Archive for the ‘canada travel’ Category

Here’s a Crazy Little Island For You

We had to post this photo because we thought these little islands were just too damn cute. Zavikon Island and Little Zavikon Island, refers to the pair of islands in the Thousand Islands archipelago on the St. Lawrence River between New York and Ontario, two kilometres southeast of Rockport, Ontario and about 200 meters north of the international boundary. It used to be owned by Woolrich Woolen [...]

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Learn to Raft from a Québécois

We recently had lunch at the Harvard Club with Destination Quebec and we have one thing to say: Incredible. Since most of our readers hail from the US, Europe, Australia, and Asia, we tend to forget (sorry, Canadians) about… Canada. And, might we acknowledge now… bad idea. Canada – particularly the Quebec region – is [...]

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Fall Foliage: North America’s Best B&B’s

Cool, crisp, clean air brings out the leaf peeper in all of us, so it’s never too soon to pull out a foliage map and ponder where you want to be when the leaves start to turn. Of course, catching the prime peaks and intensity of colors depends on what part of the country you [...]

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Quebec: Eco-Travel, The Summit of Mt. Tremblant

I love a good gondola experience.  There’s nothing quite as breathtaking (and as terrifying) as teetering on a wire suspended above a mountain in mid-air.  So we say, “Scale new heights with the Exhibit at the Summit at Fairmont Tremblant!“ It’s easy to think green with packages like the following, offered by Fairmont resorts. This package provides two [...]

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