Herein you will find a much abbreviated version of the return part of the Gothic Journey to St. John's, Newfoundland.
The Twisted Biography of the author
ANTON VON STEFAN
Part fifteen - the gothic return of anton von stefan
From the shores of the Atlantic at St. John's, Newfoundland, our Author's journey began its westward trek. Following the pristine coastline north along Trinity Bay, he made his way up to the historic point at Cape Spear. Here, in the year 1497, John Cabot, sailing in the Mathew, reached Newfoundland at what is now called the Bonavista Peninsula.
Crossing the Atlantic back onto the mainland, he turned north just after leaving Cape Breton Island, crossing the Northumberland Strait by ship. Taking some time to enjoy the beauty of Prince Edward Island, especially the city where the ground work for Canada was set in Charlottetown in1864, he left this province by driving over the Confederation Bridge. It was a most remarkable crossing which took him back to New Brunswick.
From there his travels caused him to set sail once more, this time crossing the St. Laurence River at Riviere-du-Loup. Here, he meandered along the narrow roads of rural Quebec, albeit along the northern shores of its great river.
New to this part of the Gothic Journey were the city of Trios Riviers and the monastery at Ste Anne-de-Beaupre. Our author also took the time of making a summer inspection of Quebec’s famous Mount Stainte Anne's ski hill.
Visiting Ottawa and Gatineau, he opted for the northern section of the Trans Canada Highway. Travelling north on Highway 105 and then west along Highway 117 he motored through the more remote parts of 'La Belle Province'. He then drove into Northern Ontario and onto Ontario Highway 66 where, just past Kirkland, he met with Trans Canada Highway 11. Following this highway for some 1500 kilometres back down to where Highway 11 and 17 join for the trip back to Thunderbay. Just west, at Shabaqua Corners, he again changed course, following the Highway 11 part of the Trans Canada , reaching the "southwestern most part" of this province (Ontario calls this region the “North Western most part" as people from T.O. state that the region IS actually north of Toronto). Crossing the water filled area below Lake of the Woods, he traveled through Fort Francis to Emo. Five kilometres west of this town he took Highway 71 north to Kenora, finally joining up with the main section of the Trans Canada Highway, Highway 17 West. The sun and the open skies of Canada's prairies where as vast and as beautiful as they were on his way east; and, by the 6th of September, he completed his Gothic Journey to St. John's, a partial exploration of Canada, yet a drive of 16,909.5 kilometres!
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