My father took our family to the Chapleau region in 1962 on a fishing trip. Highway 129 was gravel and three of us were in the back of the pickup. By the time we arrived at our lake we were dust covered. We made several trips to the Algoma District back in the 60's and 70's. Last time we were up there my wife and I drove on the Ranger Lake road in 1998. We fished for Brook Trout. Beautiful and rugged country. Thanks for sharing, this brought back memories.
Wow lots of people recounting the Algoma region. I myself have spent time in the area as a Forester and passing through many years ago. Welcome to my home.
Excellent video! My dad and several of my uncles worked in the bush back in the late 30's. They were at various lumber camps operated by McFadden Lumber, in and around Aubrey Falls area. In later years dad was a foreman with Abitibi Paper Co. and worked in the Ranger Lake area as well. I've spent a good amount of time fishing and hunting that area myself and it was enjoying to watch you on the journey. I couldn't help cringing a few times as those vehicles paint was scratched away by the brush. Nice job!
My Uncle Roy was the saw filer at that saw mill in Blind River. My Aunt Peggy was the best home made cookie maker in the world. Their home was beside the mill's General Manager's home beside the mill. I toured that mill as a young boy in the 1960's when it was still in operation. My family and I went up to Blind River almost every summer to visit my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle. I have so many good memories of fishing, berry picking, swimming and of course eating home baked cookies on our northern trips to Blind River and the Algoma Region. This was part of the reason I became a geologist in my first career and why I love the North. For Americans who might be hesitant to visit Canada, just remember that we are brothers. We share the same roots and we are the most similar nations in the world. Have you ever noticed the Crown symbol on the Ontario license plate? It's not just to represent our connection to Britain. It's also our tie to the past. My American cousin once asked why Canada didn't join the American Revolution? At the time I didn't know. Yet the answer is why we are so similar. The first wave of settlers into Ontario are the loyalist refugees of the American Revolution. So we were in effect involved in the War of Independence and we are equally American. Many of the oldest streets of Toronto, including the famous Yonge Street are named after the soldiers who came up from 13 colonies after the Revolution and helped build the settlement that became Toronto. Our history's are inextricably tied together . Do come visit.😊
"Eh." You had a Canadian high school graduate running for U.S. president and her thinking was to take away our Second Amendment. A majority in the USA don't agree with Canadian thinking. Canadians don't have any rights to free speech. There's many other things that are seldom discussed. Enjoy being subject to the Crown.
It is nice to know we have Canada so close in proximity and culture so that when,our government goes crazy, we have a place to go like those early settlers of Toronto. 😊
The United States was founded and is operated by people of the tribe of Ephraim of Israel. Canada was founded and operated by people of the tribe of Manasseh of Israel, French Canada being founded by people of the tribe of Reuben of Israel. Some have those switched, but the proof is Isaiah 9: 11 is part of a prophecy of USA's 9 • 11 attack. See 'The Harbinger' by Jonathan Chan. Isaiah 28: 1 - 5 is a prophecy of Hurricane Katrina hitting the New Orleans Louisiana area. It takes some understanding to figure it, but it's true. Draw a sketch of the Mississippi River system and include some cities within the system, and you'll see the allegoried fruit tree. And you'll see New Orleans near the trunk, at ground level, where it landed, being ripe before the (late) summer. As you will connect, England, New Zeal-land and Australia are also settled and owned by Manasseh people. And the same Bibles have 7 Scriptures commanding the 7th Day Sabbath, most in Exodus, plus Leviticus 23: 3 and Genesis 2: 2 and 3. There are Zero Scriptures commanding a weekly sun day observance. 0. Revelation 12: 9. Matthew 24: 4, and 6, 7 and 8.
I just stumbled on your channel (and subscribed) and wanted to take a break from video three to offer my enormous appreciation for these videos: I am absolutely loving them! I spent 30 years with the O.P.P., starting off in Wawa, and I ventured out on those backroads so many times. Add to that, I married a local Wawa girl, whose father not only loved to hunt and take me with him, but also was the local Canadian Tire dealer so he had the best information on fishing and hunting in the area (opening your store up at all hours helps that kind of thing). That was almost 40 years ago now and to sit in the comfort of my man-cave, sipping a Scotch and enjoying the trip (sans bumps) was an absolute delight! Thank you so much! I teach at a local college now, approaching my 65th year, and you've got me eager to get back out and explore the backroads soon. I am the author of the Inspector Jack Butler Mysteries, set in Northern Ontario, in the mid-1980s and I have my own RUclips channel in mind, to celebrate our slice of North America (Canadians and Americans from this fabulous part of the globe). First stop for me will be Ishpeming, Thunder Bay (MI), and Marquette to have a good look at the sites from the book, Anatomy of a Murder, written by one of my favourite authors, John Voelker (aka Robert Traver). It's based on a real incident and it so similar to the way things are done here in Canada, I can't resist. I'm a student of the case, and the author. Maybe we'll bump into you there one day; wish I could join you on one of your backroad journeys sometime, but my wife, having left Wawa, now insists on less rugged lodgings. Safe travels my kindred spirits from south of the border!
It is an honor to meet you David! I am also exceedingly appreciative that you have taken the time to watch our videos and write to us. It would be great to meet you on our travels and share our experiences. Safe travels!
Well done! I appreciate your effort to include historical references, especially the group of seven. I have traveled most of those roads over the years, camping, hunting, fishing. 40 years ago, my dad would pull his 5th wheel trailer up there for moose camp.
I love watching adventures in my local areas. Gives me a look at how other people manage our rough terrain, trails and weather. I live in Thunder Bay, not too far northwest of this area. I camp, hunt, fish and atv all over the area easy and west of the city. I grew up near Kakabeka Falls just outside of Thunder Bay close to Boreal Road. These roads were quite tame for what im used too… Love our country! Cheers
I was very fortunate to grow up in such a prime outdoorsman area. I went to Kakabeka falls school as a young lad and used to bike through the park and see the falls every day. We would bike down to the beach, go swimming, jump off the train bridge down the aqua duct roads, drink straight from the local springs, get ice cream in the village. Such amazing memories. I plan to move back out there once my kids are older, but for now its easier to live close to town. Thunder Bay may have a not so great reputation, but its amazing if you make the best of what it has to offer
Great trip and video. Love the historical commentary! I was following along on my old maps from when I did forestry work up there. Drove a lot of the same roads. Good times!
Thanks so much for such a fantastic review of the area, which is so close to our hearts. In-depth history and factoids that we weren't even aware of, even though we're constantly traipsing through this area! Love the relationship you have with your travel companions, and how hard you all push to get through the journey. But your enthusiasm for the area, coupled with your obvious penchant for researching the place you're going to, made us instant fans. Much appreciated! 🙏
Those small battery chainsaws are very handy. I bought one for use around the house. I have six very large Maple trees that are always dropping small branches. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
My dad and I call that the world's most expensive roll of toilet paper. If I have it, and you need it, it's going to cost you. Haha. Love the channel. Take care!
This is your most interesting video yet. I'm in lower low Michigan - no place is better in the summer. I was given a photo of 1800s loggers with the green and heavy logs stacked at least 20' high on a sleigh. Still trying to figure how they did the different operations of loading and transporting, and living thru it. A jin pole for loading can be seen, but.. Thanks much to all of you for showing your exploring.
Thanks for this. I just did a trip and took an excellent 100km logging road from near Chapleau to Hwy 144 near Gogama. Great trip. Went through Sultan, a railway town.
Enjoyed This Video! Nice To See The Remote Wilderness To Remind How Good We Got It In Civilization. Those Bridges Were Iffy A Bit. While Those Little Electric Chain Saws Were Nifty And Handy, I Think I'd Have A Nice Gas Powered Chainsaw Along Just In Case. The One Thing I Learned Is Never Attempt This Trip In Your Tesla!! Another Great Video!
Back in 1964 before I started my freshman year in high school, my father, my brother, and I went on a fishing trip in Canada above Chapleau Canada. We portaged in to a chain of lakes and camped. The black flies were so bad we had to wear hats with netting and keep everything well covered. We caught a lot of big Northern Pike though.
The Mississagi R. is only one of many wonderful wilderness adventure canoe routes branching out from the northern Lawrentian Divide, separating water flow between the Great Lakes and James Bay/Hudson's Bay.
After the first five seconds of the video, I recognized that highway, 129. We used to stay at Wakami Lake Provincial Park. No cell service, gas, or radio stations. Good fishing and hunting. Although, I don't think I would survive a winter living there.
This brings back some memories... we've taken the Algoma Central train a few times to the canyon and in the 60's, my family drove to Chapleau. Those rickety bridges were called "Bailey bridges". I bet Poppins laughed when she saw your videos.
Chuck, my wife, son and I just took a train ride from the Canadian Soo side far North up into the Canadian Shield this September. Rock, rock and more rock!
Just beyond beautiful! You are all beyond IMPRESSIVE! Just wow....i bet Poppins was glad she stayed home! Awesome, awesome, awesome...thank you for the history lesson too! WTG!
Chuck great video of some truly beautiful country. Thanks for the historical info and old pics of the loggers, (when men were men!). I truly enjoy your sense of humor and delivery, keep them coming you're providing some great vacation ideas!
Don't forget the dozens of barely marked side trails, besides the neglected Aubrey Falls Provincial Park, that lead to interesting lookouts and sites of interest.
Such fun adventures to follow! Thanks for all the stories, details and history. Takes me back to the days when I travelled around and learned from people just like you. Cupcakes Cougars and Vikings oh my!
My father ran one of the sawmills up there back in the day. Cutting upwards of 5 hundred thousand board feet of lumber in the dead of winter. I actually have a letter of recommendation for his work. Thank you for the video. Enjoy your excursion
WOW...cool adventure. The footage of the horses and sleds👋 I am really enjoying this channel and this episode gives me hope for the wilderness and humanity. I missed Poppins but nice to see others on that adventure. Thank you
Fantastic travel video.love the whole region.take yearly trips to missinabi provincial park in June for 2 weeks of fishing and camping..went up 129 many times. First time up 129 was in June 1967 abuddy and I went to maguires fish camp for our graduation trip..fell in love with the area back then and still love it.i miss the Bailey bridges on 129 they were wonderful.was on the ranger lake road in 1969 and alot of it was 2 track at best.saw aubery falls in 1967 before the dam was put in..awesome falls .keep those videos coming..❤❤❤❤
To really accomplish such a cross region trek you'd need ATV's and a great sense of direction. There are hundreds of abandoned or ill maintained trails barely kept available by the hundreds of aging retirees who hunt, fish, snowmobile and generally explore between Hwy 129 and Hwy 17. I've met hunters hours away from their homes, slowly creeping along forgotten trails, seeking out grouse and deer, without a care in the world.
Funny coincidence Chuck, my friends and I traveled from East Lansing to Thessalon, to camp on an island off of Rocky Island Lake! After two weeks camping, we packed up, drove to Chapleau to drink and and pool, then on the way back to EL we stopped @Aubrey Falls! 👍
I just stumbled across your channel. Great content, humor and editing. You allow me to Gander at a state that I have driven through from the eyes of person from Michigan (collective included). Welcome to adventures in Canada. Having traversed Canada from coast to coast there is a lot to see and learn about. Safe travels!
I’ve also canoed the Mattigami river all the way from Smoothrock falls to James Bay and then rode the train back to a lumber camp where we spent the night with them and they gave us a ride back to our truck the next day. A 14 day adventure that will be one of my all time favorites as we spent the night In a teepee with an old native gentleman that worked for the railroad he checked and repaired the tracks
Love northern Ontario. I did a trip a few years ago north of Sudbury. Had to turn back at a certain point because I was solo and didn't have a winch. Thinking about trying it again soon now that the truck is more capable. Love the video so far!
Indeed it is. A few years ago, we talked to a guy at the gate about using the road. Not sure if he was the owner or rep or just some guy, but he said be respectful and enjoy.
Looks like fun! The Lexus/Tiger Moth combination is very impressive. One more thing. I hope that The Viking treated his fellow travelers with his rendition of "Breakfast in Hell."
Nice! I need to get back up there. The last time was on our honeymoon some 23 years ago. This time maybe we’ll take a kid or more. Thanks for the adventure Chuck!
LOL we have 127 on the brain too. It's the main artery we take north and south from home, because we often travel during the holidays like everybody else, but we're sure as heck not going to be bothered with I-75 any more than we have to! :D
You could keep going on the north aubinadong to almost where it meets whitman dam road, west to mekatina then down mile 38 road to the hwy by Chippewa falls.
Wow you called I had a warm-up shack for people in there and you’re crammed come on over to Newfoundland we got ATV trails and we got warm-up shack so you can throw a party in and if you want to be a true Newfoundlander there’s also boil ups that’s right open air fire pits but love your video buddy I know exactly the area you’re in and I have truck up and down 129 back in the late 70s early 80s
Thanks for the Ride along Chuck. My wife would have been with Poppins. Looks like an awesome trip. Have done some of that myself in the Western U.P.. Never know what you will find.
Good thing your truck is very off road capable...probably better than the Tacoma TRD PRO. I love Toyota but JEEPS are pretty good with dual lockers like your Rubicon. The lexus and 4 runner are awesome to. I learned stuff here that i never would have known otherwise. This was great to watch.
If you go straight east from Black Creek Outfitters you’ll pop out of the bush just north west of Elliot Lake. I’ve done the whole drive from Mile 38 road to Elliot in one long day. It’s a good drive.
My father took our family to the Chapleau region in 1962 on a fishing trip. Highway 129 was gravel and three of us were in the back of the pickup. By the time we arrived at our lake we were dust covered. We made several trips to the Algoma District back in the 60's and 70's. Last time we were up there my wife and I drove on the Ranger Lake road in 1998. We fished for Brook Trout. Beautiful and rugged country. Thanks for sharing, this brought back memories.
Wow lots of people recounting the Algoma region. I myself have spent time in the area as a Forester and passing through many years ago. Welcome to my home.
Indeed. I am surprised by the number of viewers with memories of the area!
Excellent video! My dad and several of my uncles worked in the bush back in the late 30's. They were at various lumber camps operated by McFadden Lumber, in and around Aubrey Falls area. In later years dad was a foreman with Abitibi Paper Co. and worked in the Ranger Lake area as well. I've spent a good amount of time fishing and hunting that area myself and it was enjoying to watch you on the journey. I couldn't help cringing a few times as those vehicles paint was scratched away by the brush.
Nice job!
My Uncle Roy was the saw filer at that saw mill in Blind River. My Aunt Peggy was the best home made cookie maker in the world. Their home was beside the mill's General Manager's home beside the mill. I toured that mill as a young boy in the 1960's when it was still in operation. My family and I went up to Blind River almost every summer to visit my Grandma, Aunt and Uncle. I have so many good memories of fishing, berry picking, swimming and of course eating home baked cookies on our northern trips to Blind River and the Algoma Region. This was part of the reason I became a geologist in my first career and why I love the North.
For Americans who might be hesitant to visit Canada, just remember that we are brothers. We share the same roots and we are the most similar nations in the world. Have you ever noticed the Crown symbol on the Ontario license plate? It's not just to represent our connection to Britain. It's also our tie to the past. My American cousin once asked why Canada didn't join the American Revolution? At the time I didn't know. Yet the answer is why we are so similar. The first wave of settlers into Ontario are the loyalist refugees of the American Revolution. So we were in effect involved in the War of Independence and we are equally American. Many of the oldest streets of Toronto, including the famous Yonge Street are named after the soldiers who came up from 13 colonies after the Revolution and helped build the settlement that became Toronto.
Our history's are inextricably tied together . Do come visit.😊
Thank you for your nice comment... it's nice to know more about the real struggles and accomplishments of our ancestors. Have a beautiful weekend🥰
As a Minnesotan I think of Canadians as brothers
"Eh." You had a Canadian high school graduate running for U.S. president and her thinking was to take away our Second Amendment. A majority in the USA don't agree with Canadian thinking. Canadians don't have any rights to free speech. There's many other things that are seldom discussed. Enjoy being subject to the Crown.
It is nice to know we have Canada so close in proximity and culture so that when,our government goes crazy, we have a place to go like those early settlers of Toronto. 😊
The United States was founded and is operated by people of the tribe of Ephraim of Israel.
Canada was founded and operated by people of the tribe of Manasseh of Israel, French Canada being founded by people of the tribe of Reuben of Israel.
Some have those switched, but the proof is
Isaiah 9: 11
is part of a prophecy of USA's 9 • 11 attack.
See 'The Harbinger'
by Jonathan Chan.
Isaiah 28: 1 - 5
is a prophecy of Hurricane Katrina hitting the New Orleans Louisiana area. It takes some understanding to figure it, but it's true. Draw a sketch of the Mississippi River system and include some cities within the system, and you'll see the allegoried fruit tree. And you'll see New Orleans near the trunk, at ground level, where it landed, being ripe before the (late) summer.
As you will connect, England, New Zeal-land and Australia are also settled and owned by Manasseh people.
And the same Bibles have 7 Scriptures commanding the 7th Day Sabbath, most in Exodus, plus
Leviticus 23: 3
and
Genesis 2: 2 and 3.
There are Zero Scriptures commanding a weekly sun day observance. 0.
Revelation 12: 9.
Matthew 24: 4,
and 6, 7 and 8.
Great video and adventure. Im in those areas all the time, never get tired of the scenery espesially around Lake Superior.
I grew up and still live in the area. There are endless networks of backroads and old logging roads all over the place. So beautiful
I just stumbled on your channel (and subscribed) and wanted to take a break from video three to offer my enormous appreciation for these videos: I am absolutely loving them! I spent 30 years with the O.P.P., starting off in Wawa, and I ventured out on those backroads so many times. Add to that, I married a local Wawa girl, whose father not only loved to hunt and take me with him, but also was the local Canadian Tire dealer so he had the best information on fishing and hunting in the area (opening your store up at all hours helps that kind of thing).
That was almost 40 years ago now and to sit in the comfort of my man-cave, sipping a Scotch and enjoying the trip (sans bumps) was an absolute delight! Thank you so much! I teach at a local college now, approaching my 65th year, and you've got me eager to get back out and explore the backroads soon.
I am the author of the Inspector Jack Butler Mysteries, set in Northern Ontario, in the mid-1980s and I have my own RUclips channel in mind, to celebrate our slice of North America (Canadians and Americans from this fabulous part of the globe). First stop for me will be Ishpeming, Thunder Bay (MI), and Marquette to have a good look at the sites from the book, Anatomy of a Murder, written by one of my favourite authors, John Voelker (aka Robert Traver). It's based on a real incident and it so similar to the way things are done here in Canada, I can't resist. I'm a student of the case, and the author.
Maybe we'll bump into you there one day; wish I could join you on one of your backroad journeys sometime, but my wife, having left Wawa, now insists on less rugged lodgings. Safe travels my kindred spirits from south of the border!
It is an honor to meet you David! I am also exceedingly appreciative that you have taken the time to watch our videos and write to us. It would be great to meet you on our travels and share our experiences. Safe travels!
Happy Exploring! I have been all over Canada exploring backroads, Ontario has so many to explore.
Just discovered your channel. You do a great job, adding the history of the area with old photos and videos. Excellent job!
The Algoma Central Railway is a lovely way to see wilderness and waterfalls. I highly recommend it, especially in Autumn. 🍂
I was lucky to see Aubrey Falls flowing good when I was there. Algoma region is my home
I have camp in Haviland( 20 mins north of the Soo off hwy17) and love it out there, but I'll stick to the highway, lol!
Well done! I appreciate your effort to include historical references, especially the group of seven.
I have traveled most of those roads over the years, camping, hunting, fishing.
40 years ago, my dad would pull his 5th wheel trailer up there for moose camp.
Interesting ride , excellent editing and a little bit of history along the way . Well done !
Tip of the hat to the men that came before. That mapped the land, built the roads and conquered the wildereness.
I love watching adventures in my local areas. Gives me a look at how other people manage our rough terrain, trails and weather. I live in Thunder Bay, not too far northwest of this area. I camp, hunt, fish and atv all over the area easy and west of the city. I grew up near Kakabeka Falls just outside of Thunder Bay close to Boreal Road. These roads were quite tame for what im used too… Love our country! Cheers
Have been through your area a couple times and saw kakabeka falls. Spectacular area.
Greetings from far south of Ontario!
I was very fortunate to grow up in such a prime outdoorsman area. I went to Kakabeka falls school as a young lad and used to bike through the park and see the falls every day. We would bike down to the beach, go swimming, jump off the train bridge down the aqua duct roads, drink straight from the local springs, get ice cream in the village. Such amazing memories. I plan to move back out there once my kids are older, but for now its easier to live close to town. Thunder Bay may have a not so great reputation, but its amazing if you make the best of what it has to offer
Been on all those roads many a time but to be never on them, you found yiur way, I’m impressed. Best time of the year is late fall.
Great trip and video. Love the historical commentary! I was following along on my old maps from when I did forestry work up there. Drove a lot of the same roads. Good times!
Nice trip, and great research job and footage of the old loggers. 👍👍
Thanks so much for such a fantastic review of the area, which is so close to our hearts. In-depth history and factoids that we weren't even aware of, even though we're constantly traipsing through this area! Love the relationship you have with your travel companions, and how hard you all push to get through the journey. But your enthusiasm for the area, coupled with your obvious penchant for researching the place you're going to, made us instant fans. Much appreciated! 🙏
That's very kind and much appreciated! Thanks for saying so.
Great time as always Chuck. You have a way of entertaining and transporting us there with you...Thankyou and look forward to the next one.
Great adventure. Travelled some of those roads. So cool to see that you can link them all up. Well done!
Heck yeah, Elliot laker here, love the North, keep exploring weeu
Those small battery chainsaws are very handy. I bought one for use around the house. I have six very large Maple trees that are always dropping small branches. Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
Sounds like you might boil down some great Maple Syrup.
We always have one in the back of our vehicle, case. Trees can fall and block the road.
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 I never tried to make syrup.
My dad and I call that the world's most expensive roll of toilet paper. If I have it, and you need it, it's going to cost you. Haha.
Love the channel. Take care!
Always a great adventure with Chuck! Thanks for the ride!!
This is your most interesting video yet. I'm in lower low Michigan - no place is better in the summer.
I was given a photo of 1800s loggers with the green and heavy logs stacked at least 20' high on a sleigh. Still trying to figure how they did the different operations of loading and transporting, and living thru it. A jin pole for loading can be seen, but..
Thanks much to all of you for showing your exploring.
I travel alot of these roads in this area for work. Nice to see other people traveling them other than log trucks.
Thanks for this. I just did a trip and took an excellent 100km logging road from near Chapleau to Hwy 144 near Gogama. Great trip. Went through Sultan, a railway town.
Sultan is a cool little stop. I guess the administration of the town dissolved a few years ago.
Another great video living life’s adventurous thru you and poppy’s channel thank you !!!
Enjoyed This Video! Nice To See The Remote Wilderness To Remind How Good We Got It In Civilization. Those Bridges Were Iffy A Bit. While Those Little Electric Chain Saws Were Nifty And Handy, I Think I'd Have A Nice Gas Powered Chainsaw Along Just In Case. The One Thing I Learned Is Never Attempt This Trip In Your Tesla!!
Another Great Video!
we used to hunt the Shinning Tree area on the hydro lines logging roads loved that area .
Love the Thessalon area, it’s such a beautiful forest mixture of white pine, spruce, white cedar, maple and birch
Back in 1964 before I started my freshman year in high school, my father, my brother, and I went on a fishing trip in Canada above Chapleau Canada. We portaged in to a chain of lakes and camped. The black flies were so bad we had to wear hats with netting and keep everything well covered. We caught a lot of big Northern Pike though.
Chapleau is in Ontario. Ontario is in Canada.
That was fun! Thanks for taking us along!
I actually worked for a friend eho owns a logging company just off the 129 on Hinkler Rd. 35 miles north of Black Creek.
The Mississagi R. is only one of many wonderful wilderness adventure canoe routes branching out from the northern Lawrentian Divide, separating water flow between the Great Lakes and James Bay/Hudson's Bay.
Great video. Watching from Chatham Kent Ontario
After the first five seconds of the video, I recognized that highway, 129. We used to stay at Wakami Lake Provincial Park. No cell service, gas, or radio stations. Good fishing and hunting. Although, I don't think I would survive a winter living there.
That's my neckbof the woods beautiful country back there
Travel that highway regularly.. the walleye and pike fishing towards chapeau is amazing
Thanks for the adventure chuck
I live in this area. So cool that you featured it!
I've spent a lot of time here over almost 4 decades. One of my favorite places in the Great Lakes.
This brings back some memories... we've taken the Algoma Central train a few times to the canyon and in the 60's, my family drove to Chapleau. Those rickety bridges were called "Bailey bridges". I bet Poppins laughed when she saw your videos.
Awesome sharing from Sudbury area learning is great 👍
Massey here... 😆
Chuck, my wife, son and I just took a train ride from the Canadian Soo side far North up into the Canadian Shield this September. Rock, rock and more rock!
We did the Algoma Railroad run up to Agawa Canyon in early September this year, what a beautiful area
Just beyond beautiful! You are all beyond IMPRESSIVE! Just wow....i bet Poppins was glad she stayed home! Awesome, awesome, awesome...thank you for the history lesson too! WTG!
Chuck I love these adventures !!
What a cool experience. I don't think I can convince my wife to do it, or to let me take my f150 to do it. haha.
Awesome adventure. Luvd it !!!
Omg, I wash i was there on the adventure!! NEW subscriber🎉
That was a sweet video thanks! I’m inspired to explore that area more.
Chuck great video of some truly beautiful country. Thanks for the historical info and old pics of the loggers, (when men were men!).
I truly enjoy your sense of humor and delivery, keep them coming you're providing some great vacation ideas!
Thanks 👍
Don't forget the dozens of barely marked side trails, besides the neglected Aubrey Falls Provincial Park, that lead to interesting lookouts and sites of interest.
Such fun adventures to follow! Thanks for all the stories, details and history. Takes me back to the days when I travelled around and learned from people just like you. Cupcakes Cougars and Vikings oh my!
That campsite you were at used to be a roadside park with outhouses and such back in the day. Likely what the concrete pads are left from.
Good info, thanks.
70 s and 80 s used to go up by searchmont brook trout fishing once a year..
OMG... I know that Cougar!!!! She took me on a ice climbing trip up in the Agawa Canyon like 20 years ago, she's so awesome!! :)
Thanks for posting your adventure, luv it up there eh !
What a super cool trail ride!! Thanks for taking us along!! Cheers!! J & C
My father ran one of the sawmills up there back in the day. Cutting upwards of 5 hundred thousand board feet of lumber in the dead of winter. I actually have a letter of recommendation for his work. Thank you for the video. Enjoy your excursion
Watching from Edmonton ish ❤
Thanks for sharing your experience from another part of my country
Your friend Scott on the west coast of Canada 🇨🇦
WOW...cool adventure. The footage of the horses and sleds👋
I am really enjoying this channel and this episode gives me hope for the wilderness and humanity.
I missed Poppins but nice to see others on that adventure.
Thank you
Fantastic travel video.love the whole region.take yearly trips to missinabi provincial park in June for 2 weeks of fishing and camping..went up 129 many times. First time up 129 was in June 1967 abuddy and I went to maguires fish camp for our graduation trip..fell in love with the area back then and still love it.i miss the Bailey bridges on 129 they were wonderful.was on the ranger lake road in 1969 and alot of it was 2 track at best.saw aubery falls in 1967 before the dam was put in..awesome falls .keep those videos coming..❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the ride along....I've never been farther north then the Soo Locks.
To really accomplish such a cross region trek you'd need ATV's and a great sense of direction. There are hundreds of abandoned or ill maintained trails barely kept available by the hundreds of aging retirees who hunt, fish, snowmobile and generally explore between Hwy 129 and Hwy 17. I've met hunters hours away from their homes, slowly creeping along forgotten trails, seeking out grouse and deer, without a care in the world.
I really liked this one, I'd so love to do that..like the U.P in the old days.
Funny coincidence Chuck, my friends and I traveled from East Lansing to Thessalon, to camp on an island off of Rocky Island Lake! After two weeks camping, we packed up, drove to Chapleau to drink and and pool, then on the way back to EL we stopped @Aubrey Falls! 👍
I swear I saw you and a Tacoma in ssm by the underpass
I just stumbled across your channel. Great content, humor and editing. You allow me to Gander at a state that I have driven through from the eyes of person from Michigan (collective included). Welcome to adventures in Canada. Having traversed Canada from coast to coast there is a lot to see and learn about. Safe travels!
I’ve also canoed the Mattigami river all the way from Smoothrock falls to James Bay and then rode the train back to a lumber camp where we spent the night with them and they gave us a ride back to our truck the next day. A 14 day adventure that will be one of my all time favorites as we spent the night In a teepee with an old native gentleman that worked for the railroad he checked and repaired the tracks
"Yup, I said that!" Haha Poppins is the best
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Thanks viking, love the beauty and history you provide. Miss Poppins though, she probably prefers warm weather expeditions.
She does. And expeditions that aren't 11 hours from a black top road. 😉
Love northern Ontario. I did a trip a few years ago north of Sudbury. Had to turn back at a certain point because I was solo and didn't have a winch. Thinking about trying it again soon now that the truck is more capable. Love the video so far!
Nice trip, actually most of frater road area is private unless you have leased property or are visiting. Just to inform. I enjoyed the history shots.
Indeed it is. A few years ago, we talked to a guy at the gate about using the road. Not sure if he was the owner or rep or just some guy, but he said be respectful and enjoy.
That's probably one of the few Lexus's'szaz ?? that's ever been off a city street. Nice work, nice video. Appreciate the historical detail.
Thanks for the adventure from my comfy chair.
6:25 That Tiger Moth is cool!
Awesome, thanks for sharing. It's crazy how much of that is un-mapped. We were out there last month 👍
You should check the highway just east of where you were it’s called the KVP many Europeans use it to go north it’s beautiful
Looks like fun! The Lexus/Tiger Moth combination is very impressive. One more thing. I hope that The Viking treated his fellow travelers with his rendition of "Breakfast in Hell."
It was too dang cold to bring the guitar out! They have heard it though, "many" times before. . .
Nice! I need to get back up there. The last time was on our honeymoon some 23 years ago. This time maybe we’ll take a kid or more. Thanks for the adventure Chuck!
Ex-Detroiter loving in Nashville watching 😊
LOL we have 127 on the brain too. It's the main artery we take north and south from home, because we often travel during the holidays like everybody else, but we're sure as heck not going to be bothered with I-75 any more than we have to! :D
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Awesome. Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Morning Viking and Poppins, from the east side of the mitten.
Good Morning!
thanks for the great bush bash 🤣
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You could keep going on the north aubinadong to almost where it meets whitman dam road, west to mekatina then down mile 38 road to the hwy by Chippewa falls.
Love it! God’s country … thanks for reaching out to the armchair off-roader!
Lovely way to wake up. Coffee and a rouge Viking 😁 missing Poppins though. Happy Holidays to you and yours 😊
Awesome. Thank you.
Lots of fun travel with this gang ,, sometimes the only way is forward
We’ll be doing another one soon
Apparently awesome ! I'm a fan
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Wow you called I had a warm-up shack for people in there and you’re crammed come on over to Newfoundland we got ATV trails and we got warm-up shack so you can throw a party in and if you want to be a true Newfoundlander there’s also boil ups that’s right open air fire pits but love your video buddy I know exactly the area you’re in and I have truck up and down 129 back in the late 70s early 80s
Thanks for the Ride along Chuck. My wife would have been with Poppins. Looks like an awesome trip. Have done some of that myself in the Western U.P.. Never know what you will find.
Great video mate, reminds me of bush bashing round my old home in Bookabie SA. Minus the cold n snow 😆😆👍👍
Thanks 👍
I have a old vhs video in the 80s getting salmon from a creek on that road by Ranger Lake . Good times, just like your fun trip. Popin missed out
Good thing your truck is very off road capable...probably better than the Tacoma TRD PRO. I love Toyota but JEEPS are pretty good with dual lockers like your Rubicon. The lexus and 4 runner are awesome to. I learned stuff here that i never would have known otherwise. This was great to watch.
If you go straight east from Black Creek Outfitters you’ll pop out of the bush just north west of Elliot Lake.
I’ve done the whole drive from Mile 38 road to Elliot in one long day. It’s a good drive.
There are a few mine entrances off that route two. One entrance you can park your car in.