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Trevor Redmond walked from Stanley Park, BC to the east coast of Canada and back, between 2006 and 2007, for cancer prevention, research and awareness. He covered 11,421 kilometers. [13] [14] In 2009, he completed a 14,632 kilometer [15] bicycle ride across Canada and Back over a 3-month period.
Canada covers 9,984,670 km 2 (3,855,100 sq mi) and a panoply of various geoclimatic regions, of which there are seven main regions. [9] Canada also encompasses vast maritime terrain, with the world's longest coastline of 243,042 kilometres (151,019 mi). [20] The physical geography of Canada is widely varied.
Since 2018, Quebec has been working on upgrading the 40-kilometre-long (25 mi) two-lane section of Trans-Canada Highway along Route 185 to an Autoroute, with 21.5 km (13.4 mi) of new freeway commissioned during 2021–22, another 10 km in 2024 and the remaining 8.5 km (5.3 mi) of freeway under construction, with final completion targeted for 2026.
Walter Muma (born 5 August 1956) is a Canadian man who is on record for completing a 3-month 11,500-mile (18,660 km) journey across Canada and Alaska by moped.The journey took place during the summer of 1978, began in Toronto, passed through Yukon and Alaska, continued up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and finally back to Toronto.
The National Highway System (French: Réseau routier national) in Canada is a federal designation for a strategic transport network of highways and freeways. [1] The system includes but is not limited to the Trans-Canada Highway, [1] and currently consists of 38,098 kilometres (23,673 mi) of roadway designated under one of three classes: Core Routes, Feeder Routes, and Northern and Remote Routes.
Toronto, Canada 30 km (road) 1:42:32+ Malindi Elmore: 16 October 2022 Toronto Waterfront Marathon: Toronto, Canada [66] Marathon: 2:23:12 Natasha Wodak: 25 September 2022 Berlin Marathon: Berlin, Germany [67] 50 km (road) 3:22:24 Krista Duchene: 21 May 2021 Hamilton, Canada [68] 100 km (road) 7:36:39 Julie Hamulecki 27 August 2022 IAU 100 km ...
A plaque commemorating Al's run across Canada. Arthur "Al" Howie (September 16, 1945 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian long-distance runner who won more than fifty marathons, ultramarathons, and multiday races in over two decades, including the 1991 Trans Canada Highway run (7295 kilometers) in the record time of 72 days and 10 hours.
A township number is determined by travelling north from the border between United States and Canada (at 49th parallel north) and incrementing every 6 miles (9.7 km) northward. The miles within the township are indicated next, and as a township is 6 miles (9.7 km) in length, the mile number is therefore between 0 and 5. [ 4 ]