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Gasoline Alley in Red Deer, Alberta

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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Okanagan Rail Trail

The Vernon Winter Carnival 

Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada, Robin and Arlene Karpan

Kluane National Park – Road Tripping in the Yukon

Isle Madame Cape Breton Nova Scotia

The business of shrimp in Cape Breton

Darcy Harmacy and his caboose in Brooks, Alberta

Siksika Nation

Cabaret in Montreal

The Golden Age of Montreal’s Red Light District

Louie Kamookak - Inuit oral historian and finder of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships

Louie Kamookak – Inuit oral historian and finder of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships

Billy Bishop

Billy Bishop – Canadian War Hero

Montréal en Lumière 2013

Road trip: Montréal en Lumière

neon vacancy sign

North Bay roadside traveller’s motels

The Raven’s Call – Bill Reid’s quest to understand Haida art and his own roots…

Northern Cape Breton Island roadstories.ca - Angie's Family Restaurant Cape Breton

Northern Cape Breton Island

Sinking of the HMS Eclipse

Blackwater Junction, Ontario

historical view of Sandon from Idaho Mountain c 1896 clearly shows the Methodisy church in relation to the rest of the city

Valley of the Ghosts – Sandon, B.C.

inukshuk in Rankin Inlet, 1968

Inukshuk

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