Sleep in a lighthouse: Canada’s most unique coastal stays
Key takeaway: Sleeping in a Canadian lighthouse transforms a simple stay into a historical immersion, ranging from rustic off-grid towers to luxury inns. This experience connects … Read more
Destinations
The regions worth the distance, from the Gaspesie to Haida Gwaii, with the numbers you need.
The Gaspesie Loop: Perce Rock, Forillon and the End of the Appalachians
There is a moment, somewhere east of Matane, when Route 132 stops feeling like a highway and starts feeling like a ledge. The St. Lawrence widens … Read more
The Cabot Trail: Cape Breton’s 298 Kilometres of Coast and Highlands
Ask ten people who have driven the Cabot Trail which direction to take and you will get ten confident answers. We have done it both ways, … Read more
The Bay of Fundy: Reading the Highest Tides on Earth
Twice a day, the Bay of Fundy fills and empties like a lung. Somewhere around 160 billion tonnes of seawater move in and out with each … Read more
Gros Morne: Walking on the Earth’s Mantle in Newfoundland
The first time we walked onto the Tablelands, we assumed something had gone wrong with the landscape. The mountain in front of us was the colour … Read more
Haida Gwaii: Islands at the Edge of the Pacific
Haida Gwaii sits about 100 km off the north coast of British Columbia, across a shallow, notoriously rough stretch of water called Hecate Strait. There are … Read more
The Yukon: Dawson City, the Dempster and Tombstone Territorial Park
Whitehorse to Dawson City is 533 km on the Klondike Highway, and for most of it the road has the Yukon River somewhere on its left, … Read more
Manitoulin Island and Georgian Bay: Freshwater Coast of Ontario
Georgian Bay is technically a bay of Lake Huron, but nobody who has stood on its shore believes that. It is about 15,000 square kilometres of … Read more