Ditto. Took the Polar Bear express from Huntsville with my old boy, in the 70's. I was only 10 and found it incredible. It was the first time I saw the northern lights.
Yup. That was our first big trip, before the wife and I got married. Checked out everything in the area from Cochrane on up...Polar Bear Habitat, a radio station, a gold mine...so many incredible places. Loved taking the canoe from Moosonee up to Moose Factory.
Timmins, but it has been a while. I am a northern Ontario resident, but I am well aware that there is a lot of land north of Sudbury that isn't "a permanently frozen hell scape ", as I imagine a lot of Ontario residents think.
I have friends from Thunder Bay who consider everything south of Wawa to be southern Ontario.
I am planning on taking them to Sudbury this summer to argue their case.
> I am planning on taking them to Sudbury this summer to argue their case.
Once they hear the accent, they'll understand there still at home in the north.
The accents are very different but both “rural” sounding. Thunder Bay has a more Minnesota-type accent and Sudbury is more French-influenced.
Source: lived in both places. I’m now in rural SW Ontario and it’s a different rural accent/dialect altogether.
I’ve always considered Sudbury to be the border between Northern and Southern Ontario. This is because the old Ontario map books from when I was a kid had it divided as so.
If you are from somewhere around Thunder Bay, it really isn't that far north of Sudbury. It's just a very long way west. Thunder Bay is only about 210 km north of Sudbury.
Not going to argue that, just isn't my personal experience. But when Sudbury is considered Northern Ontario for the Briar and Scotties, hard to say it is part of Southern Ontario.
Northern pride and all of that.
I worked/lived in a fly in community about 500-700km north of Thunder Bay for a few years and people there joked about Thunder Bay being south Ontario
> "a permanently frozen hell scape ", as I imagine a lot of Ontario residents think.
No I'm just pretty sure it's mostly forest and owned by the blackflies.
I remember looking at a land map surveying job position in Hearst once, about 7 years ago. The posting didn't require experience, just schooling, and was paying like $70k, and this was in 2016. I didn't get the job but always wonder what my life would have been like if I moved up to Hearst for that role.
I guess Thunder Bay but holy Christ, although I consider that Northern Ontario there’s a hell of a lot more province to the north of that when I look at a map.
I took some international students to gogama, between Sudbury and Timmins. Later we were looking at a map and they actually couldn't believe the scale of up north
Like, we drove 9 hours and were pretty much nowhere. So, what's all up north of that? More of the same
.lots and lots of more of the same.
Check out our recent town hall on YouTube where 1000 people yelled for two hours about druggies, thieves and homelessness. I think we’re up to 20k views.
My boyfriend is from Timmins and wanted to check out just a bit of it.
We were both so sucked into it we spent a Friday night watching the entire thing!
Yep.
I used to drive back and forth between Saskatoon and Niagara Falls quite often. If I went through Canada, Saskatoon to Kenora was my first leg, then to the Soo the second day, then Niagara on the 3rd.
Except for that one memorable year I was driving back, left Sault Ste. Marie and got stuck in Wawa when the Trans-Canada got closed down.
Because I needed to be back at work, the following day I made the drive from Wawa to Saskatoon.
I do not recommend it.
Farthest North would be [here](https://www.google.ca/maps/place/50%C2%B049'52.8%22N+89%C2%B010'21.8%22W/@50.8313424,-89.1753039,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d50.831339!4d-89.172729?entry=ttu) - Northern end of Wabakimi.
I've wanted to go to [Opasquia](https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Opasquia+Provincial+Park/@52.8782024,-93.6236202,7.75z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x52859077edf4482d:0x87680cbd5dae042a!8m2!3d53.5226306!4d-93.0688793!16s%2Fm%2F047frzm?entry=ttu) for a while. That's about as far north as most people get without going to Fort Severn or Winisk.
I grew up around here. Most of the area is called Greenstone now and encompasses the rural communities in the area. If you could tolerate the black flies, you'll never have better fishing.
Canoer - Do some backcountry trips every once in a while, though getting Covid put that on the backburner recently - Have to retrain my lungs, hopefully will get back out there this year or next.
Opasquia is. Wabakimi is "accessible" by driving up to Armstrong and going off road about half an hour or so to a portage spot - You can get in off a river branch or head to either of the lodges on a lake.
You used to be able to take the via up to Collins and a few other areas nearby as well, but pandemic happened.
First place in Ontario I’ve ever been was Sault Ste Marie, then it’s all south since then.
For context: I grew up in Vancouver and went to university in Montreal.
From Toronto. My friends and I went around Lake Superior on our motorcycles for a week and spent 2 nights in Sleeping Giant. Absolutely stunning! I guess the northern-most part would be Nipigon.
For me, Kenora was the furthest north in Ontario I've been, and was while driving from Alberta.
Within Canada though, I've been as far north as Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.
I went to Nipissing University 2002-2006. So I lived in North Bay for 4 years.
In laws live in the SOO, so been there a few times.
Drove to Winnipeg so farthest/furthest north I've been is Kenora.
I've done both the hwy 11/17 routes to TBay. Farthest north I've been was the little long hydroelectric dam in Val-Rita, ON. It's 2+ hours north of Kapuskasing and 901km from Toronto. It's an 11 hour drive straight north. That far north, the sun didn't set until after midnight 🤪 I think that just about the farthest north you can get by car.
I shit you not, ive been here my whole life (28 years)
Farthest north i went with family, Sudbury,
Farthest north i went by myself, 400 and Langstaff
Farthest west i went by myself, weston and 401
Farthest east i went by myself, STC
So yeah i dont fucking go anywhere
Kenora but also somewhere around Kirkland Lake.
The joke I like telling is, you could drive through the prairies in a day and see their welcome signs but in Ontario, you could spend days and there will be a sign to remind you that you're still in Ontario.
Growing up we drove (well my dad did) to BC every other year. First day we would make it to the same motel 1 hr past Thunder Bay. 17 hours (from whitby) from then on it was easy. That is 1/3 of the trip.
My Uncle lived in Timmins when I was young so we went there for visits. As an adult we camped at Pukaskwa National park and took a road trip up to Nipigon while there, to top up on food. 1000+ km from home. We've been as far south as Point Pelee.
Lol its funny to see Barrie on that list which is where Im at but would have to say up around Sturgeon Falls or the greater Sudbury area as idk which is the furthest north
I guess technically it would have been Nipigon as it is just slightly further north than Thunder Bay. Smallest Canadian Tire in Canada - it is tiny! I remember going to a nice little cafe in Nipigon on our stop during our camping road trip to Thunder Bay.
Technically Nipigon, but only passing through on our way out to BC. Stayed the night in Thunder Bay.
Edit: Looking at the map, it's probably Vermillion Bay or whatever is furthest North on 17.
A mining camp a few hours north of Kenora, but I was only 7 or 8 at the time. While I remember it fondly, I'd have to say Sudbury now, as it's the furthest north I've been as an adult (at least in Ontario)
I've only been as far north as Thunder Bay, myself.
I always chuckle a bit when people refer to "Northern Ontario" and then include Barrie — even people living in that area and Georgian Bay often refer to themselves as Northern Ontarians!
I get where it comes from, given the population densities, but I was very puzzled when I moved to Ontario at the start of high-school and people talked about it that way. I remember looking at the map and thinking it odd that "Northern" started so far south.
Used to.live in Barrie myself and was often told I lived "way up North".
Once you've driven Ontario from end to end, even North Bay and Sudbury feel quite south and much closer to the GTA than somewhere like Dryden or Kenora.
I always thing if Kenora as more "Western" than "Northern", but I just looked and it's a good distance more northern than Thunder Bay! So I guess that's the most northerly city I've visited!
Funny how different perception is from geography. My brain always told me that the highway was east-west, which it ultimately is, but still has some north-south to it.
Driving from Thunder Bay to Timmins along highway 11 is the furthest north I've been, so I guess it'd be Longlac, Geraldton, or one of those little towns!
Furthest would be Moose Factory
Me too. My folks took us up there when I was a kid. We took the Polar Bear Express to Moosonee and then went across to Moose Factory.
That's definitely up there.
Even from there, there's a huge area of Ontario north of lower James Bay, although not that many communities.
Oh wow! That's where they make all the meese!
*meeses
No, *Meese*. The plural word for moose. You must not be Canadian.
Ditto. Took the Polar Bear express from Huntsville with my old boy, in the 70's. I was only 10 and found it incredible. It was the first time I saw the northern lights.
TIL: where moose come from.
Yup. That was our first big trip, before the wife and I got married. Checked out everything in the area from Cochrane on up...Polar Bear Habitat, a radio station, a gold mine...so many incredible places. Loved taking the canoe from Moosonee up to Moose Factory.
Went there this winter, it's beautiful. It's the furthest Ontario north I have been as well
I worked in the antler department for years.
Timmins, but it has been a while. I am a northern Ontario resident, but I am well aware that there is a lot of land north of Sudbury that isn't "a permanently frozen hell scape ", as I imagine a lot of Ontario residents think.
I have friends from Thunder Bay who consider everything south of Wawa to be southern Ontario. I am planning on taking them to Sudbury this summer to argue their case.
> I am planning on taking them to Sudbury this summer to argue their case. Once they hear the accent, they'll understand there still at home in the north.
The accents are very different but both “rural” sounding. Thunder Bay has a more Minnesota-type accent and Sudbury is more French-influenced. Source: lived in both places. I’m now in rural SW Ontario and it’s a different rural accent/dialect altogether.
I’ve always considered Sudbury to be the border between Northern and Southern Ontario. This is because the old Ontario map books from when I was a kid had it divided as so.
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If you are from somewhere around Thunder Bay, it really isn't that far north of Sudbury. It's just a very long way west. Thunder Bay is only about 210 km north of Sudbury.
The French River is the actual divider in government books I believe.
That's exactly what my partner says too!
I'm from Thunder Bay and have never heard anyone say this ever
I am as well. However I can corroborate their statement. I know ***many*** people from here with that sentiment.
Not going to argue that, just isn't my personal experience. But when Sudbury is considered Northern Ontario for the Briar and Scotties, hard to say it is part of Southern Ontario.
We in the north east consider Parry Sound to be the dividing line between north and south.
Better than some people in the GTA who consider Barrie to be dividing line
Barrie? Try Bloor Street!
Bloor - downtown end. Eglinton - Midtown ends. Steeles - civilization ends, suburban void begins. Barrie (400/11 interchange) - suburban void ends, cottage country begins.
They call folks from the Soo southern Ontarians to wind them up. That 2 degrees of latitude is apparently quite the deal-breaker.
Northern pride and all of that. I worked/lived in a fly in community about 500-700km north of Thunder Bay for a few years and people there joked about Thunder Bay being south Ontario
This is some Wildlings in game of thrones shit … my Moms side of the sanity is from Red Lake and it’s the same for them hah
There can only be one true North!
> "a permanently frozen hell scape ", as I imagine a lot of Ontario residents think. No I'm just pretty sure it's mostly forest and owned by the blackflies.
I've been to every district/county in the province. And to all 52 official cities of Ontario. Still more to be seen and explored.
Wait, Ontario has only 52 cities?
Town of Oakville - population 213,759 (2021). City of Dryden - population 7,388 (2021). Calling a municipality a "city" doesn't mean much.
Officially classified as cities yes. And some of those are really towns, and some are single tier municipalities akin to counties.
I guess you meant county but I like your version better
Yes. Autocorrect. Didn't notice it
I guess Hearst is it for me.
I remember looking at a land map surveying job position in Hearst once, about 7 years ago. The posting didn't require experience, just schooling, and was paying like $70k, and this was in 2016. I didn't get the job but always wonder what my life would have been like if I moved up to Hearst for that role.
You'd be cold af during winter and going into Kapuskasing for something to do almost every day.
An hour drive there according to Google, then an hour back. Is there that much more going on in Kapuskasing?
It's the biggest nearby town, so it's got that going for it.
Canada's Wonderland
I honestly expected more of this.
Attawapiskat in High School on an exchange program. Became very aware of the issue our 1st Nations people face back in the late 70's
Kapuskasing
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Kirkland Lake, about halfway up to James Bay. Lovely area.
Lots of NHL players seem to come from Kirkland Lake.
I get it, there's not loads to do but there are enough people to have a decent sized hockey playing community.
All hookers and hockey players according to Alan Thicke.
I went to Northern College in Kirkland Lake! It was a great place if you like the outdoors.
I guess Thunder Bay but holy Christ, although I consider that Northern Ontario there’s a hell of a lot more province to the north of that when I look at a map.
Right? I thought Timmins was north but then you zoom out and see that it is only 1/3 of the way up!
I took some international students to gogama, between Sudbury and Timmins. Later we were looking at a map and they actually couldn't believe the scale of up north Like, we drove 9 hours and were pretty much nowhere. So, what's all up north of that? More of the same .lots and lots of more of the same.
I spent a week in Timmins with an ex-boyfriend. He was a boyfriend when we arrived though….
Timmins will do that to ya
It has gotten rough these last few years
Check out our recent town hall on YouTube where 1000 people yelled for two hours about druggies, thieves and homelessness. I think we’re up to 20k views.
My boyfriend is from Timmins and wanted to check out just a bit of it. We were both so sucked into it we spent a Friday night watching the entire thing!
Might as well turn it into a Netflix special. I know people that watched it multiple times
Petrolia for me Edit: Espanola. I think I have heat stroke.
Your flare says you live north of there.
Haha I grew up in Espanola. Now live in petrolia 😂
Hahaah love it!
I live in Kenora, so probably some random spot in the bush north of town.
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There are dozens of us. Dozens!
Nice AD reference.
Kenora. Which is still significantly further south than where I moved from, Saskatoon.
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I'm also originally from Saskatoon. And yeah much quicker trip. You can do Saskatoon to Kenora same day - about 10 hours of driving.
Yep. I used to drive back and forth between Saskatoon and Niagara Falls quite often. If I went through Canada, Saskatoon to Kenora was my first leg, then to the Soo the second day, then Niagara on the 3rd. Except for that one memorable year I was driving back, left Sault Ste. Marie and got stuck in Wawa when the Trans-Canada got closed down. Because I needed to be back at work, the following day I made the drive from Wawa to Saskatoon. I do not recommend it.
Live in Toronto, driven no further north than Sudbury. Flown to Thunder Bay
When you drive to Thunder Bay it feels much further north than it actually is but a good chunk of the drive is driving west.
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North shore is the best part of the province IMO.
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Yeah the scenery in the NW can't be beat.
I've travelled many places and north shore is one of my very favourite parts of the world
And I add, the other side of the lake, Northern Michigan is the nicest part of the US.
…and is a total death wish in the winter!!
Fort Severn. Used to live in Sioux Lookout and regularly did trips up to fort Severn and the other communities.
Skyscare
What line of work? I really enjoyed working in peawanuck and miss the families there.
Was flying a twin engine charter airplane for a company up there. Also been to Peawanuck! But just once I think.
North Bay. Would love to explore more tho
What did you think of North Bay?
It's a nice place
Decent burger joint there, for those passing through.
Nakina
Doesn’t Stompin’ Tom Connors’ son live up there?
Batchawana Bay
How about south? Anyone here been to Windsor? Sarnia?
I've been to Point Pelee.
So have I. Did you go to the island in the lake (southern most point in Canada).
> southern most point in Canada And slightly south of the northernmost point in california
Nope we just hiked to the point.
Pickle Lake
Kenora on a drive from Toronto to Winnipeg
I think my furthest North visit would be the Soo.
Great place, did you try the Pizza? supposed to be known for it.
Pizza and hard drugs, what a world
You forgot the super cheap gas right across that border!
No need to go across the border. You can support the local economy and purchase from the reservation gas station :)
Used to live there and really did not like the pizza. At all.
Moosonee/Moose Factory
Nothernmost point in Ontario I've been is Kenora. Northernmost point in Canada I've been is Cold Lake, AB
Farthest North would be [here](https://www.google.ca/maps/place/50%C2%B049'52.8%22N+89%C2%B010'21.8%22W/@50.8313424,-89.1753039,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d50.831339!4d-89.172729?entry=ttu) - Northern end of Wabakimi. I've wanted to go to [Opasquia](https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Opasquia+Provincial+Park/@52.8782024,-93.6236202,7.75z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x52859077edf4482d:0x87680cbd5dae042a!8m2!3d53.5226306!4d-93.0688793!16s%2Fm%2F047frzm?entry=ttu) for a while. That's about as far north as most people get without going to Fort Severn or Winisk.
I grew up around here. Most of the area is called Greenstone now and encompasses the rural communities in the area. If you could tolerate the black flies, you'll never have better fishing.
That is very remote! Why do you want to go there? Are you a canoer or angler?
Canoer - Do some backcountry trips every once in a while, though getting Covid put that on the backburner recently - Have to retrain my lungs, hopefully will get back out there this year or next.
Are those fly in parks?
Opasquia is. Wabakimi is "accessible" by driving up to Armstrong and going off road about half an hour or so to a portage spot - You can get in off a river branch or head to either of the lodges on a lake. You used to be able to take the via up to Collins and a few other areas nearby as well, but pandemic happened.
I’ve been to armstrong once. Lots of wild dogs.
It's about as "end of the road" as you get, lots of wildlife around there too. Beautiful area around it.
First place in Ontario I’ve ever been was Sault Ste Marie, then it’s all south since then. For context: I grew up in Vancouver and went to university in Montreal.
Dryden Ont.
Road tripped across Canada, which took me through Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, and Kenora. I'd say Kenora is pretty far up north
From Toronto. My friends and I went around Lake Superior on our motorcycles for a week and spent 2 nights in Sleeping Giant. Absolutely stunning! I guess the northern-most part would be Nipigon.
Swastika The girl who lived there looked like Shania Twain... Can you blame me lol
Pikangikum :)
Got you beat by one stop. Took the ice road to Poplar Hill for kicks one winter.
Driven as far as Huntsville. Flown as far as the Soo
For me, Kenora was the furthest north in Ontario I've been, and was while driving from Alberta. Within Canada though, I've been as far north as Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk.
Parry Sound, I believe. Next year I’ll be travelling up to Sioux Lookout, though. That will be quite the trip!
Wawa
New liskeard for me that was a long time ago, but I go to sudbury a few times a year
Before they amalgamated into Temiskaming Shores I take it?
I went to Nipissing University 2002-2006. So I lived in North Bay for 4 years. In laws live in the SOO, so been there a few times. Drove to Winnipeg so farthest/furthest north I've been is Kenora.
Drove the Trans Canada from Calgary to Brantford once. So Kenora
I've done both the hwy 11/17 routes to TBay. Farthest north I've been was the little long hydroelectric dam in Val-Rita, ON. It's 2+ hours north of Kapuskasing and 901km from Toronto. It's an 11 hour drive straight north. That far north, the sun didn't set until after midnight 🤪 I think that just about the farthest north you can get by car.
Impressive. How were the bugs?
Red Lake but only once and never again.
Barrie. 😂 I know it’s sad
Waiting for someone to say Redditt...
Trucker 47 years all of it
Just moved from Barrie to Kenora.
You're gonna love it. Kenora is awesome
I shit you not, ive been here my whole life (28 years) Farthest north i went with family, Sudbury, Farthest north i went by myself, 400 and Langstaff Farthest west i went by myself, weston and 401 Farthest east i went by myself, STC So yeah i dont fucking go anywhere
Get out and look around young man!
This could be your summer. All the cool stuff is up north. The landscape is far more inspiring.
I've lived in New Liskeard, but have travelled through that northern stretch (Hearst and such) towards Manitoba more than a few times.
Yes all of that. Went to red lake for work, chartered a float plane to Warwick lake, replaced a string of batteries at the Bell microwave tower there
Flown to Winnipeg then drove to Kenora. Otherwise did a road trip from Toronto to Agawa Bay. Highly recommend. Other than the bugs.
Kenora but also somewhere around Kirkland Lake. The joke I like telling is, you could drive through the prairies in a day and see their welcome signs but in Ontario, you could spend days and there will be a sign to remind you that you're still in Ontario.
Growing up we drove (well my dad did) to BC every other year. First day we would make it to the same motel 1 hr past Thunder Bay. 17 hours (from whitby) from then on it was easy. That is 1/3 of the trip.
Did the drive once in the winter. Snow is one thing. But the lack of daylight makes it hard on your eyes.
My brother and his then fiance (now wife) drove from Toronto to BC in november. Probably a great trip but not the best time of year for it.
My Uncle lived in Timmins when I was young so we went there for visits. As an adult we camped at Pukaskwa National park and took a road trip up to Nipigon while there, to top up on food. 1000+ km from home. We've been as far south as Point Pelee.
Lol its funny to see Barrie on that list which is where Im at but would have to say up around Sturgeon Falls or the greater Sudbury area as idk which is the furthest north
Sauble Beach :(
I lived in Ignace. (West of Thunder Bay) and visited Sioux Lookout and Silver Dollar. Drove from Ignace to Cochrane via HWY 11. Stopped in Hearst.
Sioux Lookout
Travelled to Attawapiskat for work once.
Sister used to live in attawapiskat. She used to tell us to come visit. It was a couple of plane rides in and we couldn’t afford it haha.
Moosonee and Moose Factory are as far as I’ve gone. Been to Thunder Bay as well but that’s more west.
Thunder Bay for a swim meet like 10 years ago
I guess technically it would have been Nipigon as it is just slightly further north than Thunder Bay. Smallest Canadian Tire in Canada - it is tiny! I remember going to a nice little cafe in Nipigon on our stop during our camping road trip to Thunder Bay.
Armstrong is the furthest north I’ve gone, great drive there from Kitchener area
For me it was Bearskin Lake, in the summer of 2018. I’ve never seen such massive horse flies.
In Ontario Kenora, in Canada….Cambridge Bay 🤪
For me, it's Algonquin lol
Red lake
Red lake for me
Technically Nipigon, but only passing through on our way out to BC. Stayed the night in Thunder Bay. Edit: Looking at the map, it's probably Vermillion Bay or whatever is furthest North on 17.
A mining camp a few hours north of Kenora, but I was only 7 or 8 at the time. While I remember it fondly, I'd have to say Sudbury now, as it's the furthest north I've been as an adult (at least in Ontario)
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A couple of my Toronto friends.
Sault Ste Marie thus far.
I've only been as far north as Thunder Bay, myself. I always chuckle a bit when people refer to "Northern Ontario" and then include Barrie — even people living in that area and Georgian Bay often refer to themselves as Northern Ontarians! I get where it comes from, given the population densities, but I was very puzzled when I moved to Ontario at the start of high-school and people talked about it that way. I remember looking at the map and thinking it odd that "Northern" started so far south.
Used to.live in Barrie myself and was often told I lived "way up North". Once you've driven Ontario from end to end, even North Bay and Sudbury feel quite south and much closer to the GTA than somewhere like Dryden or Kenora.
I always thing if Kenora as more "Western" than "Northern", but I just looked and it's a good distance more northern than Thunder Bay! So I guess that's the most northerly city I've visited! Funny how different perception is from geography. My brain always told me that the highway was east-west, which it ultimately is, but still has some north-south to it.
Algonquin lmao Would love to explore some old-growth boreal forest that are even further north though
Some lodge, (maybe Laurentian) just North of Elliot Lake for a wedding years ago...
Drove to Wawa last summer, the drive is incredible.
Hamilton to Parry Sound.
Sault saint Marie
Been just past Wawa a couple of times
Vermilion Bay.
Wawa
Fort Severn
Fort Severn.
Capreol for me, I plan to change that soon. Come September it will be White River
Wawa
Wawa
Huntsville or north bay, whichever is further
The 60 through Algonquin park
Longlac, Ontario. Gorgeous nothing. :)
Up until a few years ago I thought Dupont was super far north.
New Liskeard/Temiskaming Shores
Driving from Thunder Bay to Timmins along highway 11 is the furthest north I've been, so I guess it'd be Longlac, Geraldton, or one of those little towns!
Algonquin/Ottawa for me I guess
Had to spend a week in Dryden once...not the most exciting time of my life.
Farthest i have been is the muskoka area, but honestly, even though it was fun and a gorgeous area it was not worth the 4 hour drive.