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Back Roads Bill: Where to see the ultimate wetland, swamp, fen, bog or marsh

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
Back Roads Bill: What gives Windex lakes their colour?

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
BACK ROADS BILL: Before the last spike, there was a first

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
BACK ROADS BILL: How a dream lives on in a heart-shaped rock

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
BACK ROADS BILL: French Canadian artist and author connections

BACK ROADS BILL: French Canadian artist and author connections

This story can be one of this summer’s Northern Ontario destination visits
Back Roads Bill: Bridges to depression-era construction

Back Roads Bill: Bridges to depression-era construction

This week Bill takes a look at some heritage bridges that take us way back
Back Roads Bill shows us another piece from a 65-year-old puzzle

Back Roads Bill shows us another piece from a 65-year-old puzzle

This week Bill updates a story about a mid-air crash over Northern Ontario at the height of the cold war
Back Roads Bill takes us to the oldest graves in Ontario

Back Roads Bill takes us to the oldest graves in Ontario

This week we wander among the silent markers of people long gone in Northern Ontario with Back Roads Bill
Back Roads Bill talks rocks - cracks, alvars, clints an grikes

Back Roads Bill talks rocks - cracks, alvars, clints an grikes

This week Bill takes us on a deep dive into some interesting cracks in Earth’s crust and explains things like karstification and dolostone
Back Roads Bill on the history and significance of Nipigon River Bridge

Back Roads Bill on the history and significance of Nipigon River Bridge

This week Bill teases out a future adventure with some history on a connecting link in Canadian transportation and what we learned when it was suddenly broken