The Great Canadian Towns and Villages Thread

TorontoDrew · #1 Posted **Sep 8, 2021, 4:05 PM**

Tobermory Ontario

Cove Island Lighthouse....from a Chi-Cheemaun point of view by Stickwork-Steve, on Flickr

A Sound of Thunder by Ben Roffelsen Photography, on Flickr

Mermaid Cove Tobermory by Jack Tome, on Flickr

Tobermory,ON by sonicgregu, on Flickr

Tobermory, Ontario by Eric Dewar, on Flickr

Tobermory-18 by Sebastian Petrescu, on Flickr

The Big Tub Lighthouse,Tobermory,ON,Canada by sonicgregu, on Flickr

Tobermory, Ontario by R Adam G, on Flickr

Tobermory by Jeffrey Olarte, on Flickr

Tobermory by Pavel Glibin, on Flickr

Big tub lighthouse - Tobermory by Worrawat Engchuan, on Flickr

Tobermory by Blue Heron Company, on Flickr

ScreamingViking · #2 Posted **Sep 8, 2021, 5:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Tobermory Ontario

It's been a few years, but Tobermory is one of my favourite day trips. I'll often combine that with a drive along the southern shore of Georgian Bay or down the Lake Huron coast as far as Goderich.

O-tacular · #3 Posted **Sep 8, 2021, 5:25 PM**

My hometown:

Drumheller

https://hikebiketravel.com/15-things...eller-alberta/

Fun fact: the assembly instructions for the world's largest T Rex sculpture came in Chinese. They just guessed putting it together.

https://www.nickkembel.com/drumhelle...kids-toddlers/

https://gypsyguide.com/tour/drumheller-badlands/

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...a-new-era.html

http://jeff.rendek.ca/photography/ho..._9_tonemapped/

esquire · #4 Posted **Sep 9, 2021, 2:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by ScreamingViking

It's been a few years, but Tobermory is one of my favourite day trips. I'll often combine that with a drive along the southern shore of Georgian Bay or down the Lake Huron coast as far as Goderich.

I wasn't familiar with Tobermory but it certainly looks pretty. I don't know why they lean so hard into the tacky pirate crap, though.

That said, at 3.5 hours each way from the GTHA, it sure is one long day trip!

ScreamingViking · #5 Posted **Sep 9, 2021, 3:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I wasn't familiar with Tobermory but it certainly looks pretty. I don't know why they lean so hard into the tacky pirate crap, though.

That said, at 3.5 hours each way from the GTHA, it sure is one long day trip!

Definitely have to love driving, and make a whole day of it.

Much of the drive is very scenic once you get north of the larger cities, no matter what route you take. Farms on gently rolling hills, escarpment country, Huron's relatively flat coast or the more rugged one along Georgian Bay where the Niagara Escarpment is close to the shore.

Ironically the least scenic section is the 40 or 50 km closest to Tobermory, which feels more like the thickly wooded parts of northern Ontario than anywhere in southwestern ON... not that it's ugly, just lots of this: https://goo.gl/maps/mXzHHVJVqwK25UpB6

TorontoDrew · #6 Posted **Sep 9, 2021, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I wasn't familiar with Tobermory but it certainly looks pretty. I don't know why they lean so hard into the tacky pirate crap, though.

LOL, I'm going up there for 5 days starting next Saturday so I was looking a pictures because I'm excited. I'n not going to lie, I kind of like tacky tourist stuff so when I saw that restaurant with the very cheap all you can eat Fish N Chips I had to look into it.

The restaurants full name is Shipwreck Lee's Pirate Bistro. We pan on going after a hike one day now. I'm just hoping the water is warm enough to swim in because I plan on bringing my inflatable and floating in the Groto with some beers.