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wonderful and welcomed surprises
explorers.
Millionaire’s Row where the majestic
for
visitor—like
Close by is the town of Noelville
homes of early 20th-century mine
Maja’s Garden Gig in Mindemoya
where you’ll want to stop at the
owners and lumbermen overlook the
with its tea house specializing in
Backstreet Gallery to admire local
wide expanse of Lake Temiskaming.
locally-grown foods and organic
arts and crafts by Metis, Indigenous,
baked goods. And if the prospect
Francophone,
and
Anglophone
No
of peddle power intrigues you,
artists
the
French-River
Temiskaming Shores is complete
Manitoulin is now one of the best
Nipissing corridor. Loop back to
without snapping a selfie with Ms.
cycling destinations in Canada.
North Bay and on your way, stop in
Claybelt. This giant-sized statue
the town of Callander where scenic
of a Holstein cow symbolizes how
lookouts give you a sensational view
important
of a Nipissing sunset.
Temiskaming District.
LAKE TEMISKAMING
CIRCLE TOUR
TOTAL DISTANCE:
450KM
Take a side trip across the Ontario-
the
first-time
LAKE NIPISSING
CIRCLE TOUR
TOTAL DISTANCE:
300KM
The loop around Lake Nipissing
offers
four-season
biking,
hiking,
fun
whether
fishing,
from
Québec
to
New
agriculture
border,
to
Liskeard
is
to
in
the
Ville-Marie,
where you can imagine what it was
like to be a real voyageur at the
or
snowmobiling is your go-to activity.
visit
National Historic Site of Obadijwan’
Northward on Highway 11 from
Fort Témiscamingue, built in 1686.
the junction of Highways 11 and
Temiskaming Circle Tour.
GREAT LEGENDS
CIRCLE TOUR
TOTAL DISTANCE:
1,350KM
skating is Kate Pace Way located
Challenge yourself with a climb
Have you ever taken a spin in a
along North Bay’s scenic Waterfront
up the Temagami Fire Tower on
gyroscope? Gone glamping in the
Park and named in honour of the
Caribou Mountain and your reward
woods? Reeled in a monster muskie?
hometown Olympic skier. The North
is a stunning view of the Temagami
These activities barely scratch the
Bay Museum in the old Canadian
wilderness. For a gentler pursuit,
surface of what the Great Legends
Pacific Railway station is a must-see
tour
Circle Tour has to offer.
for history buffs.
station.
Your adventure starts at North Bay’s
17 at North Bay, there’s a wealth
waterfront, the city’s top destination
of natural, historic, and cultural
for
treasures to discover on the Lake
swimming,
boating,
or
just
plain chillaxing. A popular spot for
walking, running, cycling, and inline
the
restored
historic
train
Since
Sudbury’s
Science
North
Head west on Highway 17 to
Follow Highway 11B to Cobalt, a
opened in 1984, it has been amazing
Sturgeon Falls and then south on
silver boomtown in the early 1900s,
and entertaining visitors from around
Highway 64 to the French River area,
now
National
the world with its mix of science
renowned for its fishing, first-rate
Historic Site. Whether you prefer
education and fun for all ages. This
lodges, the landmark French River
to explore on your own or take a
one-of-a-kind science centre now
Trading Post, as well as Canada’s
guided tour, you’ll find many of
features an IMAX theatre, a butterfly
historic French River, which was
Cobalt’s historic mine sites on the
gallery, special exhibits, wacky and
the main waterway west from 1600
Heritage Silver Trail. In Haileybury,
wonderful science demonstrations,
to the mid-1800s for early French
you can take a leisurely stroll down
and animal ambassadors.
a
Parks
Canada
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