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Most of these photos were taken in Cambridge, and North Dumfries Township bear my home in Cambridge. The covered bridge and buggy are in West Montrose.

It is an area that reflects the Scottish and Mennonite cultures that first settled in this place.

Mill Creek

Cambridge

Swans at

Savannah Golf Links

Cambridge

The Old Post Office

Cambridge

Pinehurst Lake

South Dumfries Township

Dryden Tract

North Dumfries Township

Dryden Tract

North Dumfries Township

Sudden Tract

North Dumfries Township

Gore Road

North Dumfries Township

Grand River

West River Road

North Dumfries Township

Dryden Tract

North Dumfries Township

Grand River

Downtown Cambridge

West Montrose

RMS Seguin

Gravenhurst (Muskoka Lakes)

Sunset over Lake Muskoka

Gravenhurst

Loon on Gull Laje

Minden (Kawartha Lakes)

Farm by Gull Laje

Minden (Kawartha Lakes)

Street Art

Minden (Kawartha Lakes)

Street Art

Minden (Kawartha Lakes)

Gravenhurst

Highway 17

Halfway to the top off the province is highway 17, wide its way east - west from Ottawa to Manitoba, a stretch of almost 2000 km.

We made a number of trips to Algoma Country, along the north shore of Lake Superior. Places like Barchewanna Bay, Lake Superior Provincial Park and Thunder Bay were visited.

18th century Canada was dominated by two powerful trading entities, The Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company. The latter had their main trading post, Fort William in what in now Thunder Bay. The present fort is a reconstruction, using the plans from the archives,

One thing I remember from our children were young, was being asked for a map. I didn’t have one and their reaction was ‘We’re get lost. They did not know realize that north of Superior there are two main east-west roads, Highways 11 and 17, which go to the same place.

You don’t need a map, just make sure you can get to the next gas station.

On the road to Sudbury

The Goose - Wawa

Sunset - Lake Superior Provincial Park

Kakabeka Falls

Thunder Bay

Indigenous Encampment

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

Administrative Buildings

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

Fur Storage

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

The Directors Dining Room

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

The canoe shed

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

York boat

Fort William (Thunder Bay)

Going

“Up-North”

There are places Ontarian’s visit tho get away and relax., Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes. We have always referred to it as going “up north”.

In reality this is only a 150-200 km north of Toronto. For reference, from my home in Cambridge it is 850 km to James bay in the far north of the province. So these photos are from the ’Near North’, cottage country.

Casa Loma

Toronto

Casa Loma – The Gardens

Toronto

Casa Loma

Toronto

Casa Loma

Toronto

Casa Loma

Toronto

Casa Loma

Toronto

Casa Loma

Toronto

Ripley’s Aquarium

Toronto

Ripley’s Aquarium

Toronto

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Kleinburg

The North Shore, Lake Superior

Lawren S. Harris

The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (Kleinburg)

From the Rajah Exhibiton

The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Toronto

From the Rajah Exhibiton

The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Toronto

From the Rajah Exhibiton

The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Toronto

From the Rajah Exhibiton

The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum)

Toronto

The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument

Confederation Park (Ottawa)

The Library of Parlament

Ottawa

The Rideau Canal

Ottawa

Cities, Towns and Villages

The major cities we have visited as tourists include Toronto, and Ottawa.

Toronto is close so we have done many day trips with interesting visits to places like Casa Loma., The ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) and Ripley’s Aquarium.

Ottawa hosts seven national museums as well as many special exhibits and events.

We also spend a lot of time doing day trips all around southern Ontario.

Day Trips

Just as the title say, these are images from places that are an easy days trek from home.

When visitors come, we take them to many of places illustrated here, including like Fort George, Niagara Falls to an Oberon Class submarine on the beach at Port Burwell, Point Pelee, the southern tip of mainland Canada (there are a couple of islands a little farther south in Lake Erie).