Posts in Tag: National Historic Sites
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The Forks – Winnipeg’s Kick Ass Destination
I used to live in Winnipeg – the key words being ‘used to’. Frankly, I couldn’t wait to get out of the place when I moved to Nova Scotia to attend law school and that’s where I’ve remained ever since. However, I still have family and friends in Winnipeg and have returned many times over […]
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Philadelphia – A Day in the City of Brotherly Love
On our most recent mid-Spring journey to Florida from Nova Scotia Alison and I decided to stop in Philadelphia for a few days as we’d never spent any time in what is one of America’s truly great cities. Our visit began at beautiful Longwood Gardens which I wrote about in this post and ended with a way too […]
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Fort Walsh N.H.S.- Important to All Canadians
In my last post I described why Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is a must visit for anyone interested in a totally unique ecological environment that will completely change your mind about Saskatchewan as a tourist destination. What I didn’t describe were the incredibly important historical events that took place here in the late 1800’s that […]