Melanie Vogel left Toronto in 2017 to walk 20,000 kilometres across Canada, following the Great Trail from the Atlantic to the Arctic to the Pacific oceans. Now she’s on lockdown in Eagle Plains, a tiny Yukon outpost on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Here’s how her adventure has gone so far.

Each time you reach a milestone indicated on the map of Canada, you will place a push pin with your name or team name of the Map of Canada. Example for an individual competitor; It takes Sara 2,000 steps to walk 1 kilometer. Sara must therefore walk 14, 856, 000 steps to complete the entire walk.

This route covers 8,581 km (5,332 miles) and would take at least 106 hours of pure driving time, including stops for petrol. If you add overnight stops and assume you won’t want to drive more than 400 km (250 miles) on average per day, the drive across Canada will take over 3 weeks without taking any days off.

Although Canada is only the second largest country by territory, it has the longest coastline in the world. The coastline of Canada measures approximately 151,019 miles long. This distance is so long that walking a little over 12 miles per day would take over 30 years to complete!

It will take several weeks to walk from Toronto to Vancouver as they are very far apart.

An ambitious plan for a sea voyage around Canada’s three coasts was “born in the Arctic” says expedition leader Geoff Green. “Even the name of our journey, Canada C3, coast to coast to coast, in itself is part of what we’re trying to communicate—that it’s not sea to sea.

Here are some of the most craved for the best things that you should be undeniably buying before you leave Canada.

• Maple Syrup.
• Aboriginal Art.
• Canadian Iced Wine.
• Canadian Iced Wine.
• Earth Glass.
• Inukshuk Figures.
• Molson Canadian.
• Tim Horton’s Donuts.

But a few uniquely Canadian favorites have managed to stay put.

• Maynards Wine Gums. Maynards Wine Gums are inspired by booze but don’t actually contain any (or taste like it, either).
• Maynards Swedish Berries.
• Lay’s Ketchup Chips.
• Mackintosh’s Toffee.
• Smarties.
• All-Dressed Ruffles.
• Coffee Crisp.
• Cadbury Caramilk.

According to a recent survey conducted by ProdegeMR, bottled water was the preferred beverages for just over one quarter of Canadians. Coca Cola/Diet Coke and fruit juice followed in second and third places, with 16.5 and 14.2 percent of respondents choosing them as their favorite beverage respectively.

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