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Where, exactly, is Northern Ontario?

Where, exactly, is Northern Ontario?

Back Roads Bill offers a geography lesson most aren't likely to get in school
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Bears do it. Bunnies do it. Campers do too

Bears do it. Bunnies do it. Campers do too

Learn to poop properly in the woods with Back Roads Bill this week -- because it's different outside
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Sentinels of the forest (3 photos)

Sentinels of the forest (3 photos)

This week, Back Roads Bill looks at fire towers and would like to hear from you about your favourite fire tower locations as well as details about the view
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Bruce Hyer on the Wabakimi wilderness

Bruce Hyer on the Wabakimi wilderness

Back Roads Bill recently interviewed Bruce Hyer. He plans a spring canoe trip with the renowned conservationist; maybe to Cliff Lake, a favourite Wabakimi destination of Back Roads Bill
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Tunnel vision: training our sights on the past (5 photos)

Tunnel vision: training our sights on the past (5 photos)

Workers building the railway on the north shore of Lake Superior consumed 12 tonnes of food a day and four tonnes of tobacco each month
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Making tracks in the snow (5 photos)

Making tracks in the snow (5 photos)

Back Roads Bill explores ideas of where you might go and what you might wear on your feet to snowshoe in the region
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The mystery of a spa in the middle of nowhere (6 images)

The mystery of a spa in the middle of nowhere (6 images)

This week Back Roads Bill is asking Village Media readers for help in solving this heritage spa mystery
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All about that elementary school where they band birds (5 photos)

All about that elementary school where they band birds (5 photos)

Budding scientists and young bird watchers alike delight in the School of Flock and Joanne Goddard's bird studies
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The story of John Sanders, first Indigenous minister (4 photos)

The story of John Sanders, first Indigenous minister (4 photos)

Missanabe Cree trail-blazer helped translate scriptures to Ojibwa
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How high can you go in Ontario - and where?

How high can you go in Ontario - and where?

Back Roads Bill continues with the theme of “superlative” geographic features in Northern Ontario this week our highest peak in the province
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