Canadian Roadstories

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Prince Edward County

It’s 1,000 square kilometres of food and wine, beaches, antiques, inns, culture, history and recreation of all sorts that has been thriving in southern Ontario for two hundred years.

Dalvay-by-the-Sea

I had heard that Dalvay-by-the-Sea, on Prince Edward Island, was famous for a dish called Sticky Date Pudding. So earlier this week I picked up a car rental and set out to find the inn and its pudding.

Seal Cove

Snooping around Seal Cove on Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick …

Ness Creek

The Ness Creek Music Festival site and the Nesslin Lake campground are two of the most unique places to overnight in central Saskatchewan.

Manitoulin Island

Like a beautiful set of nesting Russian dolls carved out of limestone, the largest freshwater island in the world is over 1000 square miles in area, itself containing over 100 lakes, many of which have their own islands.

Dorothy – don’t call it a Ghost Town

The Hamlet of Dorothy, Alberta is often referred to as a ghost town, but don’t tell that to Linda Miller. Six generations of her family have lived there and she begs to differ.

Minister’s Island

Just offshore from the vacation resort of St. Andrews by-the-Sea in New Brunswick, the vision of Minister’s Island started and ended with one man: Sir William Van Horne.

St. Andrews by-the-Sea

In New Brunswick, along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy, in Passamaquoddy Bay, there’s a little seaside cottage in St. Andrews by-the-Sea from where to witness the comings and goings of the tide.

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

Unlike the flat prairie that surrounds it in all directions, the snow and ice linger a little longer atop the plateau that is Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park.

Doughnuts are hot at Dooher’s

Move over cupcakes! Chatelaine’s Top ten food trends for 2013 suggest doughnuts are the new ‘designer’ dough. So, we pulled our Dooher’s post out of the archives and dusted her off. If you love a fresh doughnut right outta the oven and you haven’t been to Dooher’s in Campbellford, Ontario, ya gotta go!!