{"id":7756,"date":"2022-05-09T16:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/?p=7756"},"modified":"2022-05-11T20:38:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T00:38:59","slug":"much-cheese-and-good-eats-on-a-cross-canada-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/index.php\/2022\/05\/09\/much-cheese-and-good-eats-on-a-cross-canada-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Much cheese and good eats on a cross-Canada road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"opening\">\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7761\" src=\"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake-665x471.jpg 665w, https:\/\/cheeselover.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jasper-pyramid-lake-367x260.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>We\u2019re planning a road trip across Canada, from our home near Toronto to the Canadian Rockies and home again. We\u2019ll be on the road for almost two months, covering close to 8,000 km, camping most of the time\u2014and eating well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our primary destination will be the Rockies in all their early fall splendor. We are so looking forward to taking in incredible scenery such as Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park captured above by Scott Kranz @scott_kranz on Instagram.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cheese stops are on the itinerary, and food stops, too. Here\u2019s the beginning of our list:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WESTBOUND<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nickelcitycheese.ca\">Nickel City Cheese &amp; Poutinerie<\/a><\/strong> near Sudbury<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernontario.travel\/algoma-country\/agawa-fishery-and-chip-stand\"><strong>Agawa Fish &amp; Chips<\/strong><\/a> north of Sault Ste Marie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.costasfoods.ca\"><strong>Costa\u2019s Foods<\/strong><\/a> in Terrace Bay for its butcher shop<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefishshop.ca\"><strong>The Fish Shop<\/strong><\/a> for the best smoked fish anywhere<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheesefarm.ca\">Thunder Oak Cheese<\/a><\/strong> for award-winning gouda<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stanleyhillbison.com\">Stanley Hill Bison<\/a><\/strong> for something tasty for the BBQ<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dogtoothlakekenora.com\"><strong>Dogtooth Lake<\/strong><\/a> near Kenora to try our hand at fishing for walleye<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metiscrossing.com\"><strong>M\u00e9tis Crossing<\/strong><\/a> near Edmonton for smoked bison and smoked trout<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakesidedairy.com\"><strong>Lakeside Dairy<\/strong><\/a> north of Edmonton to provision with cheese and beef for our stay in Jasper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">EASTBOUND<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charcut.com\"><strong>Charcut Roast House<\/strong><\/a> in Calgary for a fabulous meat dish<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackfootdiner.ca\">Blackfoot Truckstop Diner<\/a><\/strong> in Calgary for Flapper Pie, a Canadian prairie classic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loafandhoney.com\"><strong>Loaf &amp; Honey<\/strong><\/a> in Winnipeg for monastic cheese, and possibly a chance to make cheese with Dustin Peltier<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feastcafebistro.com\">Feast Caf\u00e9 Bistro<\/a><\/strong> in Winnipeg for bannock pizza and other Indigenous treats<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaebanartisan.com\">Chaeban Artisan<\/a><\/strong> in Winnipeg for cheese and ice cream<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bothwellcheese.com\">Bothwell Cheese<\/a><\/strong> in Winnipeg, in case we don\u2019t have enough cheese for the trip home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a suggestion or recommendation, please leave it in comments below.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning to visit the Rockies, be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelalberta.com\/ca\/\"><strong>Travel Alberta<\/strong><\/a>, an excellent resource for all things Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about our plans and the itinerary at our new website <a href=\"https:\/\/onroadatsea.substack.com\/p\/how-we-plan-to-camp-across-canada?s=r&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">On the Road, Across the Sea on Substack<\/span><\/strong><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">.<\/span><\/strong> Come along for the ride by subscribing to our newsletter on the Substack page. It\u2019s free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>\u2014Georgs Kolesnikovs<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Georgs Kolesnikovs, Cheese-Head-in-Chief at CheeseLover.ca, has never met a cheese he didn\u2019t like . . . well, hardly ever. Follow him on YouTube at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCxpWzju-D6pymBHB5QC8g_w\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><em>Strictly Cheese<\/em><\/strong><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re planning a road trip across Canada, from our home near Toronto to the Canadian Rockies and home again. 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