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Victoria Day

Victoria Day

FIRST POSTED IN 2011… In Canada, Victoria Day has long been associated with the unofficial start of the summer season. Veggie gardens get planted, family cottages are opened and the cobwebs are dusted off the old bar-B-Q. Canada’s May holiday actually celebrates Queen Victoria’s birthday.

RANDOM ROADstories

Candy Shop at CNE 2010

Toronto's CNE

young man holding a smallmouth bass

Peter Wasag’s summer Fishing roundup

Hotel X Toronto

Hotel X Toronto

Family fishing in Canada

Ten Canada parks worth traveling for

Lussier-Hot-Springs-British-Columbia-Canada

Five Amazing Natural Hot Springs in BC …

Lunenburg Blue Nose II Sail - The Bluenose II launched in 1963 is a replica of the famous Bluenose schooner built in 1921 - photo courtesy of Tourism Nova Scotia

Lunenburg Love Letter

Gord Downie

Tragically Hip kick off cross-country farewell tour in B.C.

cover of Backroads of Ontario by Ron Brown

Ron Brown’s Backroads of Ontario

… those nights in Montréal

lancaster bomber

Restored 1945 Lancaster Bomber Flight

art at YVR Hetux by Connie Watts, detail

First Nations Art Takes Flight at YVR

travelosophy website visits the Siksika Nation

the main house at Dalvay-by-the-Sea

Dalvay-by-the-Sea

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