Quebec City to Sturgeon Falls, Ontario
567 Miles
Another day of just pounding out the miles on our way back home. It seems we didn't even take any pictures that day, so we thought we'd take this opportunity to explain something.
There are 13 provinces/territories in Canada. Only 12 of them are accessible by motorcycle. Nunavut is not.
Nunavut sits way at the top of Canada.
You can't get there unless you fly, walk or paddle. Unlike places like Hawaii and Alaska, we didn't find any good options to ship our bike or rent one once we managed to get up there.
So we'd scratch Nunavut off the list, and considered our quest a success none the less. Until one last option presented itself.
Our niece, Lucy Woolson, has been involved with Camp Widjiwagan since she was a little girl. "Widji" focuses on wilderness travel and environmental learning experiences and is found in the Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada. It's a great camp, and it's been fun to see her self-reliance grow more each year that she's been there.
Here's the thing about Widji. If you attend camp every year from the time you are 12, you get to go on an incredible voyageur trip that takes the young women (and men, but separately) on a month-long Artic adventure.
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| Picture lifted from Lu's Facebook Page. |
Long story short, Lucy and her group made it all the way up to Baker Lake, Nunavut. The northern-most community in Canada. Knowing we couldn't get up there, she was kind enough to represent us in the province and took a picture just for us.
There weren't any signs that actually said "Welcome to Nunavut" so I embellished it a little so it fit in with the rest of our pictures.
Thank you Lucy for representing us, and even thinking about us, on YOUR epic journey!!
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| Also from Facebook. She's just like her Aunt Annie! |
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We ended up in Sturgeon Lake, NB for the night and as we got there a little late on a Sunday, most restaurants were closed. Luckily, Pasta Kitchen & Bar wasn't closing for about 15 minutes when we arrived, and they were kind enough to stay open late so that we could eat and have a couple drinks.
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