Posts in Category: Canada
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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 […]
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Grasslands National Park – 10 Reasons To Visit
Grasslands National Park is one of the great modern achievements of Parks Canada. One usually thinks of a national park as a pristine environment that has been preserved for all time from the forces of exploitation and development and in most cases that is a correct assumption. Grasslands National Park is quite different. It is […]
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Saskatchewan Grain Elevators – Prairie Icons
This is my fourth post about a recent RV trip through Saskatchewan with my son Dale. The first three, Cypress Hills, Fort Walsh National Historic Site and the small town of Eastend all focused on things most people probably don’t expect to find in Saskatchewan. This post is about something everyone associates with the province, Saskatchewan grain […]
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Eastend Saskatchewan – Three Reasons to Visit
It’s day three of the 2016 RV trip, a ritual that my son Dale and I have been doing for six years. We are leaving our campsite in the Centre Block of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park heading for the west block of Grasslands National Park. It’s been a wonderful two days which I have described in […]