Short hops A walk in the park: The devil at the Forges du Saint-Mauricie 17 Sep 201818 Sep 2018 The retelling of a legend from the historic Forges in La Mauricie is part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. The call was as common along…
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 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 A walk in the park: Amherst Shore Provincial Park 22 Jul 201622 Jul 2016 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. AMHERST SHORE, N.S. Probably the water doesn’t always smell like sewage. And maybe it wasn’t sewage after all. Maybe the…
The Other Things A walk in the park: Cathedral Grove & Little Qualicum Falls 12 Apr 20165 Apr 2016 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. PORT ALBERNI, B.C. You can almost taste the green. There is the nearly yellow of new growth and the nearly black of the…
The Other Things A walk in the park: Wanuskewin Heritage Park 17 Nov 201522 Mar 2016 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. SASKATOON I watched the sun rise over an ancient Medicine Wheel, and I wept. I had lost…