Wow its been almost 5 years since I originally started this CJ!  I haven't posted at all but I have very much continued working on my region. Through a mix of changes I now work from home. So I will definitely be updating much more often now. For now, I'll start with an overview of the Province of Windermere.

Map of Windermere

Windermere now has a population of about 6.6 million, with the province broken up into 9 regions. The three "mega"-cities in the region are Foymount (which I covered in my initial posts), Clarington and Bayshore. The region is quite dense in some areas but rural in others with most of the populated cities lining the rivers that break up the region.

Foymount is the oldest mega-city followed by Clarington and then Bayshore. All the cities in the region are connected by a vast highway network with the Province controlling most and others falling to the local municipality.

Clarington (pop. 636,898) is a large city surrounding a large mountain to the north of the region. The Downtown area is surrounded by Highways 30, 35 and 40 that stretch out to other neighbourhoods and neighbouring cities.

Downtown Clarington with the 30/40/35 interchange

Clarington's high density carries over into neighbouring cities Dunkerron, Wexford, and Copperfield, with residents commuting in between each for work.

Highway 4 in Copperfield

Bayshore (pop. 599,302) is a large city sitting inbetween a mountain and the Cobden River. The city surrounds the mountain and its namesake bay with skyscrapers and large buildings, split by current day Highway 150 the Bayshore Expressway, originally Bayshore Blvd. 

Bayshore Downtown looking west at Highway 150

Bayshore Region is quite dense as its overall population of 1.57 million makes up over 20% of the province's overall population. Commuters live in neighbouring cities like North Bayshore, Colby, Corry, South Lorne and Moon River and commute back to Bayshore for work via car, train, subway or monorail.

North Bayshore

Highway 5 and Highway 54 in Corry

Highway 4 and 40 in South Lorne

Transport Windermere (TW) had an extensive highway plan for the entire province which has been 80% completed with the edges of the province left for construction. Due to the age of the highway network in some parts of the province, it was decided that some old interchanges and sections would need to be rebuilt or upgraded to increase safety standards, or downloaded to the local region with the speed reduced.

So as I go through the region updating my existing cities, I will document it on here! Thanks for reading!