Posts in Category: Ontario
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Fort York – Toronto’s Almost Hidden Past
Over the past fifty years I have visited Toronto well over a hundred times and yet, until a few days ago, I had never ventured to Fort York where the foundations for this largest of Canadian cities were laid over 200 years ago. The site of one of the most famous battles of the […]
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Mississagi River Valley – Ontario at Its Best
I’m driving along the Trans-Canada Highway in northern Ontario passing towns I haven’t thought about since I lived in the small company town of Lively, just outside of Sudbury, more years ago than I care to confess to. Espanola, Spanish, Blind River and Iron Bridge go by before I arrive at Thessalon and the right […]
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CN Tower Edge Walk – Scary as Hell, But Who Cares?
I have to confess that I love the CN Tower. Whether you are flying into Pearson or Toronto Island airport it stands out as an iconic building that makes the Toronto skyline unique. Equally if you are walking almost anywhere within miles of the tower it will appear suddenly along a sight line down a […]
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Kawarthas – Fantastic Fishing on the Trent-Severn Waterway
The Kawarthas lake system, just north of Toronto, is legendary for the quantity and variety of fish species that can be caught this close to a major metropolitan area or at least that’s what the tourist jargon would have you believe. I must say I was skeptical about these claims, but having just returned from […]
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African Lion Safari – If You Can’t Go on a Real Safari Go Here
This is the final post from my 2014 RV trip in southern Ontario with my son Dale. We have had an incredible time exploring the markets of St. Jacob’s, canoeing and fishing the Grand River, fording the Conestogo River on horseback, cycling through Mennonite country and sailing on Lake Huron. I had no idea that […]
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Lake Huron – Cycling to Goderich and Bayfield and a Sunset Cruise
This is the sixth post from a 2014 RV trip I took with my son Dale to the Kitchener/Waterloo region of southern Ontario. Yesterday we enjoyed some great cycling through Mennonite country and then switched gears as we drove to the outskirts of the town of Goderich on Lake Huron. Today we’ll do more cycling, […]
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Cycling Mennonite Country on the Kissing Bridge Trailway
This is my fifth post from a 2014 RV trip that I took with my son Dale through the Kitchener/Waterloo area of southern Ontario. So far we explored the famed markets of St. Jacob’s, canoed on and fished for bass on the Grand River, hiked the Elora Gorge and much more. Today we’ll add cycling […]
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Grand River Fly Fishing – Bass Masters We are Not
This is day four of the 2014 RV trip that my son Dale and I took to the Kitchener/Waterloo area of southern Ontario. So far we have canoed the Grand River, shopped at the famed St. Jacob’s market, explored Elora Gorge and much more. Today we are scheduled to return to the Grand River with […]
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Elora Gorge, Mennonite Country and Fording the Conestogo River
This is the third post from the 2014 RV trip that my son Dale and I took to the Kitchener/Waterloo region of southern Ontario. So far we have canoed the Grand River, explored downtown Kitchener and visited the pretty little town of St. Jacob’s. Today we are scheduled travel through Mennonite country to Elora Gorge […]