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Is it mostly dense forests, rivers and lakes that are best seen from above or boat?
Any mountains to hike or flat trails not too strenuous to bike?
I know there are many waterways. Can you literally boat out from southern Ontario to the Hudson Bay? Of course it be very long boat trip. What is the speed limit on the rivers and lakes?
Ontario has plenty, but most of them aren't in southern Ontario.
One exception might be the Niagara Escarpment. It's a headache in Hamilton, but it is quite something as far south as Caledon Hills. Around Collingwood, it is quite stunning, and there are plenty of easy trails.
But otherwise, you're looking at northern Ontario. The Aguasabon Falls and Gorge, at Terrace Bay (north shore of Lake Superior), is beautiful:
Can you literally boat out from southern Ontario to the Hudson Bay?
No. As you know, the Continental Divide separates waters that will eventually end up in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But there is another Continental Divide in Ontario, and Quebec for that matter, that separates waters that will eventually end up in the Arctic (via Hudson's Bay) and Atlantic Oceans. Just as you cannot boat from Denver, Colorado to the Pacific Ocean, neither can you boat from Toronto to Hudson's Bay. Well, not without doing a long and difficult portage anyway.
Ontario has plenty, but most of them aren't in southern Ontario.
One exception might be the Niagara Escarpment. It's a headache in Hamilton, but it is quite something as far south as Caledon Hills. Around Collingwood, it is quite stunning, and there are plenty of easy trails.
But otherwise, you're looking at northern Ontario. The Aguasabon Falls and Gorge, at Terrace Bay (north shore of Lake Superior), is beautiful:
No. As you know, the Continental Divide separates waters that will eventually end up in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But there is another Continental Divide in Ontario, and Quebec for that matter, that separates waters that will eventually end up in the Arctic (via Hudson's Bay) and Atlantic Oceans. Just as you cannot boat from Denver, Colorado to the Pacific Ocean, neither can you boat from Toronto to Hudson's Bay. Well, not without doing a long and difficult portage anyway.
Anything to see along the Hudson Bay? Is there like a Churchill type place where you can get close to Polar Bears? Are there any polar bears to be seen in summer?
... but very little else, unless you count a few First Nations reserves (see, e.g. Attawapiskat), that can only be reached by air, boat, or ice road in season. Nothing is connected by overland road, though Moosonee does have air and rail connections to points further south. The southernmost rail connection, though, seems to be Cochrane, Ontario, which is still pretty far north, but at least you should be able to easily get from there to Sudbury and Timmins, which have plenty of connections to other places.
There are no polar bears, as far as I can tell. Really, you don't go to Moosonee, or anywhere on Ontario's saltwater Hudson's Bay shore, unless you absolutely need to. It's not a tourist destination.
There are no polar bears, as far as I can tell. Really, you don't go to Moosonee, or anywhere on Ontario's saltwater Hudson's Bay shore, unless you absolutely need to. It's not a tourist destination.
Actually due to climate change, polar bears have become something of a nuisance in Moosenee:
Hardly anyone goes there for tourism, but if you are so inclined the Polar Bear Express leaves from Cochrane and will take you there in about five hours:
Interesting Ontario fact - it has over 250K lakes and they contain 1/5 the world's fresh water.
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