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Back Roads Bill

Double the experience by day or overnight

Double the experience by day or overnight

This week, Back Roads Bill provides a detailed look at a combination paddle and hiking opportunity to a spectacular vist
Back roads monuments to a tragic fire and railway accident

Back roads monuments to a tragic fire and railway accident

This week Back Roads Bill takes us to two poignant memorials on the back roads
Vikings, aliens, geology? A mystery with several possible explanations

Vikings, aliens, geology? A mystery with several possible explanations

This week Back Roads Bill wonders about these dolmen stones; if you know of any he would like to know
Travelogue - the easier version (11 photos)

Travelogue - the easier version (11 photos)

This week Back Roads Bill reminds us of easy road trips we can take this summer to wonderful northeastern Ontario destinations.
What are the back roads, anyway? The joys of logging roads

What are the back roads, anyway? The joys of logging roads

This week Back Roads Bill writes a thankful story and takes us through a primer of who is responsible for logging roads and why they are so important
How far can you drive in Northern Ontario? Road trip time

How far can you drive in Northern Ontario? Road trip time

Back Roads Bill recently completed this marathon dash to the most northern point one can reach by road in Northern Ontario
Visit and learn about residential schools because there can be no reconcilliation without truth

Visit and learn about residential schools because there can be no reconcilliation without truth

This story centres on previous interviews with an author who wrote a compelling book on one of the Indian residential schools, as they were called, along with thoughts from other Indigenous community leaders and a residential school survivor
The hermit of Whitewater Lake

The hermit of Whitewater Lake

Back Roads Bill recently visited the Beckwith site as his first wilderness out trip according to COVID protocol allowances
Pictograph colours - how the marks were made and why they last so long

Pictograph colours - how the marks were made and why they last so long

This week, Back Roads Bill looks at how area rock paintings were probably created
Three must-do things in Ontario Parks (7 photos)

Three must-do things in Ontario Parks (7 photos)

Gearing up and heading out to some outstanding places on the Back Roads with Bill