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Interactive Route Guides
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…
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…
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 district, the hillside village of Bear River, and two nights out — one on the Lunenburg waterfront, one inside Nova Scotia’s only Dark-Sky Preserve.
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 days from Halifax.
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
The St. Lawrence route that founded Cirque du Soleil and the shipyard town that kept it standing — Baie-Saint-Paul to Rimouski, one small town at a time.
Trent-Severn Waterway
A lock-by-lock guide to Ontario’s 386 km National Historic waterway — by boat, or visited town-by-town by car.
Tom Thomson’s Ontario
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.