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Simple Google search....I don't know why some are red, the page doesn't explain it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Idaho

Well one good thing for you. For decades the Canadian train departed Toronto in the evening and would drop you at Peterbell around 2:00am, not very nice as there isn't much of anything in the way of camping there except the ditch beside the tracks which is a terrible place to sleep given the...

You are booked on the wrong train! You will get dumped off at Peterbell and miss Missinabie Lake, The height of land portage, shorten your trip by 5 or 6 days and lose the ability to say you paddled the entire river. You should be booked on the Sudbury to White River train (route #185) if you...

You want this one https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/sudbury You DO NOT want this one https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/sudbury-jct

Is it one of these?

Not sure if it's still true as I avoid Provincial Parks like the plague, when you register for your back country permits at an Ontario Park you are given a trash bag, the bag has a list of basic do's and don't printed on it. Regardless if users read it or not, the slobs just laugh and go on...

it's 2025, it's really too late to change the ways of most Gen X or Millennials (WAY too late for boomers that are slobs).

In a similar vein, when talking or writing are you consistent in your use of measurement terms (yards/metres etc). Visitors to Canada from the US are "required" to use metric measurements, some do, some don't. Personally I have been around since way before metric became a thing here (1970). I...

The person or persons responsible for the colour selection at MEC need to be replaced, they are obviously colour blind! The quality of the gear is mostly very good but the colours......yuck! This applies to virtually all the MEC branded gear (and much of the clothing).

Just to add, virtually all carriers have added significant extra charges for oversize items over the past year or two. This has hit sellers of golf clubs, fishing rods and similar items really hard, in some cases it has doubled shipping costs. Relevant to people here would be the cost to ship...

Around here a serviette is paper and a napkin is cloth as in "I can't afford to eat there, it's a cloth napkin joint" (in the food service trade "fine dining). When you pull a section of Paper Towel off the roll, if you fold it and place on the table it becomes a serviette.

Mina Hubbard in 905 is a classic story. Mina traveled with her male guide but she was in charge. This was a follow up to the ill fated Hubbard-Wallace expedition in 1903 in which her husband Leonidas died. https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/hubbard-expedition-labrador.php...

Only Americans use ˈpȯr-tij (at least every (US) east coaster I've every paddled with) We (Canadians) do not sit on a stoop, it's a porch or veranda. We do relax on a chesterfield not a couch or sofa (but that usage is fading away). More stuff to learn before you visit Canada Eh...

You should probably buy the biggest available (110/115 litre) then add a smaller (60/65) one to your collection. Not as your main pack but for secondary use consider one of the many duffle style bags. You can spend a lot to get one that has waterproof zippers or get the much cheaper roll top...

https://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/ontario/missanabie You wind your way through Dog Lake, over the height of land portage into Crooked Lake and then one more portage in Missinabie Lake. Do you have the Hap Wilson guidebook? It's full of good info on the entire route...