Summer The Perseids, a wedding party, and a man named Danny 13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018 TRÉCESSON, QC — We arrived in Amos after dark and under cloudy skies the night the Perseid meteor shower peaked. It had taken us nine hours to do a seven-hour…
Short hops A walk in the park: Fort Chambly 2 Jul 201714 Aug 2017 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. I don’t know, maybe Parks Canada employees train alongside the Disney people or something. Because these folks are happy.…
Short hops A walk in the the park: La Mauricie National Park 10 Mar 201710 Apr 2017 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. The first time I drove to La Mauricie National Park, I was all alone and I thought…
Dirty weekend… The not-quite ghost town of Venosta, Quebec 21 Aug 20165 Sep 2016 VENOSTA, Que. We were inspired to spend a weekend in the municipality of Low when an opinion piece on the importance of saving Quebec’s ghost towns came across my desk.…
Dirty weekend… No rest for the wicked in this cabin in the woods 16 Aug 201621 Aug 2016 GATINEAU HILLS, Que. I’m pretty sure that Airbnb was haunted. I didn’t realize it right away. We pulled in just before midnight, parking to the side of the white bungalow.…
Short hops A walk in the park: Sentier Inter-Centre and Liberator Harry crash site 16 May 201630 May 2016 Part of an occasional series exploring North America’s national, provincial and state parks. ST. DONAT, Que. We know for sure it was a Tuesday in 1943. What’s less clear is whether the plane…
