The Naramata Bench
In B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, the Naramata Bench is one of the most picturesque places in Canada …
Stories & Pictures about Canadian People, Places and Things
In B.C.’s Okanagan Valley, the Naramata Bench is one of the most picturesque places 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.
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.
I was very surprised and saddened when I saw pictures in the paper recently showing serious flooding of houses in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
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.
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 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.
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.
The first time we visited Halifax, Nova Scotia we were on our honeymoon many moons ago. Lucky for us, a travel media conference took us back there.
Fishing the Miramichi River was a chance to catch the king of all sport fish – the atlantic salmon, also known as “the leaper”.
Rather than drive, we flew to Montréal and spent six glorious nights in Quebec’s largest city.
From the collection at the Banff Park Museum to the Sulphur Mountain gondola ride, there’s plenty to do in Banff when everyone is on the slopes.