Canadians, whats the farthest north youve ever been in your country - Page 2

redbull · 08-12-2007, 09:16 PM

hey does anyone ever watch that ice road truckers show

sppunk · 08-12-2007, 09:24 PM

im no ta canadian but i own land on the north shore of lake huron

redbreegull · 08-13-2007, 02:08 AM

This thread has made me want to go to Northern Canada, and has also reminded me that Into the Wild is being made into a movie.

null123 · 08-13-2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ravenguy2000

I love that. One of my favorite drives in the world is Route 4 in Ohio, there are parts where you can see nothing but corn fields and telephone poles for miles around. And you drive through these tiny little towns, just one stoplight type places and the signs say "such and such town - Population, 63." I think it's just incredible. I've never been to Nebraska but I know everybody talks about how horrible it is to drive through but I think it would be just amazing, at least for a little while. It would probably get old I guess. But just to see the way so many people live in these ratty looking old farmhouses and shacks and stuff is kinda beautiful in a way. Just because it's so alien to living in an urban area like I do. Riding through Texas and New Mexico and Arizona was like that, too. That's the only time I've ever seen desert first hand in my life and it was just like being on Mars. Seeing the trailer parks set up surrounded by these massive red rock formations and the oil rigs and all that. Just amazing to me.

But I think it's terrific to go to places like that, not even really empty rural places but empty urban areas too. Gary, IN comes to mind. I remember just driving through and being mesmerized by the desolation and decay and ugliness.

these kinds of trips are the best. western Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming are all great for this too. in my own city I actually like driving around the deserted industrial areas most.

pale_princess · 08-13-2007, 09:48 AM

quebec city. it was very pretty, but i was 14 and with my parents.

mpp · 08-13-2007, 02:20 PM

i would love to go w/ you ravenguy

but that time has passed for me

i can't imagine asking my firm for 6 days off to drive to radisson, quebec (or wherever)

sad

mxzombie · 08-13-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by redbreegull

Into the Wild is being made into a movie.

no shit. i loved that book

brillo998 · 08-13-2007, 08:37 PM

i drive my semi truck across a frozen lake to a diamond mind in northern canada for about 2 months in the middle of the winter.

MrPantyFAce · 08-13-2007, 10:41 PM

i applied for a job in nunavuit last week. apparently you get paid pretty will doing unskilled work there because there are so many lazy drunks there living off the government.

and it being seasonal work, i could get on e.i. in a couple months.

i had a meeting/interview with some big shot self made multimillionaire a couple weeks ago. my sister in law told a cousin of mine that she deeply regretted arranging it. apparently i came across as something of a fool and that i shouldnt have said a goal in my life is to be on e.i.

redbreegull · 08-14-2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by mxzombie

no shit. i loved that book

I hear Eddie Vedder is doing all the music.

spring · 08-14-2007, 11:39 AM

i was going to say Chicoutimi, Quebec, but then I looked at the map and saw that Forestville and Ste-Anne-Des-Monts are further north than that. this was a crazy roadtrip last summer (about 4000 km in 8 days).

I remember that I was driving all the way from Chicoutimi to Tadoussac and the road was very well paved and it was beautiful, winding, lots of tall trees, lots of logging trucks speeding by loaded with pines. everything smelled so wonderful. but i remember i was exhausted and terrified of hitting a deer or moose or speeding straight into one of those oncoming logging trucks, because the road was so good and it was so tempting to drive fast.

i'd really love to drive straight north one day. i'd like to prepare for it though, not just go aimlessly, and have some good travel buddies (or at least one) to go with

spring · 08-14-2007, 12:07 PM

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7...coutimiyt1.jpg

i wanted to post this from google maps too. even though it doesn't really look as pretty as it really was. the drive i was talking about was on 172 from Chicoutimi to the St. Lawrence (the big river on the right of the picture)

christian zombie vampires · 08-14-2007, 12:53 PM

i just looked at a map and like every single city in ontario and quebec and the maritimes, even st john, is farther south than the 49th parallel, crazy. ive been to grande prairie, alberta, which is i think 2/3 of the way to the territories. rural alberta is pretty boring or gross, but rural BC is absolutley incredible.

Mariner · 08-14-2007, 01:55 PM

canada along the 59th parallel is pretty amazing

distance · 08-14-2007, 02:31 PM

the farthest north i've been is montreal, though i'm not canadian. i've been thinking for years about driving to alaska through BC and such. i've wanted to go to yellowknife and the like and i thought about going to deadhorse AK, but if i'm going to be going that far north, i want to stand on the edge of the arctic ocean, but prudhoe bay is private land and the only way you're allowed to go up that far is on a tour if you're not working there, so i think if i went up to fairbanks and was going to do that, i'd have to do that at least once. though i wouldn't mind another excursion up that road to the brooks range and the like.

08-12-2007, 09:16 PM	#31
redbull Immortal Location: like liutenant dan i'm rollin' Posts: 21,035	hey does anyone ever watch that ice road truckers show

08-12-2007, 09:24 PM	#32
sppunk Netphoria's George Will Location: Fenway Park Posts: 37,125	im no ta canadian but i own land on the north shore of lake huron

08-13-2007, 02:08 AM	#33
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027	This thread has made me want to go to Northern Canada, and has also reminded me that Into the Wild is being made into a movie.

08-13-2007, 09:48 AM	#35
pale_princess spanish harlem mona lisa Location: the barrio Posts: 10,085	quebec city. it was very pretty, but i was 14 and with my parents.

08-13-2007, 02:20 PM	#36
mpp Minion of Satan Posts: 7,577	i would love to go w/ you ravenguy but that time has passed for me i can't imagine asking my firm for 6 days off to drive to radisson, quebec (or wherever) sad

08-13-2007, 08:37 PM	#38
brillo998 Ownz Location: columbus Posts: 840	i drive my semi truck across a frozen lake to a diamond mind in northern canada for about 2 months in the middle of the winter.

08-13-2007, 10:41 PM	#39
MrPantyFAce Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,781	i applied for a job in nunavuit last week. apparently you get paid pretty will doing unskilled work there because there are so many lazy drunks there living off the government. and it being seasonal work, i could get on e.i. in a couple months. i had a meeting/interview with some big shot self made multimillionaire a couple weeks ago. my sister in law told a cousin of mine that she deeply regretted arranging it. apparently i came across as something of a fool and that i shouldnt have said a goal in my life is to be on e.i.

08-14-2007, 11:39 AM	#41
spring die 'til it doesn't hurt Posts: 7,475	i was going to say Chicoutimi, Quebec, but then I looked at the map and saw that Forestville and Ste-Anne-Des-Monts are further north than that. this was a crazy roadtrip last summer (about 4000 km in 8 days). I remember that I was driving all the way from Chicoutimi to Tadoussac and the road was very well paved and it was beautiful, winding, lots of tall trees, lots of logging trucks speeding by loaded with pines. everything smelled so wonderful. but i remember i was exhausted and terrified of hitting a deer or moose or speeding straight into one of those oncoming logging trucks, because the road was so good and it was so tempting to drive fast. i'd really love to drive straight north one day. i'd like to prepare for it though, not just go aimlessly, and have some good travel buddies (or at least one) to go with

08-14-2007, 12:07 PM	#42
spring die 'til it doesn't hurt Posts: 7,475	http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7...coutimiyt1.jpg i wanted to post this from google maps too. even though it doesn't really look as pretty as it really was. the drive i was talking about was on 172 from Chicoutimi to the St. Lawrence (the big river on the right of the picture)

08-14-2007, 12:53 PM	#43
christian zombie vampires Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,565	i just looked at a map and like every single city in ontario and quebec and the maritimes, even st john, is farther south than the 49th parallel, crazy. ive been to grande prairie, alberta, which is i think 2/3 of the way to the territories. rural alberta is pretty boring or gross, but rural BC is absolutley incredible.

08-14-2007, 01:55 PM	#44
Mariner OB-GYN Kenobi Location: the sea Posts: 17,020	canada along the 59th parallel is pretty amazing

08-14-2007, 02:31 PM	#45
distance Apocalyptic Poster Location: all up in your virginia Posts: 2,215	the farthest north i've been is montreal, though i'm not canadian. i've been thinking for years about driving to alaska through BC and such. i've wanted to go to yellowknife and the like and i thought about going to deadhorse AK, but if i'm going to be going that far north, i want to stand on the edge of the arctic ocean, but prudhoe bay is private land and the only way you're allowed to go up that far is on a tour if you're not working there, so i think if i went up to fairbanks and was going to do that, i'd have to do that at least once. though i wouldn't mind another excursion up that road to the brooks range and the like.