The passionate hiker

The passionate hiker
Early days in the outdoors

Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Journey

In mid-June 2014, the time had finally arrived for me to travel east from Calgary Alberta to Perth Ontario, a distance of about 3600 kilometres, across a large section of Canada.  I took five days.  Here are some pictures.

Pre-dawn mist across the Alberta prairies; grain silo skyscraper
First glimpse of the sun along the Trans-Canada Highway
Huge prairie skies.  Power pylons stretch eastwards.  Empty highway.
Leaving Alberta behind.  Cypress Hills in background.
Afternoon rainstorm in Saskatchewan - cyclist heading east
There were several lone cyclists making their way across Canada.
Sinister clouds as I passed Regina Saskatchewan
This wreck maybe caught a squall, or swerved to avoid a deer.
My third Province - and still lots of prairie to go
Diverted onto farm track west of Brandon Manitoba
The western edge of a vast Province, and still over 2,000 km to go
Lake of the Woods at Kenora, Ontario
A completely different landscape - lakes and forests
Dryden, a busy working town, but it feels isolated
First exciting view of Lake Superior:  Thunder Bay
Terry Fox memorial - Lake Superior.  A inspiring place.
A sea of mist - literally!!  Lake Superior's remote northern shore
Stunning Neys Provincial Park, I lingered here a day.
The view from my campsite beach
Moose!  Plenty of warning signs along the highway.

Goose!  No warning at all!  At the town of  Wawa.
Eastern shore of Lake Superior
This is how the Voyageurs used to cross Canada
Canal at Sault Ste. Marie and bridge to USA
Morning mist east of Sudbury
A domestic scene on the Ottawa River
Arriving Home

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