quite large, so it might take some time to download.
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 traffic camera by sim1
Of course it is nice to have visable what the roads are like, and that is also possible through this website :
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/compass/camera/camhome.htm
Here you can click on a map and get the webcam of that stretch of road. This way you always have an up to date view of the road you want to travel. You can't see all the roads in Ontario though, the webcams are mainly in the Greater Toronto area.
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 by sim1
Planning a trip, but don't know how far it is? This website can help you out :
http://www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/distance/index.html
60 cities in Ontario are listed on this website and you can calculate the distance between the two places. From Toronto to Tobermory for example is 300km (186 miles).
The calculated distances are based on each location’s city hall and are rounded to the nearest 5 kilometres.
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