"Canadiensis" Coast-to-Coast: Itinerary Eastward
- aridag5
- May 3
- 3 min read
Updated: May 11

Here is our very flexible itinerary eastward (from Vancouver, BC, to St. John’s, Newfoundland), which we'll document daily through our bilingual (EN/IT) newsletter, “Canadiensis”: https://canadiensis.substack.com
Ecco il nostro itinerario verso est molto flessibile (da Vancouver, BC, a St. John’s, Isola di Terranova), che documenteramo con post giornalieri sulla nostra newsletter bilingue ((EN/IT) “Canadiensis”: https://canadiensis.substack.com
Day 1: 16 May (4.30 hours – 400 km)
Vancouver-Osoyoos (4.30 hours – 400 km)
Day 2: 17 May (3 hours, 210 km)
Osoyoos-Grand Forks (1.30 h, 125 km)
Christina Lake (20 km, 15 km)
Ootischenia (1 h, 70 km) - possibily reacing Nelson (an extra 43 km)
Day 3: 18 May (2.40 h, 240 km))
Ootischenia-Salmo (30 min, 30 km)
Salmo-Creston (1 h, 83 km)
Cranbrook (1.10 h, 105 km)
Day 4: 19 May (3 h, 250 km)
Cranbroook-Elko, BC (0.44 h, 66 km)
Fernie, C
Fort MacLeod, AB (2.10 – 190 km)
Day 5: 20 May (5.40 hours, 540 km)
Fort MacLeod, AB – Maple Creek SK (3.10 hours, 311 km)
Maple Creek – Val Marie, SK (2.33 – 227 km)
Day 6: 21 May (2 h, 158 km)
Grasslands National Park (West side)
Val Marie-Killdeer, SK 1.54 h, 158 km
Grasslands National Park (East) – Valley of 1000 Devils
Day 7: 22 May (3 h, 270 km)
Killdeer-Castle Butte-Estevan, SK (3 h, 270 km)
Day 8: 23 May (3 h, 290 km)
Estevan-La Roche Percee Provincial Historic Site-Wawanesa MB (3 h, 290 km)
Day 9: 24 May (2.20 h, 200 km)
Wawanesa-Winnipeg, MB (2.20 h, 200 km)
Day 10: 25 May (2.30 h – 235 km)
Winnipeg-Longbow Lake, ON (2.30 h – 235 km)
Day 11: 26 May (5.00 h, 475 km)
Longbow Lake-Thunder Bay, ON (5.00 h, 475 km)
Day 12: 27 May (5.15 h, 478 km)
Thunder Bay-Wawa, ON (5.15 h, 478 km)
Day 13: 28 May (2.35 h, 227 km)
Wawa-Sault Ste. Marie, ON (2.35 h, 227 km)
Day 14: 29 May (3.20 h, 290 km)
Sault Ste. Marie, ON-Little Current- Manitowan (Manitoulin Island)
Day 15: 30 May (3.45 ferry +145 km)
Little Current-South Baymouth: 50 min (64 km)
Ferry from South Baymouth to Tobermory, ON: 1.45 h
Tobermory to Oxenden: 1 h, 80 km
Day 16: 31 May – Oxenden, ON
Day 17: 1st June (2,45 h, 200 km)
Oxenden-Mississauga, ON
Day 18: 2 June (0.40 h, 20 km)
Toronto, ON
Day 19: 3 June (2,40 h, 260 km)
Toronto-Kingston, ON (2,40 h, 260 km)
Day 20: 4 June (2,00 h, 200 km)
Kingston-Ottawa, ON
Day 21: 5 June
Ottawa
Day 22: 6 June (2,20 h, 200 km)
Ottawa-Montréal, QC
Day 22: 7 June (2.45 – 260 km)
Montréal-Québec City, QC (2.45 – 260 km)
Day 23: 8 June (2.10 h, 210 km)
Québec City-Rivière du Loup, QC (2.10 h, 210 km)
Day 24: 9 June (3.45 – 388 km)
Rivière du Loup-Fredericton, NB (3.45 – 388 km)
Day 25: 10 June (4.14 h, 435 km)
Fredericton-Halifax, NS (4.14 h, 435 km)
Day 26: 11 June (2.40 – 270 km)
Halifax-Port Hawkesbury (2.40 – 270 km)
Port Hawkesbury-North Sydney, Cape Breton Island (1.40 h, 136 km)
The ferry to Channel Port aux Basques (Newfoundland) leaves each day at 11.45 am and alle 23.15 (7 hours)
Day 27: 12 June (5 h – 490 km)
Port aux Basques-Bishop Falls (5 h – 490 km)
Day 28: 13 June (4 h – 412 km)
Bishop Falls-St. John’s (4 h – 412 km)
Day 29: 14 June
St. John’s, NL
RETURN TRIP WESTWARD (still to be defined):
Montréal
Mont Tremblant
Rivière Rouge
Smooth Rock Falls
Thunder Bay
Winnipeg
Yorkton
Saskatoon
Elk Point
Fort McMurray
Athabasca
Edmonton
Fort St John
Dawson Creek
Jasper & Jasper National Park
Banff & Banff National Park
Revelstoke
The Okanagan Valley (possibly via Kamloops): Kelowna, Penticton, Victoria Vancouver Island: Victoria, Nanaimo, and Tofino
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