Exploring Old Highway No. 1 West: Canada’s Route 66
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by J. Clark Saunders
Heartland, Winnipeg, 2014
199 pp., illus., $26.95 paperback
Road trip. It’s a phrase that evokes ribbons of blacktop stretching to the horizon and endless possibilities for adventure.
In Exploring Old Highway No. 1 West: Canada’s Route 66, J. Clark Saunders offers a visual road map to the sights and landmarks that dot the old Trans-Canada Highway from the Ontario-Manitoba border all the way to Vancouver Island.
Saunders, a minister at Salt Spring Island United Church in British Columbia, describes himself as an “avid traveller,” and his passion for new vistas shines through in his book. In addition to guiding us through the old Highway No. 1, Saunders offers a handful of alternate routes for readers to explore. They include the Yellowhead Highway — which stretches from Manitoba, to Edmonton, and beyond to the northwest coast of British Columbia — and the Crowsnest Route, Highway No. 3 in Alberta.
Filled with plenty of photos, both modern and historic, this book will give you the urge to hop in a classic convertible and hit the open road.
— Mark Collin Reid (Read bio)
Mark Collin Reid is the Editor-in-Chief of Canada's History.