Solar Eclipse: The journey to the path of totalityCBC Ottawa's Matthew Kupfer travels south to the U.S., to chase the best spots to watch the solar eclipse on April 8.If you want the full experience of a total eclipse on April 8, you'll have to leave Ottawa and head south.
Arora said Kingston's local planning is trying to learn from the 2017 American eclipse, the most photographed to date. Nikhil Arora is an astronomer and eclipse outreach coordinator for Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. Backup plans are essential if you're "very keen" on getting the total experience, according to eclipse chaser David Makepeace.
"If you're willing to cross the border into the States, it's your shortest drive to the longest amount of totality."Eclipse watchers from around the world have already noticed how much of the path of totality falls along across Upstate New York.