Calling All Canadians!!

[JeepJunkee]

Hey guy's This has nuthing to do with Travel areas but we Canadians have to stick together here being surrounded by all these Americans. (no offense) Come on guys lets get this section of the BB rolling. I'm sure everyone has a place they like to Wheel. Come on share!! Tell us where you Wheel :D :D

[JeepJunkee]

!!COME ON GUYS!! I know your out there :eek:

[AnF_Jeep]

Sneaky little canadian plotting a mass attack eh? Any favourite battle plans yet? *Noice the u in there* I'm on your side :D

[JeepJunkee]

From what I can see Canadians are not as patriotic as I have heard. :rolleyes:

[AnF_Jeep]

Most of them probably don't even know that this board exists since qtec put it at the very bottom of the forum lists.....maybe it's a plot against us! :D

[JeepJunkee]

Yes, Q-Tek knows that if they gave us Canadians a chance we would take over!! :D

[AnF_Jeep]

Why does the banned "I am Canadian" Molson commerical keep popping back into my mind :D

[luv-4wheeling]

Only been to Canada once, up around Sue Saint Marie not sure exact spelling. Anyway I believe from all the out door programs you have a very beautiful country. would give my left you know what to get up there around and north of glacier or in your country Banif Park just to site see in my YJ//////// Maybe after my college kids get out of school. smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif smile.gif

[JeepJunkee]

Ya, I have to admit Canada is a nice country. :D

[smash0gre]

**sssshh** i'm deep deep deep under cover down here...

[Anne]

Where in Canada are you from? I'm just 2 hrs north of Toronto, and I just ride the trails in the bush, which is pretty cool, because we have a lot of trails to ride near Georgian Bay.

[AnF_Jeep]

Finally the Canadian Forces are beinging to assemble.... :D

[JeepJunkee]

I'm from Hamilton Ontario. 45 mins from Toronto.

[Kerri 2001TJ]

I'm from Windsor about 4 hours away from Toronto. Right across from Detroit Michigan.

[ZEEP101]

HEY THERE My following Canadians!!!!

Yes it is very beautiful up here, compared to down there<pointing to the states>lol JUST kidding.

Waving to everyone that's from Canada!!!! :eek: smile.gif :cool: :rolleyes:
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2001 Silverstone Sport 4.0L
Starting my changes, slowly. Putting in new stereo system in the next week.

[AnF_Jeep]

Here's waving back at ya http://www.quadratec.com/ubb/icons/icon71.gif

[CdnJeepGirl]

Hi http://www.quadratec.com/ubb/icons/icon71.gif

[AnF_Jeep]

Thanks for stopping by smile.gif

[skymutt]

Ok....here I am reading the Canadian posts and wondering when one of you are going to talk about places to wheel in Canada. I am north of Montreal for the next few months and would love to hook up with a few folks to whell with. I don't know the rules for off-roading in Canada and I refuse to hit the trail alone.

So, now you got a Texan putting the challenge to you..."Where the hell you boys wheel at!"? :cool:

By the way, "boys" is a non-gender specific Texas term! ;)

skymutt1@charter.net

[Kerri 2001TJ]

Well in Windsor there isn't anywhere. There use to be but know they put up fences and cement blocks and the police patrol it. So it's pretty boring here. We all use to go to the states and screw around there. At that time I was just a passenger. Now I have my own. So who wants to go?????

[Chris S]

Hello from Vernon, BC.

Too much wheeling to do it all in one lifetime around here.

http://ok4x4.ca/past02/july14snow2.jpg

[jodi33]

Woohoo, someone else from British Columbia!! Lots of great trails in the kootenays!!

[marcello]

I am Canadian too but quite far, I am over in the east-coast... New-Brunswick!!!!

[AnF_Jeep]

Originally posted by Kerri 2001TJ:
Well in Windsor there isn't anywhere. Hmm, I have an answer to that... few months later but better late then never :D

There's a place in Michigan called the Mounds (located in Mt. Morris). If you check out Michigan Jeepers (http://www.michiganjeepers.com) they usually have a run going every week or so. So maybe I'll see you up there, if not maybe in a Windsor bar :D :D

[hondaforeman]

Just east of kingston ontario here!!!!!!

Matty

[95jeepyj]

I am from Windsor Ontario, I am a member of the Windsor Jeep Club. http://thewindsorjeepclub.netfirms.com/
Check out my site for more info about my Jeep at: http://home.cogeco.ca/~jeepjunk/
The mounds in Michigan is the best place around Windsor to offroad.

Justin

[4plugz]

Almost all of Northwestern Ontario is a great place to wheel. Just pick a dirt road off of the highway, or a powerline, or hook up with someone local who might know some special areas.

I wouldn't exactly call the area pristine, but the words forsaken, forbidding, and tractless come to mind as ways to describe it.

Hint: When driving along the highway, if you see a sideroad with no sign, or mailbox... it's probably a great place to go.

[JeepJunkee]

I have tried that method before. My mom kinda got mad a bit when me and my dad were supposed to be home for dinner, well we did get home and did have dinner, COME ON we were only 2 hours late and it was for a good reason (turned out we drove 45mins down a 1 way road, lol)

[bbupd]

Well its nice to see some other Canadians...

I've only been waiting 2 years for a thread like this to get lively besides my own padded posts :rolleyes:

[JeepJunkee]

Ya i would really liek this part of the bb to liven up a bit. I am sure we hav at lesat 20 canadians on the board. Maybe they are just shy :D

[bbupd]

Originally posted by JeepJunkee:
Ya i would really liek this part of the bb to liven up a bit. I am sure we hav at lesat 20 canadians on the board. Maybe they are just shy :D Are you sure its that many.. I think its just some of the other US members feeling left out and wanting to participate in this lively section :D

Hey are you on the JK (or JJ before it died) board as well?

[JeepJunkee]

No i am not on the JK board, whats the address, and i checked JeepJunkies.ca out a few times but then it disapeared :(

[bbupd]

Originally posted by JeepJunkee:
No i am not on the JK board, whats the address, and i checked JeepJunkies.ca out a few times but then it disapeared :( tried emailing you but never saw a response... the jeepjunkies site dropped off the face of existance but the same crew is on jeepkings.ca ....

[Kool]

Thunder Bay ,Ontario,and 4plugz is right,any place in N.W.ontario is a good place to 4x4.

[Kool]

4plugz-where you from? smile.gif

[4plugz]

Originally posted by Kool:
4plugz-where you from? smile.gif Same place as you... Black 4banger YJ with 8274 on the front, and triangular Canadian flag on a 6 foot whip on the back.

[bbupd]

Nice area out that way guys.. also good to see some more canadians on here...

I was out in Atikokan for a stretch about 15 yrs ago.. nice area.. Used to swim in Nym Lake every summer.. that and Turtle Lake.... Wouldnt mind being back that way but I dunno.. TBay is supposed to be the highest stolen car rate in canada... whats that make you think of as far as the jeeps? :D

[4plugz]

The theft rate is news to me, but it could be true. I run soft top in the winter, and bikini all summer, never lock the doors and my jeep is always there. The kids in the neighbourhood tend to empty the contents of the vehicle (stereo, change, cd's, etc) but leave the vehicle itself.

Personally, I love NWOntario, and T-Bay is like a really big small town with good shopping (2 CT stores) smile.gif

Atikokan?? You a miner?

[bbupd]

Originally posted by 4plugz:
Atikokan?? You a miner? No sirree... dad worked for Ont. Hydro up there until he got transferred (and us along with him) to Kapuskasing (near Timmins for those who dont know where it is) in `87 or so...

But we did hit Steep Rock alot for swimming and such.. My aunt lives in TBay still ... although I am not sure what last name she goes by.. She's still just "Aunt Joanne" to me but her and my uncle split and I never remember her maiden name... She's got a place up there with a friend of hers named Sherri Frenette...

[4plugz]

Man.... first Atikokan, then Kap... You're more of a northerner than I am.

The name you listed is unfamiliar to me, so the odds are good that I don't know you're aunt, but depending on your age, we may know some of the same people because I know some folks from Atichokan, and the wife is from Fort Frances.

That's neat... small world huh?

[bbupd]

Originally posted by 4plugz:
Man.... first Atikokan, then Kap... You're more of a northerner than I am.

The name you listed is unfamiliar to me, so the odds are good that I don't know you're aunt, but depending on your age, we may know some of the same people because I know some folks from Atichokan, and the wife is from Fort Frances.

That's neat... small world huh? Small world indeed... Got a number of people we've met over the years from out your way... Sherri is from FF.. knows my fiancee's step mom Jan Easter also from FF... a guy down the road went to school in Atikokan a year or so behind me .... The north is definitely nice. Much better than being down here in the Rust Belt. Now if only I could find a good paying job I'd be back up that way.... (At least during August, when the black flies and `squito's are minimal..read: less than 1500/sqft) :rolleyes:

[4plugz]

Probably some connections somewhere.

As to the bugs, they're much worse this year than I've ever seen them. Went out wheeling a couple weeks back, and the Jeep filled up with them every time I stopped. Not so many mosquitos, but blackflies galore.

You ain't missing much at the moment, but if this weather keeps up, the fall is going to be awesome.

Out of curiosity, does the mud down there compare to "loon sh1t"?

[bbupd]

Originally posted by 4plugz:
Out of curiosity, does the mud down there compare to "loon sh1t"? Well I can tell you this.. with all the pollution, the stagnant water sure smells like it...

To be honest, I can't remember much of the Atikokan-TBay run... is it a lot of rock? I know the lakes are horrible for submerged treestumps and shallow rock areas.... not nice for outboards with expensive props....

Really, there are some good trails down here but I am thinkin Sudbury is where its at...

[4plugz]

I was thinking of the muskeg aka loon poop, but yes, the lakes are indeed brutal for everything.

The run between T-Bay, and Attikokan is typical Canadian Shield.... rock covered in trees, with bottomless muskeg bogs. With the looonnngg history of logging, so the entire area is a crosshatch of logging/mining roads. Most of the good areas are easily accessible, and are open to anyone (still).

I love it here.... I feel at home here.

[bbupd]

Originally posted by 4plugz:
I was thinking of the muskeg aka loon poop, but yes, the lakes are indeed brutal for everything.ahh nothing like the good old bogs .... the one downside of driving across a field.. and having it swallow up your vehicle... its tough to put in an insurance claim :D


I love it here.... I feel at home here. i hear ya.. i miss it terribly... if i could find reasonable work, i'd move back..

[4plugz]

Insurance companies don't seem to like paying out claims on buried vehicles. lol

As to the work situation, with the forestry industry taking the beating that it is, there are a lot of us who may have to leave "home" just to support our families. It's kinda like Atikokan when the mine closed, but the trees are still here so we're keeping the faith (people need houses).

Besides, this is like an extended holiday that I otherwise wouldn't have the seniority to get :D

[bbupd]

Originally posted by 4plugz:
As to the work situation, with the forestry industry taking the beating that it is, there are a lot of us who may have to leave "home" just to support our families. It's kinda like Atikokan when the mine closed, but the trees are still here so we're keeping the faith (people need houses).
Well .. just back from a vacation/drive to TN and let me tell you... I am definitely wishing there was more work in the southern US... some beautiful country down there.. but everywhere seems to be feeling the same stretch that you are out in Tbay... gotta wonder if we're headed for a depression again :eek:

[4plugz]

I agree with the beautiful scenery dude. I rode my bike down to Arizona about 8-9 years ago, and it was a breathtaking experience. Just the changes in the landscape were enough to keep my head turning side to side.

As to economics, it seems that all of North America is in the grip of a major recession, with no end in sight.

Glad you had fun on your trip.

[mike5721947]

i live in surrey bc canada and my faverite place to 4x4 is knox mountain in kalowna bc canada they shutdown the front side way to cars so u have to walk all the way up but we found a back way up u have to go up at 12 at night so u dont get caught there is a fine if u do get caught u have to have a jeep with at least a 3 in lift kit and even with that on my friends jeep he was scraping the undercarage on the ground at the start u g up a dirt road going to some orcherds for about a minute then the fun starts there is a pile of dirt that u have to climb to set yourself up to get up the first part of the trail it is a bump about 2 feet high that u have to go up then right after that u have to hit another bump about a foot high then u climb the rest of the way up very easy if you stick to the trail whitch we dont really like to do!but when u get to the top it is well wirth the drive u see all of kalowna from the top i way able to get some paneramic pics from the top i am sorry i cant give pics dont have a scanner

[Vicki]

Well, I'm not going fourwheeling, but I will be going to Canada next month for two days.

Anyone in the Val D'Or, Quebec area?

BTW, I married a Canadian, and I'm American, God help our kids!!! j/k

[bbupd]

Originally posted by Vicki:
Anyone in the Val D'Or, Quebec area?
Have a safe trip, Vicki... I'm about half way there, not close to Val D`Or itself... I believe there are some eastern ontario clubs though...

[murfgirl]

Originally posted by 4plugz:

Hint: When driving along the highway, if you see a sideroad with no sign, or mailbox... it's probably a great place to go. LOL
It is nice to see I am not the only one with the almost uncontrollable urge to veer off the side of the road and go exploring when I see something like that!
The only thing that stops me is that I am usually alone :(

[4plugz]

That's actually how we find our trails... If one of us happens to be driving along, and sees something, and we have the time, we drive it until it either looks like a long road, or until it gets interesting... then we return en masse to explore. Find lots of interesting stuff that way.

[rubibotkin]

hey hey everybody!!!!looks like im the only one here that can connect everybody from east to west since im pretty much right in the middle in good old "flatter than my ex girlfriend" ;) saskachewan

[rubibotkin]

i like tourin down back roads to!! but i never go back for reinforcements :s i got none!! :( so i push onward, and being i have limeted offroad experince i find myself a little stuck more often then not

[rubibotkin]

Originally posted by JeepJunkee:
Hey guy's This has nuthing to do with Travel areas but we Canadians have to stick together here being surrounded by all these Americans. (no offense) Come on guys lets get this section of the BB rolling. I'm sure everyone has a place they like to Wheel. Come on share!! Tell us where you Wheel :D :D hey man if ya want it rollin then lets get rollen, i feel like im invisible on quad, nody has even acknoledged any of my posts, and they be repeatin me, us canucks aint gettin respect here (well least not me) so lets get some canadain shizzo goin!!!!

[4plugz]

I don't know if you could tell, but this section doesn't get used much. People usually stick a couple of posts in, then either leave, or use the more common off-topic, and tech forums.

I check it now and again just out of curiosity.

Sorry to hear about your problems with Jeepkings... perhaps you could try http://www.universityofjeep.com it is a board located in southern Ontario (like Jeepkings), and many people post on both.

BTW, jeep wave from Thunder Bay!

[Rubiconvict]

Hello from 'The Rock'!!! Also known as the province of Newfoundland & Labrador.

Naturally we have an endless supply of what rock crawler's live for, out here...

http://www.nova4x4.com/uploads/042904/generalridgesquare.jpg

http://www.nova4x4.com/html/trails/apr182004/full_size/april18thwheelin09.jpg

[drtygrl]

Hi jodi33

I'll be around Trail in July, from Calgary, pa lives in Rossland, sold Jeeps there from '59 to 90something, any Jeeper in that area knows him.

If you ever head to Calgary check out the local forum 4wheeler.ca for trail rides and other events

If you see this in Trail in July wave smile.gif


http://www.4wheeler.ca/uploads/post-36-1083870392.jpg

[Cutch]

I see this area doesn't get used much...heck I haven't posted on this board in a long time but here goes.

I'm from Thunder Bay, Ontario....maybe the other guys from TBay will post again.

I've got a 88YJ with a CJ front clip on it....the Yeep is olive green....has Dana 44's front and rear and I run 35 inch tires and other stuff.

Picked up 93 Cherokee a couple of months ago...I may mod that up too but undecided...have to finish off the Garage first.

Got 3 Golden Retrievers named Moab, Utah & Tucson.

88 JY
93 XJ

[Idiot Magnet]

Hello fellow Canadians!

I'm originally from Windsor, Ontario, but I reside in Indiana now. I know just how friendly Canadians are and when we played in a softball tournament up in Barrie over the labour day weekend the Americans I went up there with couldn't get over the hospitality and how friendly everyone was.

I never had a chance to do much 4 wheelin when I lived there, but I hope to when I get back for visits to see family and friends.

Have a few cold ones for me.

[coyotebc]

Live about 65 miles um sorry 110 km's east of Vancouver. You want mud it's here, you want rock's there here. You want to get eaten alive by mosquito's damn that's here to

[Jeepescu]

Montreal here.
FYI there are more Canadians on RAMJW.