OT: Where is the wilderness? (was Re:jobs in Linux / IT)

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On December 22, 2005 08:35, billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > The purpose of this trip is cultural exchange.  While in Canada I
> > would like to get to a few LUG meetings,  plus do stuff that I
> > can't do over here, I like NFL so may be able to get to NFL
> > games, or Canadian football games, or perhaps even look at going
> > to lacrosse,  essentially I will be able to experience Canadian
> > culture,  as well as see some of the last great wilderness areas
> > on Earth,
>
> Lofty goals. the great wilderness start about 500-800 km from
> Toronto and there is no real way to get there.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. I've fished on the Montreal River up 
by New Liskeard and various lakes around Chapleau that I was able to 
reach by car where the only signs of civilization, aside from the 
little fishing boat I was in, were vapour trails left by planes in 
the sky. You don't have to go 500 km from Toronto to get that kind of 
experience. Algonquin Park, Killarney Park, the Temagami area are a 
few places that come to mind that can offer a wilderness experience 
without having to drive that far. Of course there is always the 
option of flying in to one of tens of thousands of lakes in Northern 
Ontario by float plane if you wanted to go further afield.

On the Quebec side of the border with Ontario, one can take Highway 
109, the northern most paved road in Eastern Canada, all the way up 
to James Bay. It would be about 1700 km from Toronto to Chissasibi, 
which is at the end of that road on James Bay 
<http://mandow.ca/got.htm>. I read a travelogue of someone who drove 
up there and it seems like quite an adventure indeed. See here: 
<http://mandow.ca/diary.htm>. If I recall correctly, there was a 700 
km stretch with no gas stations so most people would have to carry 
spare fuel.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

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