The red dots represent the  places  that we spent time in during the Canada is Great project. Hover over or click the icons below to learn more about each place. 

Our first stop was Yellowknife, and we spent a 10 days there. We met houseboaters, painters, Snowking, and a celebrity chef. We stayed on a campsite funded by NASA. We saw the Northern Lights in all their glory.

We spent about six days in Dawson City and met some of the most colourful characters. People tend to move to Dawson City either to get away from something, or to find something, and that makes the city a really amazing place filled with creative people. Driving into Dawson City is like driving into a past era.

Whitehorse is probably the most livable city in the world: not only can you live in a city and do city things, but you can drive five minutes and be at a lake with no one around, or drive 10 minutes and be in the middle of a mountain range. The amazing architects that we met here included Tim Turner-Davis, Mary Ellen Read, John Berg, Charlie McLaren and Doug Mayr.

Unknown to many people, Haida Gwaii is a culturally rich archipelago of many islands with a population of around 6000. We spent our eight days in Haida Gwaii between a few of the small towns on the main island. These cities were Skidegate, Queen Charlotte, Masset, and Port Clements.

We spent a week and a bit on Vancouver Island, between three cities: Victoria (the capital of British Columbia), Porty Hardy, and Coal Harbour. In Port Hardy and Coal Harbour, we spent all of our time meeting cool people who build things. going fishing, and fly bush planes.

Our drive from Victoria to Southern Ontario took 49 hours, no breaks, done in six hour driving shifts. We spent a week visiting family then headed out East, next up, New Brunswick!

We spent a week in Saint John and learned about the revitalization of the city. With a reputation of an industry city, Saint John is working hard to be known as the wonderful, beautiful city that it is.

We took the 13 km Confederation bridge connection New Brunswick to PEI, and entered the land of sandy, red soil and very nice people. While we did spend our evenings in the capital city, we focused most of our time in a quaint little village called Victoria-by-the-Sea. Bustling in the summer, this village was, what one may call, a 'ghost town' in November, but we did meet many of the ~50 year round residents.

We spent four days in an around the Cabot Trail and Syndey, Nova Scotia. This is located on Cape Breton Island, which seemed to us to be a hidden gem, as it is sparsely populated but hugely amazing.

After two ferries from Nova Scotia, we entered into a small Quebec town called Blanc-Sablon, and within minutes we were entering Labrador and driving down an unpaved highway to Mary's Harbour. When we headed back to Newfoundland, we spent a few days in Twillingate, a small fishing town on the East coast of the island. Our trip ended in St. John's, the small capital city of the province!

Read about some of the
most interesting moments
​that ​Korry and Kristel had during their trip across the country.

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