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The Prairie Stage is the sixth stage of our journey across Canada to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Motorcycle Ride for Dad’s fight against prostate cancer, and to show support for our troops. It begins where the Northern Ontario Stage dropped us off, still deep in the bush at Kenora on the shores of beautiful Lake of the Woods. As we push off to the west, that scenery is about to change and change drastically ! We will emerge from the rocks and forests of Ontario and over the next four days track steadily north west to the top of Alberta. We will hit all of the major cities of the Prairie Provinces any many smaller ones as well. At just halfway through Day #1 we will be at the geographic centre of Canada. Eighteen days and we’re at the middle ! By noon of the first day we’ll be in Winnipeg, we’ll gather and parade into CFB Winnipeg and also meet our Manitoba Chapter. While in Winnipag we’ll get a chance to cruise through Canada’s most famous intersection, Portage & Main. After that it’s due west to Brandon Manitoba for the night. Day two takes us west until we drop south off the Trans-Canada and swing west again overland on Hwy#2 & Hwy #13 to Weyburn Saskatchewan. Angling northwest we arrive In Moose Jaw and the home of the Forces precision flying team, the Snow Birds. We flip back east for a short stint to head into Regina and a visit to the RCMP training school at Depot. We stay overnight in Regina. Day three finds us continuing our Northwest trek, to Saskatoon and a lunch meeting with our Saskatoon Chapter. After which we are northwest again to stop at the Alberta border and an overnight at Lloydminster. Day four, the final day of the Prairie stage starts with a breakfast meeting before we complete our north-west assent arriving in Edmonton, our Tour’s most northernly latitude. We assemble for a parade onto the military base for a ceremony and dinner. We spend the night in Edmonton. That wraps the Prairie Stage of our tour, over 1500 km that has taken us from the forests of Ontario to the edge of foothills of the Rocky Mountains! We stand on the verge of the final and most vertical stage of our tour. The Mountain Stage !
Total Stage Time: 4 days
Total Stage Mileage: 1,714 km.
Accommodation Required: 4 nights
Stage Start: Kenora ON
Stage End: Edmonton Alta
Tolls: none
Events: (2) Parade- (2) Military Ceremony, Assorted dinners and breakfasts.
Day.1 Wednesday August 18th
Wednesday we roll out west on Hwy 17 to the Manitoba border where it changes to Hwy #1.. We now start our north-west assent across the prairies, following Hwy.#1 into Winnipeg. We re-assemble and parade into CFB Winnipeg for a ceremony and lunch We will also have an opportunity to meet with our Manitoba Chapter, then finish the day due west on Hwy.#1 into Brandon Manitoba.
We stay the night in Brandon Manitoba.
Distance Traveled : 408 km
Some of the towns we will pass through, or close to on Day #1:
Keewatin, Clearwater Bay, West Hawk Lake, Falcon Lake, East Braintree, Prawda Hadashville, Ste Anne, Dufresne, Winnipeg, St.Francis Xavier, Portage la Prairie, Douglas, Cottonwoods, Brandon.
If you are out and about, come give us a wave !
Day.2 Thursday August 19th
Thursday we stay west on Hwy.#1 for a short distance then turn straight south on Hwy.#21 to Hwy.#2 and then back west again. We follow Hwy. #2 to Redvers where the highway becomes Hwy.#13. We take Hwy.#13 straight as an arrow west to Weyburn, Saskatchewan where we change highways and direction. We turn northwest on Hwy.#39 and a straight line into Moose Jaw. We may get a chance to visit 15 wing, home of the Snow birds, and some of our other supporters before heading due east into Regina. In Regina we plan for a visit to the RCMP training center at Depot to wind up the day.
We stay the night in Regina Saskatchewan.
Distance Traveled : 523 km
Some of the towns we will pass through, or close to on Day #2:
Griswold, Deleau, Pipestone, Antler, Frys, Wauchope, Carlyle, Pheasant Rump, Forget, Froude,Weyburn, Yellow Grass, Lang, Milestone, Wilcox, Rouleau, Stelcam, Moose Jaw, Belle Plaine. Grand Coulee, Regina.
If you are out and about, come give us a wave !
Day.3 Friday August 20th
Friday we pull out of Regina, north-west on Hwy.#11 in one kick right to Saskatoon on what’s also known as the Louis Riel Trail. We hook up with our Saskatoon Chapter for a lunch and meeting. In the afternoon we are off on Hwy.#16, still northwest , through North Battleford to the Alberta border at Lloydminster.
We stay the night in Lloydminster Saskatchewan.
Distance Traveled : 276 km
Some of the towns we will pass through, or close to on Day #3:
Lumsden, Disley, Bethune, Findlater, Chamberlain, Craik, Girvin, Davidson, Bladworth, Hanley, Dundurn, Saskatoon, Langham, Radisson, Denholm, North Battleford, Highgate, Maidstone, Lashburn, Marshall.
If you are out and about, come give us a wave !
Day.4 Saturday August 21st
Saturday morning we start off with a morning breakfast meeting, then roll out north west on Hwy#16 into Edmonton. We will re-assemble there before a parade into CFB Edmonton for a ceremony & supper.
We stay the night in Edmonton Alberta.
Distance Traveled : 251 km
Some of the towns we will pass through, or close to on Day #4:
Kitscoty, Vermillion, Manville, Minburn, Innisfree, Ranfurly, Vegreville, Mundare, Ardrossan.
If you are out and about, come give us a wave !
This wraps up the Prairie Stage of the Motorcycle Ride for Dad Xth Anniversary Tour. Over the last four days we’ve travelled 1714 km together across the Great Plains and we now prepare to look up, way up to the magnificent Rocky Mountains. Our seventh and final stage, the Mountain Stage will take us over the Rockies and down to the sea. We’ll finish it all off on Vancouver Island.
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