I LOVE finding original old stores on our roadtrips across Canada and finding Ritchie’s in Brockville, Ontario, was like finding a pot of gold. Brockville is a small city (25,000) in the Thousands Islands, on the St. Lawrence River between the City of Kingston and the Quebec border. Like so many other communities that settled [...]
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In Halkirk, Alberta, Canada, not far from Big Knife Provincial Park, you’ll find the Halkirk Snack Shack. Halkirk is like many towns in this part of Alberta, tiny with a population of just one hundred and seventeen. So when the town’s old grocery store (circa 1907) reopened in 2006 as the Snack Shack, I’m betting [...]
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Editor’s note: This year’s Elvis Fest runs July 21-24, 2011: We really just wanted to grab some lunch on our way home from Blue Mountain Resort, but we ended up taking in the opening salvos of the annual Elvis Festival in Collingwood, Ontario. When we asked at the Tourist Information Centre (right across from the [...]
We are working with Northumberland County again this year. The county, one hour east of Toronto is great for a day or short overnight trip from Canada’s largest city but it attracts visitors from all over. Eileen Lum at Northumberland Tourism took on a fabulous product tour and I thought I would blog about our [...]
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I’m sitting with Glenn on the outdoor patio at the Anchorage, a casual dining spot and affordable motor hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The place has a view of the Niagara River and sits across from the town yacht club. Niagara-on-the-Lake has a reputation for being pricey to some, but we have always found that you [...]
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