Canadian Places – Page 10

West Hawk Lake, Manitoba

Back some time ago, when my family lived in Winnipeg, we used to go in the summers to a cottage on West Hawk Lake.

The Naramata Bench

In B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, the Naramata Bench is one of the most picturesque places in Canada …

Roadtripping in Canada

Roadtripping around Canada is our passion. This post is a pictorial view of some of the roads we’ve traveled on in this great land.

Rankin Inlet, Canada, 1968

In the late 1960s a friend of mine worked in Rankin Inlet. This hamlet is located on the northwestern shore of Hudson Bay, in what was then called the Northwest Territories.

Yorkton, Saskatchewan memories

I was very surprised and saddened when I saw pictures in the paper recently showing serious flooding of houses in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

North Bay roadside traveller’s motels

I’ve always been intrigued by the roadside traveller’s motel. Perhaps I’ve seen too many bad movies, or read one-too-many trashy novels, but I always wonder about the secrets that must dwell within these places.

Big Sky in southeastern Alberta

Travellers headed west out of Calgary towards the mountains are focused on the growing Rockies, but the first thing that strikes me every time I drive east from the stampede city is the big sky.

Niagara Falls honeymoon

Niagara Falls Tourism asked us to help them get publicity for a big Valentine’s Day wedding. Four hundred lovers were tying the knot in a winter garden ceremony across from the American Falls.

Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, Alberta

Besides being a long-lasting comic strip first published in 1918, and the second solo album by Rod Stewart released in 1970, Gasoline Alley is a collection of roadside eateries, gas stations, RV dealerships and assorted travellers’ diversions on a patch of highway 2 just south of Red Deer, Alberta.

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