Posts in Category: Canada
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Kootenay National Park – The Burgess Shale
This is the final post of four on a recent RV trip to four fabulous national parks in the fall. The first three were on Mount Revelstoke, Glacier and Yoho and frankly each one has surpassed its predecessor. However, that’s somewhat akin to claiming that Gretzky was better than Orr or Howe when in fact, they were all great. […]
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Yoho National Park – We Are Blown Away
Along with Glacier, Yoho is the second oldest of Canada’s wonderful national parks and on a recent visit with my two sons, grandson and later with Alison, I discovered why this must be rated as an absolute must visit park. While we barely scratched the surface of things to do in Yoho, what we did […]
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Glacier National Park, British Columbia, Canada
This is my second post on a recent visit to four of Canada’s lesser known national parks in the mountains of British Columbia. The first was on Mount Revelstoke National Park which you can read here. Glacier National Park – isn’t that in Montana? Yes and no. There is a Glacier National Park in Montana, […]
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Mount Revelstoke National Park, B.C.
This is the first of four posts on four fabulous national parks in British Columbia that are a great alternative to the congestion of Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper. On this 150th anniversary of Canada I wanted to make sure I got out to visit some places I haven’t been to since I was in […]
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La Tempete Golf Club Hole by Hole
The people of Quebec have had a love affair with golf since Royal Montreal opened as the first golf course in North America in 1873. Thankfully the days of segregation when the Anglos played at English speaking courses and the Quebecois at French speaking ones are pretty well long gone. Golf is a game that […]
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Entourage Sur le Lac Under Construction
In 2017 the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) was hosted by Quebec City and as usual it was an outstanding success from every point of view. It’s hard to think of a more iconic hotel to play host than the Chateau Frontenac or a more historic venue than old Quebec. After the conference I joined […]
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Batoche – The Last Major Battle on Canadian Soil
I have to confess that for many years, my feelings about Louis Riel and the outcome of the two Métis rebellions he led, were quite mixed. Over the years my views on him have evolved from – 1. treasonous rebel who deserved to be hanged to 2. misunderstood madman who probably shouldn’t have been hanged […]
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Cabot Cliffs – Why It’s Canada’s #1 Golf Course
This post first appeared after playing Cabot Cliffs in September, 2016. In September of 2020 Alison and I returned, taking along our daughter Lenore who, although not a regular golfer wanted desperately to play the two world top 100 courses at Cabot Links. She even took a couple of lessons from Kyle Scott, one of the […]
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John Diefenbaker – Saskatchewan’s Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker was, with the possible exception of Pierre Trudeau, just about the most polarizing Prime Minister in Canadian history. Dief the Chief, as he was often referred to in the press, was, at the same time, a great orator and an occasional babbling fool. It took the electorate five times to finally give the […]