Small towns in Ontario are ideal for an epic road trip. After all, this province has over a million square kilometres of provincial parks, lakes, cities and towns to explore.

Leadville, once a booming silver town in the 1880s, now stands frozen at 10,152 feet. Historic buildings line the streets, echoing tales of miners, gamblers, and fortune-seekers.

“We need to have those small towns because they are part of our historic fabric… from the CCF/NDP, from the Saskatchewan Party, that really came up from these small towns, people have ...