I’ve spent many summers on this iconic highway first travelling between Winnipeg and Sudbury, and in recent decades between Ottawa and Winnipeg.
Regardless of season, there is much to see along the Trans-Canada and many kilometres to reflect on the sheer size and diversity of our great country.
30 seconds west of here – a little less than 750m west – you will come across a unique highway marker along the Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Highway. You will be 1,761.0 kilometres from the Manitoba border: if, you follow Highway 17 along the Great Lakes.
When travelling west, this is the first distance marker you will see giving the distance to Manitoba and the beginning of Highway 17 in Ontario. It is the farthest east: the first in a series of westbound kilometre markers that appear in Nipissing County and continue for approximately 60km. The distance markers then stop and resume again near Sudbury.
I had originally hoped to place this cache on the highway marker to follow the pattern established by “834.0” (http://coord.info/GC20G99) north of Marathon, and “756.0” (http://coord.info/GC41QHY) west of Terrace Bay. Unfortunately, the km 1761.0 marker is located on a curve and the shoulder is both narrow and soft precluding a safe hide.
This cache is a straight-forward nano with log. Please replace exactly where found.
Once logged in and as you continue your drive to your destination, please feel free to think about how you could share your memories of travelling the “TCan” in your on-line log: whether it for short distances; a trip to Camp or the Cottage; driving your kids to university; that epic cross-country trip; or, just heading home.