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Collingwood Elvis Festival

Collingwood Elvis Festival

We really just wanted to grab some lunch on our way home from Blue Mountain Resort, but we ended up taking in the opening salvos of the annual Elvis Festival in Collingwood, Ontario. Editor’s note: This year’s Elvis Fest runs July 26-29, 2012.

Cecropia Moth at Long Point Provincial Park

Cecropia Moth at Long Point Provincial Park

On a recent trip to Long Point Provincial Park we spotted what we thought was a huge, beautiful butterfly.

Central Canada meets western Canada

Central Canada meets western Canada

Judy comments on some differences between urban Toronto and the Canadian Badlands.

Canadian moose

If you’ve ever driven any distance through the Canadian bush (as Shania Twain calls it), especially endless miles of tree-lined, two-lane highway, then you will know about the moose.

Niagara Falls honeymoon

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.

Ontario Provincial Parks

Ontario Provincial Parks

The season at Ontario Parks officially opens in May.

A Canadian hockey road story

A Canadian hockey road story

Weekend hockey road trips are legendary in Canada. This post is by a 14 year old goalie. He and his hockey team, their coaches, and a bunch of hockey moms and dads recently traveled by bus five hours to Sudbury, Ontario for a weekend tournament. This is his story…

The Automatiste Revolution Still Reigns in Quebec

The Automatiste Revolution Still Reigns in Quebec

The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960, opened at the Varley Art Gallery in Unionville, Ontario last week.

Halloween in Canada

Halloween in Canada

Two of the creepiest places to spend Hallowe’en in Canada are Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and the Atlas Coal Mine near Drumheller in the Canadian Badlands of Alberta.

Muskoka near Algonquin Park, Ontario

Muskoka near Algonquin Park, Ontario

We did a road trip to the northeastern part of Muskoka near Algonquin Park, Ontario in September. Our base was the Foxwood Resort on Lake of Bays, a big lake with five hundred kilometres of shoreline.

Golf in Ontario, Canada

Golf in Ontario, Canada

Links to golf courses at Resorts of Ontario…

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surface of the moon during Apollo 11 mission

Chris Hadfield Canadian Astronaut

Indigenous Artist Carey Newman – A Witness to our Times

The “Bush” word in Canada …

Four Seasons Centre Toronto

Alice in Wonderland

Opening Dates at Ontario Parks . . .

Parc Nature de Pointe-aux-Outardes

Parc Nature de Pointe-aux-Outardes

Bonnechere Caves

The Caveman of Bonnechere

cover of Backroads of Ontario by Ron Brown

Ron Brown’s Backroads of Ontario

two kids at a lake

West Hawk Lake, Manitoba

All gathered around roasting salmon listening to a story by Elder S-hwuts’tus Harvey George

Pit Cook on Vancouver Island

Trump Hotel

Donald Trump’s ancestral brothel …

Ness Creek is not a place, it’s a state of mind

Ness Creek

Atlas Coal Mine

Pile of orange buoys in a fishing shed at Seal Cove on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada

Seal Cove

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