(Mostly) Highway 17 in Ontario - July 16, 2015

The roads, scenes, and signs from our ride from Gatineau to Sault Ste. Marie, mostly on Ontario 417 and 17.

A sign warning of bus-only lanes in Gatineau. [Crop/Zoom: 1082x2228]

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Back in Ontario, we start our ride up the Ottawa River valley. [Crop/Zoom: 2105x1229]

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On to 417 for a bit. [Crop/Zoom: 3337x814]

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Back onto the westernmost piece of ON 417 from Arnprior. [Crop/Zoom: 463x343]

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And now we're on 17 for about the next 880 miles... [Crop/Zoom: 477x1093]

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This also looks like dangerous bus driving. [Crop/Zoom: 1259x1274]

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One of the rare stretches where ON 17 gets close to water in this part of Ontario, somewhere between Renfrew and Petawawa, I think. [Larger: 2304x1728]

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The Trans-Canada Highway signs are sometimes in English, sometimes in French in Ontario. [Crop/Zoom: 566x1459]

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Coming up on North Bay. [Crop/Zoom: 2908x784]

North Bay. [Larger: 2304x1728]

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Canada's version of the slippery when wet sign has what looks like giant, black hailstones. [Crop/Zoom: 1837x1783]

The Highway 17 traveler's friend: the start of a passing lane. [Crop/Zoom: 503x516]

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Not the Highway 17 traveler's friend: the end of a passing lane. [Crop/Zoom: 450x511]

We saw at least one Amish buggy shortly after seeing this sign. [Crop/Zoom: 822x794]

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terescoj+pics@teresco.org - Wed Jul 22 19:59:41 CDT 2015

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