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Trans Canadian Highway is 4860 miles long and stretches from St.

John’s, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia. Sault Ste
Marie is nearly half way in between. Over 1400 miles of this

roadway lay in Ontario. As I said before, Ontario is huge. Only

Quebec Province is larger.

The road was two-lane all the way and in very good condition
after the first 50 miles. Prior to that it was rather bumpy from

frost damage, I presume. Everyone stays pretty much to the speed
limit of 90 Km/Hr and the traffic was civilized and orderly helped

immeasurably by the many passing lanes that are frequently
provided. We are spoiled by Interstates as we are no longer have

the experience of sharing two-lane roads with 18-wheelers. Lots

of 18-wheelers.

A moment to remember was the sight of a double trailered, fully
loaded, mildly fish tailing logging truck pass an infuriatingly slow

sedan who had set himself on cruise control. This made it
impossible for the truck to gather speed on the downhills to get a

running start on the uphills. After several miles of this, the truck
driver passed the car on a curve and a double solid yellow line.

The stupid car driver never slowed of inched over. That was the

only incident of possible near disaster that we saw.

Saw several animals along the way – unfortunately all road kill. A
small black bear, a red fox, a skunk, a deer, and perhaps what was

left of a porcupine. The most common sign on the highway is a
wonderful picture of a moose who in facing the road with

silhouette in mid stride looking as though he’s about to sneak up
on the pavement. The signs say, “Night Danger” and in keeping

with the legally binding bilingualism, “Danger De Nuir”. What a

monster that would be to hit at 60 MPH at night!

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