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A Campground for the Kids

Posted: 08/05/09 4:55PM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide , Camping, New Brunswick

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An easy half-hour drive from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Mactaquac Provincial Park is a great place to pitch the family tent for a weekend getaway with the kids.

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Travel Northern Ontario: Arowhon Pines

Posted: 07/02/09 11:50AM
Filed Under: A Guide to Canada's Best Road Trips, Canada Travel Guide , Camping, Hotels, National Parks, Ontario, road trip

“I moose be dreaming,” says the sign on the board outside the door of the dining hall. Certainly, that’s how I felt when I first stood on the wrap-around porch of the hexagonal-shaped dining hall at Arowhon Pines.

Inside Arowhon Pines

    The Scene

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    The Pontoon Trip

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    The Walking Bridge

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    Relaxing in the Field

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    The Waterside

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    The Swim Dock

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    The Gardens

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    The Dining Hall

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    The Dining Hall Buffet

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    Inside the Dining Hall

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Go 'Glamping' on BC's Wild West Coast

Posted: 06/19/09 3:23PM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide , British Columbia, Camping, Edible Canada, Luxury Resorts, Wildlife Viewing

Clayoquot Wilderness Resort is where Scarlett Johanssen and Ryan Reynolds were married, and typifies the new glamorous camping trend, known as 'glamping'

If you haven't heard of 'glamping' - a mash-up of camping and glamour - yet, check out our descriptions of two British Columbia resorts - Clayoquot Wilderness Resort and Rockwater Secret Cove. Both typify this travel trend. Designed for people who want to get into the great outdoors, but not leave their 600-thread count sheets behind, 'glamping' resorts also put a premium on defending the environment - the very thing they depend on for their livelihoods. While Clayoquot is best known for having hosted Scarlett Johanssen and Ryan Reynolds' fall 2008 wedding, it should be better known for its superb, locally-sourced cuisine and romantic tent-suites, fit for a grand safari. Similarly stunning, Rockwater's $200K treetop tents on the Sunshine Coast north of Vancouver, will tempt anyone in need of a little back-to-nature nurturing. Read that story just below.

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Living the High Life - in a Treetop Tent

Posted: 06/15/09 11:25AM
Filed Under: A Guide to Canada's Best Road Trips, Canada Travel Guide , British Columbia, Camping, road trip

Treetop tent
rockwatersecretcoveresort.com

Dehydrated food. Pots, pans, rain gear, sleeping bag, tent, Thermarest, Ziplocs within Ziplocs. My house, for most of the summer looks like a staging area for an Outward Bound wreckage site. Because I am a backcountry camper.

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20 Amazing Canadian Outdoor Adventures

Posted: 06/12/09 2:23PM
Filed Under: Canada Travel Guide , Camping, Cross-Canada Trip, cycling, Wildlife Viewing

Hike or bike? Saddle up or paddle down? Dive deep or climb high? Or hop onto a boat or tundra buggy to take in some of Canada’s diverse flora and fauna, geological quirks and myriad cultures? Here, our top 20 outdoor summer adventures across Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories, along with some of the folks who will help get you there:

Amazing Canadian Outdoor Adventures

    Canoe the Clearwater River, SK
    A Canadian Heritage River that passes through several distinct geological zones. You'll see thousands-of-years-old pictographs and tackle Class IV whitewater rapids.

    By Unfurled, Flickr.com

    Horseback through Banff National Park, AB
    Reach some of the remote backcountry mountain passes and valleys, establishing camps along the way.

    By Randy Peters, Flickr.com

    Surf Tofino, BC
    The water may be cold, but these breaks are stomping grounds for world-class surfers and thousands of others.

    By jesse_edmonds, Flickr.com

    Bike the Kettle Valley Railway, BC
    Cycle some easy grades on the decommissioned Kettle Valley Railway through wine country. Good food, fine wines and historic trestle bridges.

    By Canadian Veggie, Flickr.com

    Climb the Lotus Flower Tower, NWT
    Climb one of the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America in the granite cathedral of Cirque of the Unclimbables.

    By Deepchi1, Flickr.com

    Kayak Haida Gwaii, BC
    Also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands and sometimes called "the Galapagos of the North" due to the startling variety of flora, fauna and endemic species. One of the ancient Haida village sites in the southern islands, known as SGang Gwaay, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    By Sam Beebe/Ecotrust, Flickr.com

    Canoe the Nahanni River, NWT
    In a country that's virtually synonymous with canoeing, this paddle trip is the crown jewel. The world's first designated UNESCO World Heritage Site with canyons over a kilometre (half-mile) deep.

    By NileGuide.com, Flickr.com

    Paddle Mingan Archipelago, QC
    A tour through this National Park Reserve archipelago of 40 islands of mostly limestone and dolomite in the gulf of the St. Lawrence River will yield sightings of Canada's largest collection of rock monoliths, some more than 400-million years old, plus oodles of wildlife and endangered plant species.

    By michelphoto53 en, Flickr.com

    Dive Vancouver Island, BC
    Recognized as the finest cold-water diving in the world, with sites like the Browning Wall, vibrant with colour and the "Graveyard of the Pacific," home to some 50 shipwrecks.

    By Ed Bierman, Flickr.com

    Cruise the Northwest Passage, NU
    Cruise through the Northwest Passage-first navigated by explorer Roald Amundsen-with a completely Inuit-owned company employing local guides, historians and biologists.

    The Canadian Press

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