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Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill
Seeing the forest through the smoke with Back Roads Bill
Bill looks at the effects of the wildfire smoke on trees and plants
Sep 23, 2023 10:30 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
Putt-putting with vintage railway motorcars
This week Bill has a contemporary, but unique look at back the north’s rich railway heritage
Sep 16, 2023 10:30 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
Red Lake, gold country and other gems
This week Bill, as a tourist, takes us to Red Lake – like other Northern Ontario communities it has its share of gems
Sep 9, 2023 10:30 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
Exploring a 48-year-old unsolved mystery
This week Bill takes us to the Edmund Fitzgerald from two vantage points
Sep 2, 2023 10:30 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
How Lady Evelyn got her puzzling dunes
Bill takes us up close to and back over the formation of the unusual eskers and dunes of Lady Evelyn Lake in the Temiskaming Shores area north of North Bay
Aug 26, 2023 10:30 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
Where to see the ultimate wetland, swamp, fen, bog or marsh
This week Bill tells us about what is, for many reasons, one of the best interpretative trails in Northern Ontario
Aug 19, 2023 10:45 AM
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Back Roads Bill:
What gives Windex lakes their colour?
This week Bill tells us why those lakes have those green-blue colours and where you can find some of them
Aug 12, 2023 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
Before the last spike, there was a first
This week Bill uncovers a bit of history that may become front and centre as a tourism attraction
Aug 5, 2023 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
How a dream lives on in a heart-shaped rock
This week, Bill takes us to visit a less well known monument to Terry Fox
Jul 29, 2023 10:30 AM
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BACK ROADS BILL:
French Canadian artist and author connections
This story can be one of this summer’s Northern Ontario destination visits
Jul 22, 2023 10:30 AM
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