This article chronicles the second part of Toyota's cross-Canada road trip celebrating its 60th anniversary in Canada. It highlights stops at unique locations, including a mining technology company specializing in Land Cruisers, the iconic Big Nickel monument, and scenic landscapes along Lake Superior. The journey concludes with a visit to a prominent Toyota dealership in Thunder Bay.
Last August, Toyota embarked on a slightly deranged road trip, crossing Canada from coast to coast, to celebrate its 60th year on Canadian soil. 60 years since the company launched its activities here, in a very modest way, need we remind you. To mark the occasion, Toyota had a bunch of us cross the country in its vehicles. Here's the second part of our visual account of the adventure.
See also: Toyota in Canada: 60 Years, 60 Pictures From Coast to Coast (Part 1) Toyota Land Cruiser Series 70 At the start of the fourth wave of the trip, we made a scheduled stop at Miller Technology, a company specializing in the conversion of old Land Cruiser models for the mining industry, which is very present in this part of the country. And why old Land Cruisers? Because they are more resistant than any other model when subjected to the atrocious conditions found underground. As a general rule, the vehicles are good for three to five years, as opposed to six to nine months for a traditional modern pickup. Toyota Land Cruiser Series 70 | Photo: D. Rufiange The Big Nickel With nickel mines in the Sudbury area, it's no surprise to discover a monument nicknamed the Big Nickel, a huge coin showing the denomination’s 1951 design and erected to commemorate the bicentenary of nickel isolation (1751). The monument was inaugurated in 1964. The Big Nickel, near Sudbury | Photo: D. Rufiange Landscapes The road between North Bay and Thunder Bay is long. We're talking 1139 km, including the route along Lake Superior through the town of Sault-Saint-Marie. Looking at the map, one imagines a long, boring route. It's long, but not boring, and we're treated to some very pleasant scenery. On the road between North Bay and Thunder Bay | Photo: D. Rufiange Wayne Toyota In Thunder Bay, a city of some 110,000 inhabitants, we made a stop at Wayne Toyota, one of the brand's most prolific dealerships in Canad
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