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PLANNING YOUR TRIP
GETTING TO SUNSET COUNTRY
Sunset Country encompasses the Northwest corner of the Province of Ontario,
Canada and is directly north of the State of Minnesota. Beginning at the
Manitoba border which is a short 1.5 hour drive from Winnipeg, MB, the travel
region extends east to Thunder Bay and covers everything north of the Cana-
da/US border.
TRAVEL AGENTS
PRELUDE TRAVEL INC.
PH: 800-561-8907
426 2nd St. S., Kenora
[email protected]
www.preludetravel.ca
By vehicle you are less than a day’s drive from the US Midwest or from the
western provinces. If you fly into Thunder Bay or Winnipeg from anywhere in
Canada or the U.S. in the morning, you can be out on the lake that evening.
We’re closer than you think!
Once you’re in Sunset Country, please remember that all speed limits are post-
ed in kilometres. Drive carefully along our paved roads and have your camera
handy, you never know what kind of wildlife you may see along the road.
Prelude Travel offers a full range of travel services. We pride ourselves on
customer service and we work hard to provide our valued clients with the
best option.
25 mph=40 km/hr | 31 mph=50 km/hr
55 mph=90 km/hr | 62 mph=100 km/hr
DISTANCE TO SUNSET COUNTRY BORDERS
CITY MILES KILOMETRES CITY MILES KILOMETRES
Chicago, IL 628 miles 1010 km Milwaukee, WI 555 miles 890 km
Cincinnati, OH 931 miles 1499 km Minneapolis, MN 290 miles 466 km
672 miles 1081 km
Columbus, OH 988 miles 1590 km Omaha, NE Des Moines, IA 533 miles 858 km St. Louis, MO 841 miles 1351 km
Detroit, MI 915 miles 1472 km Winnipeg, MB 85 miles 136 km
Duluth, MN 160 miles 258 km Calgary, AB 902 miles 1461 km
Fargo, ND 246 miles 395 km Edmonton, AB 928 miles 1503 km
Kansas City, KS 731 miles 1176 km Toronto, ON 869 miles 1400 km
For a list of distances between the communities in Sunset Country, please refer to the back of the map.
Photo: Kevin Palmer
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