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Interactive Route Guides
The trips you can't plan from a search engine. One painter's Ontario. A waterway traced lock by lock. The birthplace of Cirque du Soleil. Curated Canadian stories, mapped for the modern road-tripper — with interactive routes, stop-by-stop plans, and the places search engines miss.
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Beaches, Waterfalls & Hiking: 3 Days in Southern New Brunswick
Three days through the waterfalls, beaches and forest trails most visitors to southern New Brunswick drive straight past: the St. Martins sea caves at low tide, Fuller and…
PEI Coastal Weekend: Charlottetown to Cavendish and Back
A two-day loop from Charlottetown along Prince Edward Island's north shore: two national-park beaches at Brackley and Cavendish, a fish shack that…
Below: A Netflix Filming-Locations Guide to the Avalon
All six Avalon locations Netflix confirmed for Below: the Ocean Sciences Centre at Logy Bay that plays Fonda Howander's lab, Clifton Lodge…
Lighthouses & Coastal Towns: 3 Days on Lake Erie’s North Shore
Six lighthouses between the Welland Canal and Long Point, and the honest answer on each one: Port Dover's you walk out to…
The Artists’ Road: 3 Days Across Southwestern Ontario
Three days through the densest run of small-town art in Ontario: the St. Jacobs market and Mennonite country, an arts village in…
A Weekend in Saint Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick
Two days in Canada's oldest seaside resort town, and almost none of it in the car. Kingsbrae Garden's 27 acres, a harbour…
Lucy Maud Montgomery Trail: A Two-Day PEI Pilgrimage
Two days through the corner of Prince Edward Island that Anne Shirley made famous: Green Gables and the Haunted Wood at Cavendish,…
A Bay of Fundy Weekend: Moncton to Saint Andrews
Two days down New Brunswick's Fundy shore, from Moncton to Saint Andrews: the flowerpot rocks at Hopewell, a wharfside lunch in Alma,…
Toronto to Algonquin: 48 Hours of Fall Colour
Two days up Highway 11 from Toronto at peak fall colour: the brick storefronts of Orillia, a charcoal-grilled burger at Webers, the…
A Day in Dufferin County: The Ultimate Cozy Guide
A single day in the Ontario back-country an hour from Toronto: Orangeville's Broadway boutiques and hand-carved tree sculptures, the 30-metre limestone cliffs…
Capital to Kingston: A Rideau Canal Roadstop Guide
Two days down Canada's UNESCO waterway from Ottawa to Kingston: the stone village of Merrickville, the canal's working headquarters at Smiths Falls,…
Sea to Sky: 48 Hours from Vancouver to Whistler
Two days up Highway 99 from Vancouver to Whistler and slowly back through Squamish: Howe Sound and the Capilano canyon, Brandywine and…
St. John’s: A Newfoundland City Getaway
Three days in Newfoundland's capital, flying in from Halifax: the painted saltbox houses of Jellybean Row, Signal Hill above the harbour narrows,…
Northumberland Shore Weekend: Truro to Tatamagouche and Back
Two days on Nova Scotia's quiet north coast: lavender fields above the Northumberland Strait, a tasting at the province's largest winery, a…
Halifax to Kejimkujik: A Three-Day South Shore Loop
Three days from Halifax through the South Shore to Kejimkujik: Mahone Bay's Three Churches, UNESCO-listed Old Town Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal's 400-year historic…
Digby & Brier Island Whale Watching Getaway
Bay of Fundy whales, the world’s scallop capital, and two free cable ferries to one of Canada’s most remote islands — three…
Hidden Stops on Highway 7
A menu of pull-offs on the slow route between Toronto and Ottawa — pick a few each trip; you'll never run out.
Three Days on the Cabot Trail
Highland hiking, Acadian bakeries, and moose above the Gulf of St. Lawrence — three days looping northern Cape Breton from Baddeck.
Cirque du Soleil’s Quebec
An interactive map of Tom Thomson's Ontario — The places that painted Canada's landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small…
Trent-Severn Waterway
An interactive map of Wellington County, Ontario — Limestone gorges, Scottish stone streets, rich history, and a luxury hotel on the Grand…
Tom Thomson’s Ontario
An interactive map of Tom Thomson's Ontario — The places that painted Canada's landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small…
Wellington County guide
An interactive map of Wellington County, Ontario — Limestone gorges, Scottish stone streets, rich history, and a luxury hotel on the Grand…
Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
An interactive map of Stratford & Mennonite Country, Ontario — Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west…
Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
An interactive map of the Smith-Dorrien Trail — Canmore to the Kananaskis Lakes: Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley…
Kananaskis Country Guide
An interactive map of the Kananaskis Country — A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road…
Bow Valley Parkway Guide
An interactive map of the Bow Valley Parkway — 48 km from Banff to Lake Louise, every stop pinned: waterfalls, wildlife, and…
PEOPLE of small towns
The people who put small towns on the map
Olympic champions, literary legends, artists, and trailblazers — all from towns you can visit today
From Lakefield, Ontario Susanna Moodie, née Strickland, sister of Catharine Parr Traill, was an author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada,…
From Cobourg, Ontario Alan Bradley is the New York Times bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns. His the Flavia de Luce…
From Milton & Berwick NS Margaret Marshall Saunders was a prolific writer of children’s stories and romance novels, a lecturer, and an animal rights advocate.…
From Lakefield (Selwyn now), Ontario David Bruce Ridpath was a professional ice hockey player and general manager. Born in 1884 in Lakefield, Ontario Died in 1925…
From Yarmouth, Nova Scotia In the late 1800s, William D. Lovitt was one of Yarmouth’s most prominent shipowners. Born in 1834 Died in 1894 William…
From Thurso, Quebec Guy Damien “The Flower” / “Le Démon Blond” Lafleur was the first NHL player to score 50 goals and 100 points in…
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