Chippewa Falls / Chutes de Chippewa

In 1925, Dr. Perry Doolittle became the first Canadian to cross Canada by car, driving 800 km of the journey on railway wheels fitted to his car where there was no road, and he spent his life promoting a highway spanning Canada, later earning recognition as the spiritual father of the Trans-Canada Highway. Along the North Shore of Lake Superior, this stretch of the Trans-Canada is considered among the most scenic in the country, but the area around the halfway point was also one of the hardest and last sections to build because of rugged topography and very hard granite rock. In the early 1950's, work on this section known as the Gap stalled until four men from Wawa walked the route and met officials at Sault Ste. Marie to draw attention to their community's desperate need for the road. The highway was officially opened near Wawa in 1960.

Ontario · Canada