Category Archives: Canada 2023

Bird sightings: trumpeter swans Bird sings recorded: chestnut sided warbler, Nashville warbler, white crowned sparrows Today was one of our longer drives… almost 6 hours from not quite Thunder Bay to not quite Kenora. It was an easy, uneventful, unstressful drive. It’s a holiday in Canada today and not as many trucks. We both drove,Continue reading “May 22 Kakabeka Falls PP (Thunder Bay, ON)  To Rushing River PP, Kenora, ON”

Bird songs recorded: chestnut sided warbler, oven bird, Nashville warbler Birds sighted: white pelicans on the river at Fort William on Saturday We are using today as a day off, no traveling. We do have to change campsites though. After a very lazy start that featured lattes and blueberry pancakes, we tidied up the vanContinue reading “May 21 Kakabeka Falls”

Beautiful bright sunshine morning after the previous  rainy days. It’s still breezy which is a good thing, keeping the fire smoke at bay and no mosquitoes… yet. Still to cool to breakfast outside. Thunder Bay is situated on Lake Superior at the delta of the Kaministiquia River. Kaministiquia (Gaa-ministigweyaa) is an Ojibwe word meaning “where a stream flows inContinue reading “May 20 Thunder Bay ON to Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park”

It started into some serious rain early this morning that will continue well into early afternoon. Our only plan for today was to visit Thunder Bay so I took the opportunity to roll over and go back to sleep. It doesn’t get dark here until after 10 pm which means we will still have aContinue reading “May 19 Thunder Bay, ON”

Not an exciting start to the day as it was chilly and overcast. Today’s drive takes us to the Thunder Bay KOA through Nipigon. After driving west and north yesterday from Cochrane, we take a southerly turn to Thunder Bay. We pick up highway 17 at Nipigon just before the bridge over the Nipigon River.Continue reading “May 18 Wild Goose Lake / Geraldton ON to Thunder Bay ON”

We were up early this morning. It snowed a little bit over night and temperatures were still below freezing. We had a lovely breakfast at the Cafe at the Station Inn. Everything is AOK with the van after it sat for 2 days in the ONR parking lot. It’s still overcast. Today we start theContinue reading “May 17 Cochrane to Geraldton (Greenstone), ON and Wild Goose Lake campground”

It’s cold this morning, below freezing and windy. Going to be a chilly ride across the river today. Also, checkout for the hotel is 11 am so we need to leave our backpacks somewhere do we don’t have to carry them around all day. Breakfast in the hotel was included but sparse, only bread, cerealContinue reading “May 16 Moosonee, Moose Factory and back to Cochrane, ON”

Moosonee is located on the Moose River that empties into James Bay at its southern tip about 10 miles further north east, more or less. Moose River forms quite a large delta with several islands. There are 2 communities here mainly First Nations Cree, Moosonee on the mainland and Moose Factory on one of theContinue reading “May 15 Cochrane ON to Moosonee, ON”

We spent the morning in Timmins having a final coffee with family members after a Mothers Day zoom call with our own daughters followed by a trip to Canadian Tire to buy antifreeze. We do have to winterize the van before leaving it sitting for 2 days in below freezing temperatures overnight. It’s still beautifulContinue reading “May 14 Timmins, ON to Cochrane, ON”