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Ped · 12-30-2022, 01:24 PM

7 years ago I drove from Ontario to BC in 3 days, was short of sleep, and drove off a cliff near Kamloops, so make sure you get plenty of rest. Earlier this month I drove from Toronto to Nova Scotia - about 16 hours or so

BC and Alberta are obviously gorgeous. Saskatchewan gets a bad rap but I quite liked it.

I hated Manitoba - the highways are 110 km/hr, but no overpasses, so stoplights. And tractors on the highway

Northern Ontario is beautiful for a couple of hours, but then it just becomes repetitive and boring - rocks and lakes and trees and literally nothing else. Kenora is about the only thing in the north worth seeing, and it's packed. I still found it worth going through, though.

Quebec was okay. There's a toll highway, the A30, that goes around Montreal so you can avoid that, but the TransCanada is very much at the whims of weather, especially east of Quebec City.

New Brunswick was an easy drive, but be careful if you're tired because the highway isn't greatly lit at night.

12-30-2022, 01:24 PM	#4
Ped Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ontario Exp:	7 years ago I drove from Ontario to BC in 3 days, was short of sleep, and drove off a cliff near Kamloops, so make sure you get plenty of rest. Earlier this month I drove from Toronto to Nova Scotia - about 16 hours or so BC and Alberta are obviously gorgeous. Saskatchewan gets a bad rap but I quite liked it. I hated Manitoba - the highways are 110 km/hr, but no overpasses, so stoplights. And tractors on the highway Northern Ontario is beautiful for a couple of hours, but then it just becomes repetitive and boring - rocks and lakes and trees and literally nothing else. Kenora is about the only thing in the north worth seeing, and it's packed. I still found it worth going through, though. Quebec was okay. There's a toll highway, the A30, that goes around Montreal so you can avoid that, but the TransCanada is very much at the whims of weather, especially east of Quebec City. New Brunswick was an easy drive, but be careful if you're tired because the highway isn't greatly lit at night.