Dorion
Situated between the Wolfe River and Coldwater Creek, Dorion is your
typical Highway 11 dot-on-the-map. There are some scattered houses and
an abandoned motel, but nowhe
re 
really to turn off the highway, at least that I have seen in my drives
for work along the road.
Dorion is home to Canada’s largest wildlife mural, the Esso station. The station is painted on all three sides, with moose, fish, and wolf representing Dorion’s place in “Canyon Country”. As well, the station features a recreation of an Aboriginal sculpture known as the Indian Head. (Both are pictured here.) This sculpture is a recreation of Indian Head, a rock formation found in nearby Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park. This is pure Highway 11 – random things in a completely random place.
Dorion
is in the middle of what is called “Canyon Country” as Ouimet Canyon Provincial
Park is approximately 12 kilometres north of the ‘town’. Nearby Eagle Canyon
is a private park that has built Canada's longest suspension bridge over the
Ouimet Canyon - 600 feet across and more than 200 in height.
Dorion is also home to a bottled water works, Ontario’s largest fish culture station, the Trillium Motel, a bait shop, and a bible camp.
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