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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 26, 2024, Winnipeg, Manitoba Northern Ontario’s Fall Colours & Superior Region BY ROAD & RAIL SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 TO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 Photo by Sault Ste. Marie Tourism You will enjoy summer more when you BOOK NOW knowing you can look forward to travelling in Canada to experience… VIA Rail’s Sudbury – White River unique Rail Diesel Car (RDC) remote rail journey P h o t o b y F L e s i u k C d n B u s h P l a n e H e r i t a g e C e n t r e , S a u l t S t e . M a r i e C C G S A l e x a n d e r H e n r y m u s e u m s h i p i n T h u n d e r B a y L a k e S u p e r i o r ’s S c e n i c N o r t h S h o r e CONTACT TO RESERVE AT 204-897-9551 (in Winnipeg) OR TOLL FREE 1-866-704-3528 RAIL TRAVEL TOURS S P EC IAL R EADER O F F ER RESERVE TODAY Now processing $250 person deposits safely and securely right over the phone. TOUR GUESTS WHO RESERVE WILL BE PROVIDED AN INVOICE & BOOKING NOTES TO PREPARE FOR THE TOUR Full payment deadline approximately 45 days before departure $ 1,895 P/P Double Occupancy Single Supplement an additional $ 600 The package includes admission to attractions, both train trips and hotel accommodations, transfers, most meals, guest speakers, information kit, unique experiences related to the heritage of the area we are traveling and more. R E S E R V E T O D A Y A S T H E S P A C E I S L I M I T E D , o n t h i s t o u r o f f e r e d n o w h e r e e l s e , A N D T H E R E W I L L O N L Y B E O N E D E P A R T U R E First 10 bookings will receive A FREE COPY of the book FAMOUS NAME TRAINS – TRAVELLING IN STYLE ON THE CPR to enjoy on the tour SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2024 The tour will start with a morning departure from Winnipeg by motor-coach heading east toward Ontario. We will stop in Ignace Ontario to visit their community museum and enjoy lunch here before continuing east to enjoy more views of the changing foliage. Arriving Thunder Bay we have a planned visit to see the former Canadian Coast Guard Icebreaker museum ship the Alexander Henry docked here on the Lake Superior. After the tour we will check into the classic railway hotel The Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel (those that book early will get rooms overlooking Lake Superior) and have dinner here before planned time to enjoy the hotel’s pool or hot tub or nearby attractions and overnight here. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 Today, after breakfast at our hotel, continuing east we will enjoy the fall colours around the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior from the windows of our motorcoach and a few stops along the way including a planned visit to the Winnie the Pooh Park in White River. Arriving at Sault Ste. Marie, we have scheduled some time to Visit the fantastic Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre to view their large collection of aircraft and WILDFIRES 3-D presentation in their interactive theatre on fighting forest fires from the air. After our museum visit we will check into our Sault Ste Marie hotel for some planned free time before overnighting here. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 The inclusive hotel breakfast will be enjoyed early this morning so we can transfer to and board the Agawa Canyon Tour train for its morning departure. This popular scenic 114 mile day train trip features fantastic views from high trestles, curving around numerous lakes and rugged wilderness terrain is rated one of the top rail journeys in North America. Guests will enjoy lunch we will provide and time to stretch their legs in the Agawa Canyon Park stop where Group of Seven paintings seem to come alive in every direction you look. After enjoying the park’s groomed trails we will return to Sault Ste. Marie by rail to again enjoy the fall colours scenery from our train, After some time to visit the station gift shop back in Sault Ste. Marie we will transfer back to our hotel here for some free time after a full day on the rails and time for guests to wind down the day on their own. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 After again enjoying the inclusive breakfast at our hotel this morning we will continue east to the City of Sudbury and visit some of their largest attractions this afternoon. Here we will learn about some of the area’s mining heritage at the Dynamic Earth tour (where the Big Nickel is located) and the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre. We will also enjoy a locally prepared dinner here before overnighting in downtown Sudbury at our hotel that overlooks the city skyline and the tracks that travel west where we will be heading the following day. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 After breakfast at the hotel we will enjoy the all daylight train trip on VIA Rail’s unique Rail Diesel Car service. This lesser known and equally scenic rail journey from Sudbury, travels the route of the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline through remote and pristine Canadian Shield wilderness (passing Onaping Falls, fur trade river routes; isolated lakes and more) for our guests to enjoy the fall colours on the last operating train of this type in Canada. Arriving in White River, at the same platform where a bear named Winnipeg (Winnie for short) was purchased by Captain Harry Colebourn, we will visit their museum and learn about the origins of this famous bear cub before enjoying supper and overnight here. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 Today will be our final travel day with more great views around the North Shore of Lake Superior and Northwestern Ontario. We also plan to stop to see the stunning Terry Fox Monument that overlooks Thunder Bay & Lake Superior. Our westward journey today will end back in Winnipeg, in the late afternoon, with great memories and lots of pictures to show family and friends. B ook now with Rail Travel Tours on this unique 6-day 5-night package, round trip from Winnipeg for the fall colours around Lake Superior and region. This tour, offered nowhere else, features motor-coach travel, bush plane & boat heritage attractions and both of Ontario’s Superior Region’s scenic passenger day trip rail journeys. We have made arrangements for you to enjoy all the hotel stays, visits to attractions, reserved train tickets during the prime fall season, most meals and more on this memorable tour, with space that is expecting to again go fast. Below is a detailed day by day itinerary with more details. A8 ● WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COMFRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024 ;