Re: NOT indicative of American attitudes
Halifax, St. John, Quebec City, not bad places but certainly not "less-traveled parts of Canada"; the route from La Toque to Thunder Bay would be the worst on this trip as that truly is the middle of nowhere and traveled almost exclusively by long-haul truckers.
The remainder of the route is really the most expedient to get from TB to Vancouver (including dropping down in the East Kootenay to the U.S. and taking less windy route...
(full disclosure: despite - or because of the name for those of you who remember Not Brand Ech - I have lived across both countries and traveled same so I know of which I speak)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
