http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com The drive from Cochrane to Wawa is 280 miles or 450 KM taking a little under 6 hours the way we drive. Only one bear was sited and it was near Chapleau. We had lunch at the hotel there. Today is the observance of the Canada Day Holiday, which was yesterda... http://www.articlealley.com/article_210967_29.html 03rd September 2007 We boarded Polar Princess this morning and have traveled from Moosonee to James Bay and are now returning to visit Moose Factory Island before we return to Moosonee. Our tour of the Island is beginning. Arriving at the dock on the island we walked a sh... http://www.articlealley.com/article_210619_29.html 02nd September 2007 The hospital is on the island causing transportation difficulties during the warmer season. Rachel*, our guide, told us when her mother was pregnant with her older sister during break up a helicopter was also in service. With no lighting for the helicopte... http://www.articlealley.com/article_210309_29.html 02nd September 2007 Today is Canada Day. The 140th birthday of Canada is today and Canada treats it like the Fourth of July in the United States., as well they should. Breakfast was to be available at 6:30. We were down there with the rest of the guests at 7. Because the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_210070_29.html 02nd September 2007 This continues the description of our train ride from Cochrane, Ontario to Moosonee, Ontario. The Polar Bear Express runs during the summer months with a train connecting the two cities during the remainder of the year. Ontario Northern Rail Road is the o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_208865_29.html 29th August 2007 Anxious! Excited! Which? Both! I am a child again! At 5:45 I called the front desk to cancel my 6 am wake up call. The restaurant did not open until 6:30 so we made sure we were ready. Entering the restaurant my wife and I were the only ones there. Wow... http://www.articlealley.com/article_208373_29.html 28th August 2007 Initially I was disappointed. After paying $42 CA, no bears were to be seen. There were several people in the viewing area. The Habitat has two areas separating the one male from the two females. Each of the areas is quite large, big enough for a medium s... http://www.articlealley.com/article_207408_29.html 28th August 2007 This is the eighth in a series of fifteen articles about our journey into North Central Ontario. We arrived in Cochrane, Ontario, yesterday and will visit the Polar Bear Habitat today. Our excitement was building about ridding the Polar Bear Express as we... http://www.articlealley.com/article_200691_29.html 13th August 2007 Anxiously we left the hotel about 9:45 wishing and praying that we might see a moose on the road to Timmons. One waitress at the hotel restaurant told us she had seen moose on the road side but later in the day. Out of town we turned on the road toward Ti... http://www.articlealley.com/article_196902_29.html 03rd August 2007 "Platform # 3" was next and it was a little more substantial. It also had a mound of wood chips at the entrance to the path and a worn walkway around it. We choose the walkway around. Only about 50 feet off the road this stand warned of an electric fence ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195996_29.html 02nd August 2007 After dinner we again headed for the Chapleau Game Preserve. I turned on the side road where our first bear was sited this morning. I did not expect to see any, knowing that they do travel around. No bear was seen. We returned to the main road. Slowin... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195995_29.html 02nd August 2007 We left the hotel around 9 AM, equipped only with a map of the Preserve and directions from the hotel clerk heading toward the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. A sign signaling the entrance to the Preserve was not seen. Seeing a picnic stop we turned into it... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195364_29.html 01st August 2007 One of the things I have had trouble with while driving in Ontario was the distance to a city was given in kilometers. At that same stop we asked other visitors about how to compare the kilometers with miles. Learning that a mile is 1.6KM or on KM is 0.62... http://www.articlealley.com/article_194336_29.html 30th July 2007 Sault Ste. Marie to Wawa second in a series. We left Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at 1130 AM Eastern one morning after eating lunch so we wouldn’t be looking for a place to east in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Crossing the International Bridge we could... http://www.articlealley.com/article_191342_29.html 25th July 2007 This is the first of a fifteen part series on a trip from the United States into the province of Ontario, Canada. Not being fond of large cities, my wife and I opted for the small towns of eastern Ontario. We entered Ontario, Canada, in Sault Ste. Marie. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_190900_29.html 24th July 2007