Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
Well, I am back. I came home yesterday.It is earlier than I had hoped but once again life got in the way of fun and I found myself heading home three days sooner than planned.
The trip started off on August 06th with me leaving my place at 02:45 hrs and 14 hours later I arrived at my brother's place. Along the way I saw lots of things that I have seen before but this time I stopped or at least slowed down to photograph them.
My first quick stop after leaving my place just south of Guelph Ontario was a Tim Horton's coffee shop just outside of Barrie Ontario. This was about 1.5 hours into the trip. After that it was up highway 11. Around 06:45 I arrived in what I consider the gateway city to northern Ontario, North Bay. This is the home of the Dionne Quintuplet's Museum which is located in the house where the five sisters were born in 1934. At the time they were the only set of quints who all survived childbirth. One must remember that this was in the days of no fertility drugs or in vitro fertilization.
About fifty minutes north of North Bay one enters the small town of Temagami. Here it was time to stretch my legs, take " care of business", get a coffee and capture my next sighting of interest.
After a short rest it was back into the car and with the nose still pointed north I forged ahead. In the town of Earlton one finds this curious roadside attraction.
Now I have always wondered about this Buffalo and why it was in Earlton as the Buffalo certainly was not native to this part of Canada. The answer was provided by my brother when he advised that there used to be a zoo located in the town but it shut down quite some time ago. The Christmas lights....I can only guess the owners of the Buffalo are too lazy too remove them each year.
At 11:00 I reached the town of Cochrane and made the left turn to head into the northwest portion of the drive. Shortly after leaving Cochrane I passed this fella and after a short drive I stopped and waited for him to pass by.
Just west of the hamlet of Fauquier is this classic railway bridge. One can drive for miles without seeing other traffic but as I approached the bridge I had someone behind me so I had to shoot the bridge while moving.
Within a few minutes I arrived in another small hamlet, this one being Moonbeam. Look it up if you don't believe me. Here is what one cannot miss while taking the 30 seconds to drive through.
After leaving Moonbeam, the next "big" town ( population 5000 ) is Kapuskasing. Lots to see in this once mighty logging town.
After leaving The Kap as she is known and before reaching Hearst I came across this guy chugging along eastbound.
Hearst is the last big town located on Highway 11 until one gets to Nipigon which is located near Thunder Bay. Hearst pays honour to it's northern heritage with a neat wildlife diorama.
The last photo in chapter one of this thread is of the most random items one can see while driving along Highway 11. Most, if not all of the pictured items have a historical connection to the area they are located but this last one is totally random being on some guy's front lawn. I guess he liked Jurassic World a whole lot more than I did.
to be continued.....
Cheers,
Jeff
PS
I saw many other things to photograph along the way but it was usually as I passed them. I noted these and figured I would get them on the way home but events that necessitated me coming home early also meant I was not to dawdle along the way.
The trip started off on August 06th with me leaving my place at 02:45 hrs and 14 hours later I arrived at my brother's place. Along the way I saw lots of things that I have seen before but this time I stopped or at least slowed down to photograph them.
My first quick stop after leaving my place just south of Guelph Ontario was a Tim Horton's coffee shop just outside of Barrie Ontario. This was about 1.5 hours into the trip. After that it was up highway 11. Around 06:45 I arrived in what I consider the gateway city to northern Ontario, North Bay. This is the home of the Dionne Quintuplet's Museum which is located in the house where the five sisters were born in 1934. At the time they were the only set of quints who all survived childbirth. One must remember that this was in the days of no fertility drugs or in vitro fertilization.
About fifty minutes north of North Bay one enters the small town of Temagami. Here it was time to stretch my legs, take " care of business", get a coffee and capture my next sighting of interest.
After a short rest it was back into the car and with the nose still pointed north I forged ahead. In the town of Earlton one finds this curious roadside attraction.
Now I have always wondered about this Buffalo and why it was in Earlton as the Buffalo certainly was not native to this part of Canada. The answer was provided by my brother when he advised that there used to be a zoo located in the town but it shut down quite some time ago. The Christmas lights....I can only guess the owners of the Buffalo are too lazy too remove them each year.
At 11:00 I reached the town of Cochrane and made the left turn to head into the northwest portion of the drive. Shortly after leaving Cochrane I passed this fella and after a short drive I stopped and waited for him to pass by.
Just west of the hamlet of Fauquier is this classic railway bridge. One can drive for miles without seeing other traffic but as I approached the bridge I had someone behind me so I had to shoot the bridge while moving.
Within a few minutes I arrived in another small hamlet, this one being Moonbeam. Look it up if you don't believe me. Here is what one cannot miss while taking the 30 seconds to drive through.
After leaving Moonbeam, the next "big" town ( population 5000 ) is Kapuskasing. Lots to see in this once mighty logging town.
After leaving The Kap as she is known and before reaching Hearst I came across this guy chugging along eastbound.
Hearst is the last big town located on Highway 11 until one gets to Nipigon which is located near Thunder Bay. Hearst pays honour to it's northern heritage with a neat wildlife diorama.
The last photo in chapter one of this thread is of the most random items one can see while driving along Highway 11. Most, if not all of the pictured items have a historical connection to the area they are located but this last one is totally random being on some guy's front lawn. I guess he liked Jurassic World a whole lot more than I did.
to be continued.....
Cheers,
Jeff
PS
I saw many other things to photograph along the way but it was usually as I passed them. I noted these and figured I would get them on the way home but events that necessitated me coming home early also meant I was not to dawdle along the way.
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