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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 deck at The Gables, four blocks…
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…
A Bay of Fundy Weekend: Moncton to Saint Andrews
Two days down New Brunswick’s Fundy shore: the flowerpot rocks at Hopewell, a wharfside lunch in Alma, an afternoon in Fundy National Park, the coastal parkway above St. Martins, sea caves you walk into at low tide, the reversing rapids at Saint John, and a night at the Algonquin. 13 mapped stops, measured legs and the two 2026 bridge closures nobody tells you about.
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 steamships at Gravenhurst, waterfalls over Shield granite in Bracebridge, a Huntsville overnight, and the maples of Algonquin along Highway 60 — Ragged Falls, the Lookout Trail and Lake of Two Rivers.
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 of Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, a general-store lunch in the Hockley Valley, a heritage stone mill turned arts centre in Alton, a solar-powered hop farm in the Caledon Hills, and dinner beside Shaw’s Creek Falls.
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, heritage Perth and Stewart Park, the Spy Rock lookout above Westport, the canal summit at Newboro, the prettiest lock on the system at Chaffey’s, Colonel By’s stone arch dam at Jones Falls, and a limestone finish in Kingston.
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 Shannon Falls, the granite wall of the Stawamus Chief, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, the Audain Art Museum and the copper mine at Britannia Beach.
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, the fishing village of Quidi Vidi, Cape Spear at the easternmost point of North America, and a night on George Street.
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 night in a restored 1887 railway caboose in Tatamagouche, craft beer on Main Street, and an afternoon swim in the warmest saltwater on Canada’s Atlantic coast.