NVFRC - Route planning advice - Toronto

I have a trip to the Twin Cities coming up. And I'm toying with
getting there the long way, via Parry Sound, Sault-Ste.-Marie and then
around Lake Superior. (I did the Michigan route, via the UP a couple
years ago.)

I'll ride north to Buffalo, then into Ontario. I'd like to not ride
through Toronto, so looking for alternate routes through Southern
Ontario. Any advice appreciated.
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Paul in DC
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On 7/16/06, Paul Wilson wrote:
>
> I have a trip to the Twin Cities coming up. And I'm toying with
> getting there the long way, via Parry Sound, Sault-Ste.-Marie and then
> around Lake Superior. (I did the Michigan route, via the UP a couple
> years ago.)
>
> I'll ride north to Buffalo, then into Ontario. I'd like to not ride
> through Toronto, so looking for alternate routes through Southern
> Ontario. Any advice appreciated.
> --
> Paul in DC



Are you riding a VFR?

John in Calif

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Paul,

Two years ago I did something like this and had a pretty good time of it.
>From here to Buffalo through central PA and NY is really quite nice as I
think you know. Once I crossed over things got a little gritty. Southern
Ontario is quite flat and densely populated. The QEW freeway takes you
straight to (but shunts you around) Hamiltom where you can pick up RT 6 and
take it all the way to Tobermory and the ferry to Manitoulin Island. You
miss Toronto by quite a few miles (oops! kilometers) but there's still a lot
of traffic and stop lights, etc. As you move north the country side opens
up and gets more interesting (to me, anyway) with small towns and farms
(still flat and straight). The ferry only runs four times a day (I think)
so you have to plan accordingly. Once on Manitoulin Island things are quite
nice, a little elevation change and some sweepers, low traffic. Then your
on 17 (Trans
Canada) headed west toward Sault Ste. Marie. Wide open road, some sweep, a
little up and down, low traffic, some nice views of Huron. Some locals told
me that the side trip up through Elliot Lake and back down to 17 a little
further on was interesting but I didn't have time to do it. I reentered US
at SSM to visit freinds in MI but would have liked to go over the top of
Superior. I presume that is your plan. You could stop in Duluth and get
measured up for a 'stich. Hope you have a good trip.

Richard Ronay
Southern Maryland



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Wilson"
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Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: NVFRC - Route planning advice - Toronto


> I have a trip to the Twin Cities coming up. And I'm toying with
> getting there the long way, via Parry Sound, Sault-Ste.-Marie and then
> around Lake Superior. (I did the Michigan route, via the UP a couple
> years ago.)
>
> I'll ride north to Buffalo, then into Ontario. I'd like to not ride
> through Toronto, so looking for alternate routes through Southern
> Ontario. Any advice appreciated.
> --
> Paul in DC
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