Northern Ontario is not really north, in any geographical sense that I can see, except that it is north of some of the big urban centres in Ontario, like Toronto and Ottawa.
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| The views were spectacular. |
Much of our route through Northern Ontario - and I don't think there were options - was skirting around Lake Superior. Settlements were few and far between and the traffic sparse enough to deter the fast food chains and corporate motels. The forest was deep and dark and the rocks were often spectacular. There were long stretches of deep pink and red rock along the road cuttings, in one place spectacularly bright red and white striped. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of that.
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| Some of the red rocks, but this pic does not do them justice. |
Lake Superior is huge. It is difficult to believe it is not the sea. We tasted the water just to be sure!!
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| Rocky Lake Superior shoreline - amazing colours. |
We are still waiting to see a moose ... after all, the road signs keep telling us to avoid them - but I have now definitely seen a dead skunk in the middle or the road ... whether or not it was "stinking to high heaven" I can't tell, because I didn't get out too look.
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