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I made the drive from the Soo to Thunder Bay and back a couple times when I was stationed in Detroit.  The Trans Canada Highway is a good, well maintained road.  All forest, and some lakeshore scenery, no attractions per se.  More bear, moose, and deer than people.  Those trips were for work, I wouldn't make that drive on my own, I love scenic drives, but I also like at least some infrastructure.  

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I've made that drive three times, once in my 1938 Dodge Brothers pickup when I moved from Minnesota to Vermont. It's a beautiful drive. Watch out for moose. Also army tanks - I was almost taken out by one flying across the road from the woods on one side to the other. It was a military reservation somewhere in Ontario. 

I did trips in June and September and the traffic volume wasn't bad. Lot's of great pull-offs and scenic views. If you drive down into Minnesota, don't miss Split Rock lighthouse. It's not too far South of the Canadian border. I also remember pulling off an overlook high above the North shore of Lake Superior - picture attached. There I met an old First Nations man who lived in the area his whole life and pointed out everything interesting in sight. Priceless.

One other thing, if you are a US citizen contact your car insurance company and get a Canadian ID liability card. I recently got one through Hagerty. It was free and I had it within a few days.

Pete

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