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| Primary colors Taché, MB July 2022 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
If you blink, you’ll miss this spot just off the Trans-Canada Highway just east of Winnipeg.
It’s where some kind, community-minded souls decided to carve out a bit of farmland to put up a billboard to celebrate - what else? - the longitudinal middle of this vast country.
Never mind the debate over where the actual, geographic middle of Canada truly is, or whether such a determination is even possible given our complex, varied coastlines and borders.
What matters is that this place exists at all, that weary travellers have a quiet spot to rest, reflect, shoot weird pictures, and laugh a little before continuing their journey.
Even better, no one’s trying to sell you anything here. Just stop, hang out, and leave when you’re ready.
True to form, the thing that grabbed me wasn’t the selfie-worthy billboard or the giant red Muskoka chairs. It was this pretty red service building tucked off to the side, ignored by the clumps of road-tripping parents and kids who intermittently wandered through this place on this brilliantly sunny and hot afternoon.
It felt very Canadian to focus on the underdog. So I did just that before we got back in the car and continued on our way.
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