Too Square to be Hip
A narcissist's guide to travel and culture
Northern Ontario can be breathtaking, yet only a fraction of Canadians get to experience its unparalleled beauty, and most of those people are hunters and anglers – men and women used to the remote nature of the land of endless lakes and thick impenetrable forests. It is on one of these trips north that I …
Welcome to the northern terminus of Lake Temiskaming. In this post we examine a little section of Lake Temiskaming, specifically the town of New Liskeard, and it’s rich heritage as well as the natural beauty that surrounds it. No longer is this corner of Ontario reserved for mining, today the area is a hub for …
Deep into the northern extremity of of Algonquin Park, where access is not provided by the paved asphalt comforts of Highway 60, lies a region of a distinct natural beauty. Accessed via an active gravel logging road, it is much less crowded, yet just as worth seeing. This article is a stub of the much …
Entry to the Park, Ski and Accommodation When you leave the highway and enter Lake Louise, you will be greeted by a small alpine town with a general store, some hotels and restaurants such as the excellent eatery in the old Railway Station. On the north side of the highway you will find the Lake …
Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa All the way from Ottawa in just one day Big Joe Mufferaw, Stompin’ Tom Connors The above chunk of lyric was taken from the Stompin’ Tom Conners song Big Joe Mufferaw, about the legendary French Canadian folk hero Joseph Montferrand – a man with a connection to the Ottawa …
A shot rings out, and a man lies dead near the shore of the Tay River… a gentleman’s face-off gone wrong. Welcome to the home of the last duel! Historic Perth, a once important center of Eastern Ontario, is a city almost entirely composed of Scottish crafted Ottawa Valley limestone. Within its ancient confines one …
Among the locations explored in this post are: Geography Between Kingston and Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario, is an enormous littoral landmass jutting into the water. This triangular shaped bulkhead is surrounded by the north and east by the Bay of Quinty and exposed to Lake Ontario along its other shores. Today its …
The tiny town of Bath located in the heart of Loyalist Township is a rather impressive relic of its time. Bath was first settled in 1784 by a handful of British Subjects called the Loyalists, refugees of the American War of Independence. The lakefront community is considered to be one of the oldest in what …
In this post we will cover a small part of eastern Prince Edward County often neglected by tourists. This massive landmass is located in the province of Ontario and juts out its jagged edges into Lake Ontario. This peninsula is separated from the nearby Loyalist Township my a thin body of water called the Bay …
The Seaside Port of Brockville is one that I have “graced” with my presence for several summers on my roadtrips from Ottawa to Toronto. Not only does it have a fantastic fish and chip, but also a fine assortment of watering holes and an assortment of fine Victorian architecture that could make an architect blush! …
