Ontario's Best Twisties: Five Roads to Get Your Lean On
Where to go to get the blood pumping!
By Martin Lortz
Ride The Wild Side In Northwest Ontario
Chasing the Sunset
One gorgeous summer night last July, watching the golden sun sink lower into the deep curves ahead of me on highway 17 just shy of the Manitoba border, it really sunk in just how much space there is out on the wild side of Ontario. It’s just really, really BIG. And that bigness translates into the most glorious feeling of freedom when you hit the road, knowing there’s almost no limit to how long you can ride.
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Northwest Ontario stretches from the north shore of Lake Superior in the east to the Manitoba border in the west; from the Rainy River in the south to Hudson’s Bay in the North. As you’d imagine, the geography changes drastically from place to place. And so many of these places are just a joy to ride.
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