Backroads of Ontario – 5th Edition
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Backroads of Ontario gives travelers the information and maps they need to explore Ontario in a new and creative way. It invites them to exit the noisy busy highways and take a trip through Ontario’s countryside and its history: silent ghost towns, charming villages, century-old mills and farmhouses, dramatic cliffs, prime picnic spots, architectural curiosities, an amethyst mine, an underwater graveyard of shipwrecks and so much more.This guidebook has been used by thousands of travelers as they have discovered some of the province’s most unexpected places. In this third edition, new information updates the old, including new attractions and the most current routes and directions.There are 24 trips, each illustrated with photographs and accompanied by an easy-to-follow map. Trips range in length from afternoon outings to weekend excursions and all lead to out-of-the-way places within easy driving distance of Ontario’s major cities.Along with the Lake Simcoe Steeple Chase, there is a tour of Ontario’s prettiest, most historic and most unusual country churches, and a lock-by-lock tour of the Welland Canal, an engineering marvel lauded around the world. Here are some of the sites on these tours:An 1811 Quaker Meeting House, one of the oldest buildings on Toronto’s Yonge StreetLagoon City, a community on Lake Simcoe built entirely upon a system of canals and known as “Ontario’s Venice”A historically important First Nations site of significance later known as the Toronto Carrying Place TrailOro African Church, the 1845 church built by black settlers, descendents of militiamen who served Britain in the 1812 war, likely the oldest surviving log African church in North America.
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This guidebook has been used by thousands of travelers as they discover some of the Ontario’s most unexpected places. It has now been updated and expanded to include more fabulous backroad excursions to explore at any time of the year.
Backroads of Ontario gives travelers the information and maps they need to explore Ontario in a new way. It invites them to exit the noisy highways and take a quiet trip through Ontario’s countryside and its history: silent ghost towns, charming villages, century-old mills, dramatic cliffs, prime picnic spots, architectural curiosities, an amethyst mine, an underwater graveyard of shipwrecks and so much more.
There are 26 trips in all, each illustrated with photographs and accompanied by an easy-to-follow map. Trips range in length from afternoon outings to weekend excursions, and all lead to intriguing places within easy driving distance of Ontario’s major cities. In this fifth edition, information has been updated, and two destinations have been added:
To the Source of the Grand — The Grand River is a national heritage waterway. In fact, it is two rivers; one a wide, sluggish and navigable portion below Brantford; the other a tumbling and foaming torrent through glacial hills and steep canyons, carving a scenic valley through Ontario with enough muscle to power grist and sawmills. Towns along its banks boomed into sizable cities while other faded, in some cases into ghost towns.
Algoma’s Scenic Dunn’s Valley Road — Amid the rugged Algoma mountains and the lush hidden valleys beyond Lake Huron’s north shore, lies an opportunity to bypass Sudbury to the Sault Ste Marie portion of the Trans-Canada Highway. You don’t add too many kilometers to the trip and you get to enjoy a scenic drive through magnificent mountain scenery with little villages in the valleys. With some of the North Shore’s more interesting history, it’s an area the daytripper will not regret visiting.
Backroads of Ontario helps drivers plan a tour of all that Ontario has to offer. It’s an essential addition to regional and travel collections.
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