Highway Help
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- Gas Tips
Website: www.gastips.com
Here’s help when gas stations raise the rates just as you’re heading to the cottage. GasTips.com’s price
spotters will let you know which outlets won’t gouge your gas gauge on the way to the lake.
- MapQuest
Website: www.mapquest.ca/maps
Need to give your weekend guests directions to the cottage? Send them to MapQuest. From here, they can type
in their starting point and your cottage’s address and get a map and written instructions.
- Ministry of Transportation
Website: www.mto.gov.on.ca
Cruise this site before you hit the road to view the Compass traffic cameras and read highway construction
reports.
- Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs
Website: www.ofsc.on.ca
Check out updated trail conditions, find links to local clubs, and read up on snowmobile safety. Includes
illustrations of officially recognized hand signals.
- www.400eleven.com
Website: www.400eleven.com
This site lists attractions along Ontario’s major north-south route. Includes up-to-date information about
news and events in areas adjacent to the highway, road reports, and even a listing of nearby beer stores and
their hours (handy for your cottage guests).
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