Back Roads Bill

Part one this week of an epic Canadian road trip like no other to the Great White North with a look at the rise of Canadianism

This week Bill takes us on a back roads’ winter tour of a northern Ontario log cabin like no other

This week, Bill invites us to go snowshoeing with a primer on a truly winter heritage activity

This week in part two of two stories Bill does a repeat on the Budd car – a train ride through a winter wonderland and more for many different reasons

This week, in part one, of two installments, Bill does a repeat on the Budd car – a train ride through a winter wonderland and more

This week Bill is out and about on the north’s ice roads

This week Bill shows us there are lots of things to do with your dog on the back roads in winter

This week, Bill tells us about John Macfie, a settler who travelled the Hudsons Bay watershed in the 50s and 60s capturing images of life in isolated northern Indigenous communities - and about a travelling exhibit of his photos curated by Paul Seesequasis

This week Bill looks at a different sort of field guide for bird identification on the back roads

To begin 2025 Bill looks at how many small airfields evolved and vanished along Highway 11, a story suggested by a reader