Backroads of Ontario

By Ron Brown

Explore Ontario's historic roads, each with unexpected side trips and a fascinating story.

In his relentless quest for the unusual in a world of the mundane, modern-day explorer Ron Brown has traveled nearly every backroad in Ontario. This guidebook features 22 trips, each illustrated with photographs and accompanied by an easy-to-follow map.

These trips range in length from afternoon outings to weekend excursions. And all lead to fascinating out-of-the-way places within easy driving distance of major cities in Ontario.

Backroads of Ontario features:

• Ghost towns
• Charming villages
• Century-old mills and farmhouses
• Architectural curiosities
• Prime picnic spots
• An amethyst mine, and more.

This completely revised and updated edition mixes new information with the old, including new attractions and new information on existing attractions as well as the most current routes and directions. It reveals an Ontario many of us scarcely know exists.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781770853928

Ron Brown

Ron Brown, a geographer and travel writer, has authored more than twenty books, including Canada’s World Wonders and The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada and a current member of the East York Historical Society, he gives lectures and conducts tours along Ontario’s back roads. Ron lives in Toronto.