Short hops Pumpkinferno and other after-dark near-adventures in Cornwall, Ont. 23 Oct 201823 Oct 2018 CORNWALL — There are times you go looking for adventure, and times when adventure finds you. And there are times when you spend an entire night skirting adventure and looking…
Summer A walk in the park: Algonquin Provincial Park 3 Sep 20182 Sep 2018 Exploring some of Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario is part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. BRENT, Ont. — This post wasn’t going to be about…
Summer In the cool underground of Sudbury’s Dynamic Earth 29 Aug 201828 Aug 2018 SUDBURY, Ont. — There are 4,800 kilometres of mines beneath and surrounding this city. That’s enough tunnel to stretch from Quebec City to Victoria. Tunnels under towns didn’t work out…
Summer A walk in the park: Lake Superior Provincial Park 25 Aug 201825 Aug 2018 Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ont. Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. KATHERINE COVE — We had a disagreement as soon as we entered Lake Superior Provincial…
Summer The little town of Kapuskasing was founded on fear 21 Aug 201821 Aug 2018 KAPUSKASING, ON — At first glance, Kapuskasing is just another railway town. Yet until the Great War, it was just Macpherson Station, a stop for trains to replenish their water…
Summer A walk in the park: How to swim with polar bears 18 Aug 201819 Aug 2018 Polar Bear Habitat in Cochrane, Ont. Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. The images in this post were taken by Trevor Juhl. COCHRANE, ON — If…