Cycling Ontario, Part 1: The North | Cycling Across Canada, Ep.23
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- In this episode, I cross into the province of Ontario. I start meeting lots of cyclists - those riding across Canada and others bikepacking in the area.
July 11, 2022
I ride into Kenora, where I meet a cyclist with whom I share a camp spot - the reason? He has a tarp and my tent is still leaking.
July 12, 2022 Kenora to Vermillion Bay
Showers and thunderstorms, pretty much the entire day. It's warm so I decide against wearing my raingear as I don't want to sweat. I arrive in Vermillion Bay and stay at the Evangelical Church. The locals there help me open it, I meet interesting people who come in for an AA meeting and also discover that one of my Arkel Dolphin 48L panniers is leaking.
July 13, 2022 Vermillion Bay to Wabigoon
I am treated to a lovely breakfast at the Happy Go Lucky Seniors Club in Vermillion Bay by a couple who organized my access to the Church the previous night. I then continue to Ignace where I attempt to wild camp. Doesn't work out and I leave the spot and find a campground.
July 14, 2022 Wabigoon to Ignace
I'm getting tired and the miles are adding up. It's still quite hot in Northern Ontario. I arrive tired in Ignace and decide to stay at a motel - the most charming spot!
July 15, 2022 Ignace to Upsala
I want to leave early, but end up leaving at 10AM. I then stop at a Service Ontario location to renew my driver's license and my health card, which were both due to expire. This section of Hwy 17 has multiple rest stops and I stop at ALL of them. I meet people who give me water and food and have a great time riding this stretch of highway. I arrive in Upsala and find a campground. I stay there for an extra day to rest.
July 17, 2022 Upsala to Kakabeka Falls
I received many recommendations to stay at Kakabeka Falls and now that I've been there, I would also recommend it as a great location. I stay at the Provincial Park and tour the area in the morning.
July 18, 2022 Kakabeka Falls to Thunder Bay
I leave the Falls and head for Thunder Bay - only a 30 KM distance. But I don't have accommodation for the night and storms are coming. I also don't like not knowing where I'm staying in a big city, so I ride by a few churches that are closed and then I decide to call a Polish Catholic Church. Father Piotr invites me to stay in the basement overnight.
July 19, 2022 Thunder Bay
Coincidences are not just that - they are meant to be. While in Thunder Bay, the priest hosts a family from Mississauga. And it turns out that it's a long lost friend from highschool, her mom and her brother. We have a great time together in Thunder Bay and I will meet them again along my journey.
July 20, 2022 Thunder Bay to Amethyst Harbour
A short ride to Amethyst Harbour. On the way I visit the Terry Fox Memorial, which was somewhat difficult to get to. I arrive with the Warmshowers Host family and stay at a small cabin. I take another rest day and enjoy a day full of kayaking, relaxing, hiking and a sauna.
July 22, 2022 Amethyst Harbour to Nipigon
A special day as I'm meeting up with my parents who drive up from Southern Ontario to see me. On this stretch of highway 17 the shoulders start disappearing and although most of the drivers are respectful and give me space, some drive-bys are scary. I arrive in Nipigon and spend time with my parents, hiking the suspension bridges in the area and enjoying our time together.
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I love your energy! A great inspiration for me.
Thank you.
Greetings from Southern California. I finally got caught up with all of your touring video’s across Canada. I’ve enjoyed all of them. Peace to you. ✌️🇺🇸🇨🇦✌️
Oh wow! Thank you for watching and thank you for the note!
I've seen lots of bike packing and bike touring videos but yours are so professional.
Thank you.
Loved that video - I drove these roads many times when I lived / worked in TBay. Planning to do this amazing trip by 2027 - after I finally retire. Keep these beauties coming ;-). Thank you
Thank you for watching! I hope you enjoy the trip when you ride across.
Another great overview of our beautiful province. We stopped at the same rest stop with the waterfall, it was one of our favourite stops! Looking forward to the next one....
It's a beautiful rest stop, isn't it?! Amazing to know you were there as well.
Thats my dream. Thanks for amazing touring videos.
I recognized nearly all of those places, including that layered rock cut. Looking forward to the next video. If you stayed on 17, you’ll probably have some scenic shots of Superior in your video. Those hills though….
I was just out there by Wawa this week for work. Stopped at the lake and overlooks for pics. I never get tired of the views.
I'm glad to hear that someone else knows these spots! Yes, the next video will feature those monster hills and some magnificent views around Lake Superior. But also plenty of fog. I stopped in Wawa on my ride.
Lots of bike tour people along the way, that's way cool ! Great ride. Some days in the rain, we don't put our coats on either, no point, especially if the weather is warm 😀
Yes! I met A LOT of cyclists in Northern Ontario, that's because there are very few roads to ride while there, so all of us ended up in the same place.
So far, so good! Love the footage of NW ON. Kakabeka Falls is much more peaceful and serene than Niagara Falls. And yes, Lake Superior is extremely cold 🥶! Looking forward to the next part!
Glad you enjoyed the video. I ended up kayaking on Lake Superior while staying with the Warmshowers host family. Luckily it was hot, so the cold water wasn't too jarring. But I wouldn't swim in it.
@@WheelsonaBike we tried to swim in LS and did not get past our knees!
🤣😂🤣 It's all about building up the tolerance to it I think. The locals could swim in the lake.
What a great tour you had! Thanks for sharing
Thank you, it was a good one for sure.
Great video series. Thanks!
Thanks for watching.
You are brave. I’m inspired!
Glad to hear you're inspired!
nice videos, I loved it, you're an inspiration, keep it up
Thank you.
Thanks for another great vid of your trip.
Thanks for watching.
Wow, yes it is a small world, in your first part of Ontario, shoulder seems good, I imagine that when you stop mosquito are waiting for you.
Yes. The shoulder did start off great, but then it just deteriorated and became non existant - gravel only. This will be more apparent in the next video.
I’m from the states and it’s going to be cool to see the transition to the geography of Ontario. What a great series.!!!
The next episode will showcase the famous hills of Northern Ontario. Thanks for watching!
Another awesome video Agnieszka! Thanks so much for this stellar content in your videos! Your cinematography skills are exploding! Great edits! This video is bringing back all sorts of childhood memories from the early 1960's for me when for 2 summers we lived in Brandon and came back to Southern Ontario while my dad tried to get work back in Ontario. We car camped all along the northern shore of Lake Superior. I can guarantee that lake is soo deep, it NEVER gets warm! Although I would go in ANY water as a 5 year old, try as I could, I could only get my feet in in AUGUST! And even then, I only lasted 5 minutes until my feet turned blue! Such great fall shots, such great happenstance meeting the long lost friend and fellow travelers and such kindnesses! Couldn't agree more about shoulders! They should be the default necessary for ALL roads! Eagerly awaiting the next installment!
Thank you for the kind words about the editing skills. If you do it long enough, it has to improve. 😉 You must have had an amazing experience on that trip. I know the impact of the trip is a bit lost on young kids, but you were so incredibly lucky to had experienced that.
@@WheelsonaBike So true! I don't think that it was lost on me because I have such vivid memories of thos trips taken when I was 4 and then again when I was 5. Parents had a 1958 VW Beetle with roof racks and a box on top. Great times!
This looks spectacular my friend, absolutely gorgeous presentation! Love your energy 🔥🔥
Thank you for watching!
600kms in 6 days is fantastic. Where’s the quack quack ending gone? That was so nice. For those who read this comment, please subscribe if you haven’t, press the like button and please do not forget to share. Agnieska has been putting in a lot of effort for coming out with these videos and she sure needs some appreciation.
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That travelling guy…
Thanks for watching all the way to the end! I appreciate it. The duck went back to BC. 😉
@@WheelsonaBike 😂
Well, I certainly enjoyed that one.
Good chance I'll be riding the section from Winnipeg to Thunder Bay, possibly starting around July 1st. If so, I'll be doing it as part of a move back to Thunder Bay again.
I enjoyed that northwestern Ontario scenery very much!!
Amazing to hear that you may be riding from MB to ON! Will you be more on the backroads? Or are you planning on taking the highways as well?
@@WheelsonaBike Likely a combination of both. Secondary roads and then, hopefully, link up a variety of gravel roads for a lot of it. I'll be looking over route options more later today.
If I rode that stretch again, I would opt for keeping off the main highways. If you do ride this stretch, please share your route, I'll be interested in seeing what you end up with.
@@WheelsonaBike Will do. I'm sure I'll do a few videos from the trip and I can also message you more about the route as well.
Sounds great. I'll look forward to that.
THIS GIVES ME HOPE THAT AS A WOMAN I CAN TRAVEL ACROSS CANADA
Definitely can! Many women ride solo across Canada.
I love your videos, do you just call random churches for a place to stay. I think I may try that when my sister and I bike across Canada next year❤
Thanks for watching! To answer your question, this was the only church I actually called, and that's because it was on the other side of town and I didn't know if it'd be open. Typically, I'd just show up. There were many instances of a church building being closed, so I'd go to a neighbour's home and ask if they had a contact for someone who could open the church for me. I did this on multiple occasions and was never turned away. It's a church after all.
Thanks for sharing your experiences-I really enjoy watching your adventures! I’m planning my first bike tour from Toronto to Muskoka and was wondering if you’ve done this route before. If so, could you recommend some great places to stay overnight?
Yes, I have ridden in the Muskoka region, but don't recall exactly where I stayed. Most likely campgrounds. The Ontario video series documents this trip:
Central Ontario Bike Tour: ua-cam.com/play/PLd1dfK7ZWO2kPWAgPfk0GeL91CnH77eZn.html
@@WheelsonaBike Thanks a lot.🙏🙏
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I wonder if some of those honkers are cyclists? Yes. A good shoulder is wonderful.
I experienced different types of "honks" while riding. There were plenty of encouraging honks and you'd see the people waving. Then there were the threatening, get off the road ones.
@WheelsonaBike Yep, we all have to endure those people. Found your channel through Paul Suchecki.
I know it's an older video. I'm just curious did you ride all away across Canada?
Yes, I did ride all across, from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John's (Cape Spear), Newfoundland.
The video isn't older, I published it a few weeks ago. I rode last year, so the dates represent that timeframe.
if they would just consider paving the shoulders of the road and perhaps widening the shoulder by about a foot and a half that would make it safer for cyclists
Yes, it wouldn't take much to make it safer. But it's also about consistency. The roads got worse (in terms of shoulder quality) further into Ontario.
yes the Trans Canada highway is not friendly to hikers of cyclists in the North west or North east @@WheelsonaBike
2% of angry bad drivers getting too close ... That's something i dream of. Soon I'm moving there from Argentina, and here the numbers are turned, we have 2% considered drivers...
Thank you for providing that perspective. It could also be better, but could also always be worse.
@@WheelsonaBike of course, probably if you trust in everyone doing right, you lower your guard... But thighs like that are what decided me to move... Good rides!
Well, I was also hit by a car while riding across Canada. So things happen everywhere.
@@WheelsonaBike wow that bad, I'm sorry... I think that unconsidered people are everywhere...
Exactly!
so why is the Trans Canada highway part of the joke that is the Trans Canada trail ?
Trans Canada Trail and Trans Canada Highway are two separate entities. The trail does sometimes follow the highway.