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BACK ROADS BILL: Solitude – remoteness and reasons why

BACK ROADS BILL: Solitude – remoteness and reasons why

This week Bill has started thinking about an early spring and where to go next
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Back Roads Bill: Labyrinth revisited in winter wonderland

Back Roads Bill: Labyrinth revisited in winter wonderland

This week Bill leads us through a different winter experience and one he created through a process with others
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Back Roads Bill: What's in a location? (Part Two)

Back Roads Bill: What's in a location? (Part Two)

This week, in part two, Bill extends our locational abilities on the back roads. He has taught these map, compass and GPS skills to the police, Canadian military attachés, SAR agencies and the ‘Man Tracker’ staff
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Back Roads Bill: What's in a location?

Back Roads Bill: What's in a location?

During the next two weeks Bill gives us a navigation primer needed for the back roads. He teaches all of this in his spare time
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Back Roads Bill: Stamping around looking for a postcard

Back Roads Bill: Stamping around looking for a postcard

This week, Back Roads Bill looks for the perfect postcard to send to Donald Sutherland with the new Sutherland stamp on it
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Back Roads Bill: On a coalition trail to Thunderhouse Falls

Back Roads Bill: On a coalition trail to Thunderhouse Falls

Bill starts the year with a snowshoe to one of the most magnificent waterfalls in northern Ontario
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Back Roads Bill: Stories that mattered in 2023

Back Roads Bill: Stories that mattered in 2023

This week Bill looks back at some stories that needed to be updated and other favourites
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Back Roads Bill: Ice formations to look for as winter starts

Back Roads Bill: Ice formations to look for as winter starts

This week Bill has us looking for some winter-ice formations, he recently saw ice stars on the Mattawa River
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Back Roads Bill: Prospecting all stars and their caves

Back Roads Bill: Prospecting all stars and their caves

This week Bill returns to the back roads in search of prospectors’ caves
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Back Roads Bill: Fires and Northern Ontario heritage

Back Roads Bill: Fires and Northern Ontario heritage

This week, Bill takes us on the back roads of history, showing us how fires have shaped Northeastern Ontario
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