Canada’s Magnificent Railroad in the West

The Rocky Mountaineer train offers a luxury railroad trip through western Canada from Vancouver to Banff Lake Louise, traveling by daylight to see the scenery.

French Canada’s Montreal and Quebec City

Montreal and Quebec City attract visitors with their French flair, including Montreal’s summer jazz festival and Quebec City’s beauty on a cliff over the river.

Canada’s New Brunswick: The Fundy and Acadian Coasts

New Brunswick’s travel attractions, its main things to see and do, include the highest tides in the world at the Hopewell Rocks, the French Acadian culture at Caraquet and the Loyalist British culture at St. Andrews. Explore the Fundy Coast by kayak and with a drive on the Fundy Trail Parkway. Endangered piping plovers can be seen at Bouctouche. Seafood, especially lobster and snow crab, can be enjoyed at Shippagan.

Winter Skiing in the Canadian Rockies

One winter I had an opportunity to view the Canadian Rockies and evaluate its potential for winter sports outings.

Rafting Through Canada’s Bald Eagle Country

Around every bend in the river stood another perch tree with perhaps a dozen eagles on it.

Canada’s Two Cultures: Toronto and Montreal/Quebec City

If you want to contemplate Canada’s two main cultures, sample predominantly English Toronto, then visit French-English Montreal, and finally all-French Quebec City.

Canada’s Rockies: Mountains for All Travelers

The Canadian Rockies, west of Calgary, offer many things to do and see, such as the Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise, and National Parks named Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, and Yolo. See the Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian, eat buffalo steak at the Grizzly House Restaurant, and enjoy a scenic vista with a gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain.

Helihiking the Rockies of Canada

Geology, mountain wildflowers, fresh air, and whistle of a pika: Such is the world of helicopter hiking in the Canadian Rockies, a relatively new adventure sport available to all travelers.

Canada’s Emerald Cities: Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia

Brawny Vancouver, with its huge container port, and sedate Victoria, with afternoon tea at the dowager Empress Hotel, illustrate the contrasting appeals of British Columbia’s major cities.

Canada’s Polar Bear Country near Churchill, Manitoba

Canada’s polar bears can be viewed in Wapusk National Park outside Churchill in northern Manitoba. Tundra Buggy Tours by Frontiers North Adventures assists travelers to see the bears.