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I was actually going in the opposite direction. I went through the US first then north. I did Cape Breton Island in the day then drove through the night to Gaspe (with sleeps along the way).

So I kept on highways to make it easy because I wouldn't see anything anyway.

I had limited time and lost a day because of fog, rain and flooded highways, and stopped in St John NB instead of going straight to Sydney.

I'll definitely have to go out there again with more time and preparation ahead. I pretty much just got up and drove to the east coast with little actual prep.

I even forgot to pack sweaters and jackets, so I bought a crappy jacket at Walmart.

Edit: Here's an updated route map http://tinyurl.com/57mebm. Just some small changes, but I picked them off the GPS recorded route. Unfortunately while recording the whole trip, it only seems to remember from leaving Cape Breton island to home. So I'm missing half the trip data and can't adjust the map anymore exactly than it is now, unless I can remember more. But I didn't really pay attention to the road names so much due to having the GPS...