Canada's Road (eBook)

A Journey on the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John's to Victoria

Mark Richardson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
160 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0980-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In 10 weeks during the summer of 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the Trans-Canada Highway, author Mark Richardson drove the nearly 8,000 kilometres of the iconic road, meeting a variety of people along the way, exploring the route's fabled history, and discovering how important this ribbon of asphalt is to Canada.

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The Trans-Canada, the world's longest national highway, comes to life in words and pictures. Russia has the Trans-Siberian Highway, Australia has Highway 1, and Canada has the Trans-Canada Highway, an iconic road that stretches almost 8,000 kilometres across six time zones. In the summer of 2012, on the highway's 50th birthday, Mark Richardson drove its entire length to find out how the road came to be and what it's now become. In his daily account of the 10-week road trip, originally published as a blog on macleans.ca, he follows the original "e;pathfinders"e; Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney, who tried to drive across the country before there were enough roads, he discovers the diverse places along the highway that contribute to the country's character, and he meets the people who make the Trans-Canada what it is today - the road that connects a nation.

Autor

Mark Richardson is the former automotive editor of the Toronto Star and is the author of Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2013
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Schlagworte: Alberta • Newfoundland, British Columbia, Rogers Pass, Diefenbaker, pioneers, Drivers, Driving, Wilby, Haney, REO, Explore, Adventure, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan • Trans-Canada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, St. John's, Halifax, Ottawa, Vancouver, Victoria, road trip, roadtrip, Canada, car, automobile, canadian automobile association, CAA, Mark Richardson, WheelsMark, TC Trek, Cross-Canada, highway, road, Camaro, Chevrolet , Chevy, Rocky Mountains, Rockies
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0980-2 / 1459709802
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0980-5 / 9781459709805