Posts in Category: Canada
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St. Ignace GC – Hole-by-Hole
Two of my last hole-by-hole posts came from Kauri Cliffs and Cape Kidnappers, two New Zealand courses that are rated in the top 100 in the world. So you might ask yourself why I’m doing a hole-by-hole on St. Ignace, a course that doesn’t even show up on the Tourism New Brunswick list of the […]
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Minto Internment Camp Museum
Almost 99% of Canadian men and women who served either at home or abroad during WWII are now deceased. Memories of that worst of all worldwide conflagrations have faded and I am grateful for people like my friends at Liberation Tours for doing all they can to ensure that the sacrifices that were made for […]
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Crowbush Cove Hole by Hole
Technically it’s The Links at Crowbush Cove, but search engines don’t like posts that start with an article so in this post it will just be Crowbush Cove. I must confess that this is a course that I have only come to appreciate over the last few years. The reason for the initial reluctance to […]
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Covered Bridge GC – Hole by Hole
Alison and I recently completed a four day golfing tour of the mid Saint John Valley playing Aroostook Valley and Mactaquac, both great courses, but the star of the trip was undoubtedly Covered Bridge Golf Course in Hartland. While Aroostook Valley is notable for its location right on the United States border and Mactaquac as […]
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Twin Rivers GC Hole by Hole
Up until recently the only golf course I had played on the island of Newfoundland was the great course at Humber Valley which is currently ranked #28 in Canada on the SCORE Golf Top 100 Courses in Canada list. That course was designed by Doug Carrick one of the best of the modern Canadian golf […]
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Jasper National Park – Some Highlights
Alison and I have had two visits to Jasper National Park in the last nine months. The first was to spend some time with our son Dale, Kerrie and our granddaughter Nina over the holidays. The second was to meet and greet our newest grandchild, Della just a few weeks ago. With both visits we […]
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Jasper Park Lodge GC – Hole by Hole
Stanley Thompson is the undisputed master golf architect of Canada with five of his designs making the top 10 of SCORE Golf’s Top 100 list in 2022. His work with the Canadian national park system has left us a legacy of wonderful golf courses in some of the most stunning locations on the planet including […]
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery – Some Highlights
I recently had the opportunity to visit the newly expanded Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick and was blown away by what I saw and experienced. Here are just a few of the highlights from the works of art on display and my take on why they are worth seeing. History of the Beaverbrook […]
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Fox Creek Hole By Hole
Fox Creek Golf Course in Dieppe, New Brunswick first opened in 2005 and until 2021 was open to the public. In the latter year Fox Creek transitioned to become a completely private course, one of the very few in the Picture Province. I first played it a number of years ago in a charity scramble […]