Travel Blogs from Thunder Bay, Canada
Far Superior
... has been amazingly scenic for the past 600km but for some reason we've been really tired today so we quit for the night in Thunder Bay. Today we saw a black bear climbing the sandy slope of a hillside. It was cute! We also ...
Aug 17, 2010
Thunder Bay at the KOA
Arrived Thunder Bay with beautiful clear and warm weather. Friday we visited a local cheese making farm (a Dutch family operates it) and a replica of an old Canadian pioneer village- the pioneer village was filled with antiques and even ...
Home Base
... in Australia. It's home to 40 000 people and is about a 2 hour drive west of Sydney, NSW. It may be smaller than Thunder Bay, but at least it is not isolated and cold. I will be studying at Charles Sturt University, herein out referred to as CSU. I will ...
Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park
This is a park we visited while in Thunder Bay (it is about 35 km or 21 miles north of TB). We did a little hiking and the sights are great. Enjoy. Monday and we are off to Lake Winnepeg Manitoba province. We wiil make a stop in the Dryden ...
Fog, Sun and Construction
... picture. He is a man behind the times as he lives south of Thunder Bay and is with no electricity. Once I got to Thunder Bay I went to the Running Room store to pick up my hat for the annual 20 minute workout reward. Each year the Running Room gives ...
Etrange
Ville étrange et décalée que Thunder Bay. Les motels sont pleins, les limitations de vitesse respectées à la lettre, je me fais aborder par une fille qui est avec sa date ?!?, la ville est très étalée, et impossible d'accéder à la baie à cause ...
Ontario Travels
... both agreed that the Wakefield Steam train near Ottawa was more enjoyable. The landscape in Northern Ontario as we drove to Thunder Bay, with Lake Superior and the Canadian Shield hugging highway 17, was spectacular. Our stay at Lake Superior ...
Superior Scenes
... two things and a good night's sleep, we were ready to go again this morning. Today we drove from Wawa to just east of Thunder Bay. Today's scenery was lots of different kids of rocks along the highway (I'm glad I wasn't the one who had to blast through ...
Well, that was an easy 300km!
... for driving you 300km somewhere and then 300km back. It's incredible. Thank you. Adam had called Cycle Path in Thunder Bay (at the suggestion of other cyclists recommending Cycle Path) and we found out that it was not going to be possible to ...
Gold and waterfalls
Today was a long driving day. We left Brandon at 8 am and went to Winnipeg to see the Royal Canadian Mint. There wasn't a tour at a convenient time but we could see some of the machinery operating and got to lift a gold bar ($300,000 value). As we ...
Made it to Ontario!
After a very long drive we've finially made it to Thunder Bay, Ontario. We started today a little late because we wanted to see something of Winnipeg. We did a 45 min tour of the Royal Canadian Mint which was really interesting. They ...
moose alert!
Good riding day, from what i can remember. The only picture we took (or Matt i mean) was this one of me coming out of the bushes after a pee stop. Fantastic. Oh, the other exciting bit I can recall is seeing a giant moose standing at the side of the ...
Thuder Bay
Thunder Bay (May, 27th, 2007) Originally I thought of going straight through Thunder Bay and seeing how far I could make it towards Sault Ste Marie. I changed my mind at the last moment due to weariness and another look at the attractions to ...
The Great Lakes
... a truck being thoroughly enjoyed by some vultures. The sun finally came out again and we stayed for a couple of nights in Thunder Bay in a really nice campsite with sparkling bathrooms. Thunder Bay sits right on Lake Superior and there is a lookout ...
Night Danger along the Shores of Lake Superior
... through the cylindrical bowls of rock they've carved over time. After crossing the border into Ontario, our first stop was Thunder Oak Cheese Farm, a family-run, dairy that produces different varieties of Gouda and Swiss cheese. We picnicked on ...
Bus-tastic Times in Western Ontario
... Eye Spy wasn't cutting the mustard anymore. Bleary-eyed, we poured out after a sleepless night into the station at Thunder Bay, still Ontario, where we had a particularly greasy breakfast while watching a US news segment covering Detroit, and how ...
Getting Ready
Hello, Welcome to Stu and Kerry's travel blog!! We are sitting around at home packing for the big trip and getting this thing all set up. Tune in to this page every so often to see what we've been up to. Send us emails and leave messages on ...
Thunder Bay to Winnipeg
8:00 am: After a quick stop at Starbucks for some travelling beveages, we left Thunder Bay, Ontario with our Mitsubishi Endeavor packed to the roof and our son S squished in the back beside all his important possessions (including a unicycle ...
Great Fun and Beautiful Place
... . Unfortunately he only got to Thunder Bay and hence the memorial to him. Google Terry Fox and Canada and you can enjoying read a very inspiring story. Thunder Bay use to be call Port Arthur and Fort William and changed its name after a referendum to ...
Best and Worst List
Well, we're finally home... it was a great trip! We've done some reflecting and made a "Best/Worst" list. Best Hotel: Mystic Lake Casino Resort, Prior Lakes/Minneapolis, Minnesota Well, we had a suite, and a package deal, so we enjoyed ...
Thunder Bay - My little home
Ahhh 18 years in T-Bay...it's nostalgic really. I do the love the Bay and people always say "Thunder Bay, what a cool name" - not sure if they're serious or not. It is beautiful but also has it's fair share of mullets. And reminds me that there really ...
entlang Ontarios grossen Seen
Von Manitoulin Island führte uns der Weg entlang des Lake Superior nach Thunder Bay. Die Landschaft der Küste entlang war geprägt von vielen "kleineren" Seen, einem riesigen See, Felsen und viel, viel Wald... Gigantisch und wunderschön! Der Lake ...
Last Leg - Part 2
... 3 pm - looking forward to a drive so familiar we could probably do it in our sleep! Moved my watch ahead 1 hour ... now I'm on Thunder Bay time for the first time in 2 weeks! The drive north was as beautiful as ever. This time however we didn't stop ...
An interesting Day
... way to Beardmore. She drove through rain part of the way. She passed and was passed. Nice job Allison! Thunder Bay looks very nice. We'll see more of it on the way home later in July. Tomorrow on to Winnipeg and ...
