TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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The museum opened in 1967 as a place to celebrate local history in Northern Ontario. It has fascinating antiques, but the biggest attraction is the 275-ton Iron Horse steam engine outside.
The museum grounds also feature a sawmill, a CP Rail caboose, the footprints of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, and a memorial to Louis Hémon.
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Floyd “Busher” Curry won four Stanley Cups with Montreal Canadiens.
Curry was born in Chapleau in 1925. Shortly after his release from the Canadian military in the fall of 1945, Floyd Curry became a professional hockey player as a member of the Quebec Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (in 1946, renamed the Montreal Royals).
On October 29, 1951, Curry recorded his only career hat trick. He scored three goals in a 6-1 Habs victory over the New York Rangers in front of the Princess. It was a night when Princess Elizabeth, soon to become Queen Elizabeth II, and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was in attendance at the Montreal Forum. The Princess left the Forum under the impression that Busher Curry was the best hockey player in the world.
It was Curry’s greatest moment.
Robert J. Deluce is one of Canada’s most knowledgeable airline owners and operators. He is the president and CEO of Porter Airlines.
Robert was born in 1950 in Chapleau, Ontario and raised in White River.
Robert’s father was a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in the Second World War. In 1951 his parents started White River Air Services Limited to fly summer tourists to Lake Superior. Robert was a pilot with White River.
A Canadian Heritage River, designated for its significant Aboriginal, fur trade and logging cultural heritage, outstanding ecological and geological natural heritage, and wilderness recreation. A 500 km long provincial park encompasses large lakes, scenic waterfalls, and outstanding white water with various unique camping experiences.
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Potholes Provincial Nature Reserve is a unique geological site on the Kinniwabi River east of Wawa on Hwy 101. A short interpretive trail takes you through a garden-like setting in the Boreal Forest. Distinctive “potholes” in the bedrock were naturally formed by glacial meltwaters 10,000 years ago, and water still flows through these potholes.
Stay for a picnic and soak up the scenery, then follow a short interpretive trail that leads to the potholes, sedges and flowering plants growing along the riverbank.
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This preserve encompasses 2 million acres (700,000 hectares), making it the largest crown game preserve in the world. The first thing you should know about the game preserve is that hunting and trapping are banned (fishing is allowed) within its borders, making it a place where wildlife abounds.
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Point Grondine Park is owned and operated by the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory as a backcountry wilderness park. They invite visitors to explore the 18,000 acres of Park, connecting you to the hiking trails, canoe routes and backcountry campsites. Revitalize your spirit by connecting to the land and embracing our rich Anishnaabek culture.
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This vast backcountry landscape contains various natural and recreational features, and its forests are renowned for their crimson fall colours and majestic old-growth white pine. It is also an area of cultural significance, having been inhabited by Indigenous people for thousands of years. It is a natural environment park, owing to its character as a generally undeveloped backcountry landscape.
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This is a moose country. It is also a waterfowl habitat, with significant wetlands interspersed among the boreal forests—the rocks in the Nemegosenda—both the lake and the river. There are no park facilities, but visitors may enjoy backcountry canoeing, camping, and fishing.
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It provides a means to kick back for a while and enjoy. Use it to get together with friends, admire the greenery, meditate, read a book, or participate in celebrations in your free time.
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