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Cochrane, Ontario And Return To The States The drive from Cochrane to Wawa is 280 miles or 450 KM taking a little under 6 hours the way we drive. Only one bear was sited and it was near Chapleau. We had lunch at the hotel there. Today is the observance of the Canada Day Holiday, which was yesterday, being a Sunday. Can you believe that very few places were open? Can you imagine a Sears's store being closed on July 4th in the United...... Similar Editorial : by Lloyd Mize. | Source : Hawaii Travel Deals
Moose Factory Island, Ontario, Canada We boarded Polar Princess this morning and have traveled from Moosonee to James Bay and are now returning to visit Moose Factory Island before we return to Moosonee. Our tour of the Island is beginning.Arriving at the dock on the island we walked a short distance to a school bus. Here too, the roads are all dirt. Our guide, Rachel*, told us a little about the island before she started the bus...... Similar Editorial : by crerem. | Source : Montreal Canada
Polar Princess Return From James Bay, Canada The hospital is on the Moose Factory Island causing transportation difficulties during the warmer season. Rachel*, our guide, told us when her mother was pregnant with her older sister during spring break up a helicopter was also in service. With no lighting for the helicopter, for two weeks before her due date she was flown to the hospital on the island for the night and returned during the...... Similar Editorial : by Ariel. | Source : Montreal Canada
Polar Bear Express Arrival In Moosonee, Ontario This continues the description of our train ride from Cochrane, Ontario to Moosonee, Ontario. The Polar Bear Express runs during the summer months with a train connecting the two cities during the remainder of the year. Ontario Northern Rail Road is the only transportation connecting these two cities as there are not roads.The last fact of significance about the track between Cochrane and Moosonee...... Similar Editorial : by jarba. | Source : Hawaii Travel Deals
Introduction To Our Ontario Vacation 2007 This is the first of a fifteen part series on a trip from the United States into the province of Ontario, Canada. Not being fond of large cities, my wife and I opted for the small towns of eastern Ontario. We entered Ontario, Canada, in Sault Ste. Marie. From there we traveled to Wawa, Chapleau, visited the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve, Cochrane where we visited the Polar Bear Habitat, boarded the...... Similar Editorial : by Terry Malone. | Source : Great Hawaii Vacations
Cochrane, Ontario, Where The Polar Bear Express Begins We checked into the Station Inn in Cochrane a day early because we did not see as many bears or moose as we wanted while in Chapleau. The hotel rooms are on the second floor of the train station with a restaurant on the first. We were sitting in the restaurant about 8:15 in the morning when an announcement was made that the Polar Bear Express was approaching on the far track. The schedule for...... Similar Editorial : by Lloyd Mize. | Source : Cheap Trips To Hawaii
Sault Ste. Marie To Wawa We left Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at 1130 AM Eastern one morning after eating lunch so we wouldn't be looking for a place to east in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Crossing the International Bridge we could see a big ship in one of the "Soo" locks. My wife said she could see the level difference between the two sides of the lock. Lake Michigan is higher than Lake Huron, which is the reason for the...... Source : Travel Packing Clothes
Wawa To Chapleau One of the things I have had trouble with while driving in Ontario was the distance to a city was given in kilometers. At that same stop we asked other visitors about how to compare the kilometers with miles. Learning that a mile is 1.6KM or on KM is 0.62 miles we went on with a little bit of knowledge. It is frustrating trying to figure the difference to know how long it will take us to drive to...... Similar Editorial : by Lloyd Mize. | Source : Travel Packing Clothes
Chapleau Crown Game Preserve We left the hotel around 9 AM, equipped only with a map of the Preserve and directions from the hotel clerk heading toward the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A sign signaling the entrance to the Preserve was not seen. Seeing a picnic stop we turned into it just to take a peek. Before we realized it we saw a sign pointing to a road that, according to the map, was a few kilometers within the Preserve...... Similar Editorial : by Britt Gillette. | Source : Travel Packing Clothes
Black Bear, Chapleau Crown Game "Platform # 3" was next and it was a little more substantial. It also had a mound of wood chips at the entrance to the path and a worn walkway around it. We choose the walkway around. Only about 50 feet off the road this stand warned of an electric fence around it. We never did see where the electricity came from and I was not brave enough to test it. The platform was anchored on four tree trunks...... Similar Editorial : by funkitty. | Source : American Passports
Chapleau Crown Game After dinner we again headed for the Chapleau Game Preserve. I turned on the side road where our first bear was sited this morning. I did not expect to see any, knowing that they do travel around. No bear was seen. We returned to the main road. Slowing at each lake we scanned the shore line for any movement and the water for any sign of animal life. Again we stopped at the "Beaver House" sign...... Similar Editorial : by Britt Gillette. | Source : American Passports
Chapleau To Cochrane: A Moose? Anxiously we left the hotel about 9:45 wishing and praying that we might see a moose on the road to Timmons. One waitress at the hotel restaurant told us she had seen moose on the road side but later in the day. Out of town we turned on the road toward Timmons, about 200 km away or 120 miles. The trees were scattered but all is green and pretty. There were many ponds and lakes. I wished I had a...... Source : Passport Application
Polar Bear Habitat Initially I was disappointed. After paying $42 CA, no bears were to be seen. There were several people in the viewing area. The Habitat has two areas separating the one male from the two females. Each of the areas is quite large, big enough for a medium sized home with enough space for grass to mow! Outside the entrance to the viewing area and adjacent to the bears' swimming area is a swimming...... Similar Editorial : by k_buchanan32. | Source : Passport Application
Polar Bear Express Riding The Rails To Moosonee Anxious! Excited! Which? Both! I am a child again!At 5:45 I called the front desk to cancel my 6 am wake up call. The restaurant did not open until 6:30 so we made sure we were ready. Entering the restaurant my wife and I were the only ones there. Wow, we were early! Back in the room at a little after 7 we finished getting ready but waited until 8:25 to go downstairs to check out of the hotel....... Similar Editorial : by Roozbeh Gazdar. | Source : Passport Application
Polar Princess - Moosonee River To James Bay, Canada Today is Canada Day. The 140th birthday of Canada is today and Canada treats it like the Fourth of July in the United States., as well they should. Breakfast was to be available at 6:30. We were down there with the rest of the guests at 7. Because there was a light rain, the owner drove us over in his truck, a pick up, so he had to make three trips to deliver us all. My wife and I went first. Our...... Similar Editorial : by hett1618. | Source : Government Passports
