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Come hell or high water, Montreal freelance photographer Johany Jutras is scheduled to get behind the wheel of her leased black 2015 Volkswagen Golf on July 20 and start driving west, to Ottawa.

Then she’ll continue to Toronto. And Hamilton. And Winnipeg. And every Canadian Football League city, east to west, on a journey across this vast country. She plans to spend several days in each city, completing the first documented CFL road trip, capturing each market’s unique culture and history through her lens. With the participation of sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league, Jutras plans on producing a premium 112-page photo book, the premiere of which will coincide with Grey Cup week in Winnipeg, the final week of November.

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The 28-year-old will travel alone. She has no publisher as of yet, but believes she has found a company with access to a printing plant that will handle the responsibility. And although this odyssey, which will last more than two months and cover 9,000 kilometres, has an estimated budget of slightly more than $20,000 — Jutras has raised less than $2,000 through donations — she remains determined to carry it through.