Nova Scotia
You weren’t exactly sure what to expect. An image of people chatting around a kitchen table, eating chips and dip, was your first thought. When you arrive at the “kitchen party” you see half the guests are holding musical instruments. And they’re not all crammed into the kitchen. They’re on the sofas, the rugs [...]
Prince Edward Island
You drag your feet slowly across the pink sand and listen. You do it again, a little faster, and listen. Not sure if it’s a squeak or a whine. It’s quite distinctive, though. There is definitely something about this sand.
A loud thud interrupts your pondering. A seagull snatches a mussel in its beak, [...]
Quebec
Church bells ring in the picturesque towns nestled in the rolling hills. The old mill is still grinding flour on its stone wheel. The maple trees are still tapped for their sweet sap. You discover the time-honoured tradition of maple taffy on snow – a refreshing chill on your tongue that melts into sweetness as [...]
Ontario
The unforgettable call of the loon wakes you from your sun-drenched reverie. Applying another layer of sunscreen, you resume your artful pose at the end of the dock. You’re sad to say goodbye to the peaceful lake and cozy cottage.
The excitement of steering into a tumultuous river of water as it cascades down a steep [...]
New Brunswick
Sunrise. The tide rolls out, exposing the deep bottom of the bay. Sandals in hand, feet squishing on the wet beach, you circle the monumental pillars of stone carved by the sea and topped with grass. Sunset. The tide rolls in, swirling and churning against the high cliffs, covering the stone pillars until they [...]
Manitoba
Polar bears wrestle each other in the open tundra around Churchill, white furry bodies tumbling on white fluffy snow. You don’t mind when one of them focuses his glare through your window, warm breath puffing against the glass. And you certainly weren’t complaining when a 4′ long Northern Pike splashed into your boat from the [...]
Saskatchewan
A boundless blue sky stretches over golden fields of wheat rippling in the warm, dry wind. The horizon interrupted only by a lone grain elevator. A dusty pick-up chugs down a gravel road, its weathered driver intently observing this year’s field of crops. Meanwhile, you luxuriate on the buoyant surface of a hot mineral spring, [...]
British Columbia
Thousand-year-old cedars wear coats of thick moss in Carmanah Valley. You pretend you’re a human ant as you step around the ancient tree roots rising out of the ground like small buildings. Down the coast, you dig clams out of the sandy beach at low tide, then hang around a few hours to watch [...]
Alberta
From the dizzying height of your Rocky Mountain peak you descend. Past the jagged cliffs where mountain goats huddle, through the forest where grizzly bears mark their territory on evergreen trunks, past the migrating herd of caribou in the valley and across a crystal clear lake. You take extra care walking across the ice fields [...]
Newfoundland & Labrador
Gargantuan icebergs glint in the summer sun out on the rippling bay. As you snap some photos, a man loading up a dinghy asks if you want to take a closer look at the icy giants. It’s no trouble, he insists, he’s on his way out anyway. The air feels noticeably cooler as [...]