Huh, I’m the opposite of everyone else in this thread. I grew up in Ottawa and have only ever gone east, never been west of Niagara Falls. I’ve driven to Halifax or Cape Breton Island and back maybe 50 times in my life. 14 to 16 hours each way.
I’ve always enjoyed the drives. Every rest stop or gas station along the way has always been full of mostly friendly people. I like to stop in Quebec for Poutine and/or cheese curds at least once per trip.
The scenery is glorious east of Montreal, pretty much the whole way to the coast. The scenery used to be nicer, at the expense of scarier roads 15 years ago. Now they have nice new divided 2-lane highways almost all the way to Cape Breton, so it’s a much easier drive, but less “quaint” (fewer farms passed by / towns passed through).
It’s not a nice drive when it’s snowing. Some areas of highway are very susceptible to snow drifts.
Huh, I’m the opposite of everyone else in this thread. I grew up in Ottawa and have only ever gone east, never been west of Niagara Falls. I’ve driven to Halifax or Cape Breton Island and back maybe 50 times in my life. 14 to 16 hours each way.
I’ve always enjoyed the drives. Every rest stop or gas station along the way has always been full of mostly friendly people. I like to stop in Quebec for Poutine and/or cheese curds at least once per trip.
The scenery is glorious east of Montreal, pretty much the whole way to the coast. The scenery used to be nicer, at the expense of scarier roads 15 years ago. Now they have nice new divided 2-lane highways almost all the way to Cape Breton, so it’s a much easier drive, but less “quaint” (fewer farms passed by / towns passed through).
It’s not a nice drive when it’s snowing. Some areas of highway are very susceptible to snow drifts.
My favourite section might be the cobequid pass.