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Quebec’s Magdalen Islands

Quebec’s Magdalen Islands

It was winter 1910 when a telegraph cable stretching across the Gulf of the St. Lawrence broke and left the residents of Quebec’s Magdalen Islands completely cut off from civilization.

Halloween kisses

Halloween kisses

It started with a tweet. Julie Ovenell Carter is a well known Canadian travel writer and she tweets for WhyGoCanada.com, a Canada travel source. Julie’s tweet read: “My favourite food souvenir from Canada? Hawkins Cheezies of course! What’s yours?…”

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.

Canada’s BIG mascots

Canada’s BIG mascots

A “mascot” is an animal, person or thing that is supposed to bring good luck.

… those nights in Montréal

… those nights in Montréal

Rather than drive, we flew to Montréal and spent six glorious nights in Quebec’s largest city.

Quebec apples and Oka cheese

Quebec apples and Oka cheese

Glenn and I are just back from another glorious Canadian road trip. This time we traveled to Québec and the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains (Les Laurentides).

RANDOM ROADstories

John McCrae memorial at his birthplace in Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In Flanders Fields

Western Uplands Ranch near the Red Deer River in southeastern Alberta

Cowboys, Guest Ranches, Ghost Towns

YVR – Gateway to Vancouver

YVR – Gateway to Vancouver

Haida Gwaii Loo Taas canoe by Bill Reid

Haida Gwaii: Mist enshrouded isles & vibrant Haida resurgence

Western Uplands Ranch

Wild West Honeymoons

In Paris with Mavis Gallant, Writer – thewalrus.ca

Blyth Festival The New Canadian Curling Club

Blyth Festival – stories of life in rural Canada

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

Shop Like A Canadian! … it’s complicated… like sifting wheat from chaff …

Quebec apples and Oka cheese

Cash Money Records CEO

From Montreal to Moose Jaw: test your knowledge of Canadian cities…

The Canada Letter – New York Times – Why A.I. First Spoke With a Canadian Accent:

Aerial View of Red Bay Looking Seaward - © Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism -Barrett & MacKay Photo

Red Bay, Labrador

Port Renfrew western red cedar

Port Renfrew – Tall Tree Capital of Canada

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