The Winner
1st prize in the trains Category of Photo Life's 1999 Image International Photo contest. The prize is a VIA Rail 10-day cross-Canada (Halifax to Vancouver) round trip for 2 people on VIA Rail's transcontinental, with accommodations at both ends!
Ground Zero
Hornepayne was the closest Via Rail Station, a two hour drive north from our home in Marathon Ontario. We boarded our train at 1:00 am September 22, 2000 for a non-stop round trip of pure adventure across Canada.
Liz & Doug Gibbons
This was a once in a life time chance to do a complete round trip by Via rail in 14 days with no interruptions along the way. There were two overnight accommodations in Vancouver, two full days in Montreal one night each in Halifax and Toronto.
Over 650 picture were taken along the way, my only regret is that I wish I had taken more. What I did see and photograph was very fulfilling and made me realize how lucky we are to live in such a country so diverse. People from all over the world were traveling this train for the first or second time and by the atmosphere present we all felt that we all had one thing in common...Canada.
Editing down the images for the next 14 pages was no easy task, I hope you enjoy the ride as much as Liz & I did.
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