Trans-Canada Highway

Wawa, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 3,638 km Actual distance driven: 9,851 km NOW: (Wawa) This town is famous for its giant...

Maclean’s archives: With dozens raising money this way, it’s getting harder to get noticed

Batchawana Bay, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 3,481 km Actual distance driven: 9,643 km NOW: (Batchawana Bay, Ont.) The halfway...

Blind River, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 3,278 km Actual distance driven: 9,405 km NOW: (Sudbury) The Trans-Canada Highway used...

North Bay, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 2,978 km Actual distance driven: 8,987 km NOW: (North Bay, Ont.) I returned home to...

Sudbury, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 3,108 km Actual distance driven: 7,840 km THEN: (Deux Rivieres) Percy Gomery and his wife...

Rolphton, Ontario Trans-Canada distance: 2,834 km Actual distance driven: 7,486 km THEN: (Rapides Des Joachims) Back in the first...

Cobourg, Ontario - Trans-Canada distance: 2,869 km Actual distance driven: 6,821 km NOW: (MADOC) I’ve driven on Hwy. 7 between...

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