Crossing Canada East to West On Horseback

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July 14, 2026
Martin Walsh

In 2025, Stef Gebbie set out across Canada on horseback, moving east to west. Starting in the Maritimes near New Brunswick, the 26-year-old Australian made it as far as Ontario’s Manitoulin Island before a family tragedy forced her to go home for a time.

Keen to continue the expedition, Gebbie headed back later that year to kayak from Manitoulin Island to the Manitoba border, passing through Lake Superior, Thunder Bay, and then the Path of the Paddle (a water trail through northwestern Ontario). This year, she has returned to the saddle to complete her unique Canadian crossing.

A team of three

Gebbie isn’t the only one returning to the cross-Canada journey. Her packhorse, Wilson, has accompanied her from New Brunswick and has already covered over 3,500km. Wilson is a rescue with “a very grumpy disposition, but he is also very chill and gets the job done,” Gebbie explains...

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Pony Express reenactment gallops into Old Sacramento after 10-day journey

Martin Christian photo

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People cheered for the horseback riders as they carried a bag of mail over 1,966 miles.

Published on June 26, 2026
by Shelley Ho

For 46 years, thousands of horses have galloped day and night across eight states to reenact the Pony Express, the short-lived but revolutionary express mail service that employed young riders to transport mail from Missouri to California.

After 10 days, this year’s ride came to a conclusion on Thursday in California, passing through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the early morning, traveling through Folsom and along the American River Parkway before ending at the Pony Express Statue in Old Sacramento, where a crowd gathered to welcome the final rider.

Throughout the journey, riders passed along a mochila, Spanish for knapsack, which carried over a thousand letters sent in by the public...

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