Post #2254553

2026-05-03 15:57 UTC

Just saw where someone said they went &quot;across #Canada&quot; from &quot;Atlantic to Pacific&quot;. Curious, I checked the start point. I assumed the person probably did the shortcut of starting in Halifax instead of the more distant St. John&#39;s. But no, they started in Toronto and went to Vancouver 😂 I&#39;m sure it was a lovely/tough/fascinating/etc trip. But it wasn&#39;t &quot;across Canada&quot;, it was 2/3 of the way. And not Atlantic to Pacific unless you claim that Lake Ontario is the Atlantic 🌞

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@McRocker@thecanadian.social 2026-05-03 16:04

@lastrobot@writing.exchange One of my summer jobs was working at a tourist info stop on Hwy 17 at the Keewatin Bridge just a little west of Kenora, ON. Many many people traveling east from MB would state that they were headed to Toronto and expected to get there by the afteroon/evening... easily a 2-day drive from Kenora on a 2-lane 'highway'.

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@crankyoldbugger@fosstodon.org 2026-05-03 16:13

@lastrobot@writing.exchange more appropriately, they went from the centre of the universe to the Pacific, according to your average Torontonian.

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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 2026-05-03 16:36

@lastrobot@writing.exchange can confirm… that extra bit from Toronto to the Atlantic shores of QC, NB, NS or PEI is…. Large. But then, the only place where I have ever been asked if it “was 10 or 12 hours to travel from Calgary to Toronto?”… was at a pub in Toronto. I didn’t bother explaining where Vancouver Island was. 😂 🤦‍♂️ #centreOfTheUniverse #canada #bigcountry #roadtrip #travel #ontario

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