If you're visiting Gabriola Island with kids, you'll find ideas and tips for planning your trip with this complete three day itinerary.
Who doesn’t love a day on the beach? Whether walking, swimming, beach combing, snoozing or setting out on your stand-up paddle board, summers in Canada aren’t complete without a trip to the beach. From oceans, lakes, rivers and parks – here are our tales and tips for the perfect beach day.
If you're visiting Gabriola Island with kids, you'll find ideas and tips for planning your trip with this complete three day itinerary.
Storm watching in Ucluelet and Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia allows you to experience the mysterious raw power of the Pacific Ocean and its raging storms. Imagine waves growing to 50 feet or higher as they roll close to shore, crashing into rocky cliffs...
Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park, just outside of the town of Lac La Biche in Alberta, is one of our favourite provincial parks to visit. The park comprises eight islands, with the largest, called ‘Big Island’, being home to the campground, facilities, developed trails, and beaches...
Aaron Provincial Park is located just 15 kilometres east of Dryden in beautiful Northwestern Ontario. A quick turn off the Trans-Canada Highway will bring you to this quiet lakeside park where you’ll discover family-friendly camping, beaches and trails along the shores of Thunder Lake...
Kinosoo Beach is undoubtedly one of the best beaches we’ve explored in Alberta, especially for families. It is a summer hub located in the City of Cold Lake, offering a three-block long stretch of sandy beach, clean and clear water and enough activities and amenities to keep you busy on...
Kouchibouguac National Park has always been the first “welcome to the Atlantic Ocean” stop on our trips across Canada from the west. It has shady and peaceful campgrounds, sheltered lagoons and stunning white sand beaches. Visitors can enjoy the natural beauty on hiking trails, coastal...
Good vibes at Good Spirit Provincial Park If you have a warm summer day or weekend (or week) near Yorkton, Saskatchewan, you’ll want to spend it at Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park. Its wide sandy beaches look like they belong on a tropical island, not in the middle of the Canadian...
Algonquin Provincial Park is one of the most famous Ontario Parks, especially known for its seemingly endless network of canoe routes. The park spans over 7,635 square kilometres of Algonquin Highlands, boasting dense forests, bogs, rivers and over 1,000 lakes. While canoers and kayakers...
Located near the quaint and cozy village of Rossport, Ontario, Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is in an advantageous location to explore Lake Superior’s North Shore. It has a bit of everything that makes a camping trip great, in our opinion, close by. That includes lakeside camping...
Pukaskwa National Park on Lake Superior in Ontario is hands down one of our favourite national parks in Canada. It offers stunning scenery of the Canadian Shield, the bright green-blue waters of Lake Superior, wild golden sand beaches, lush boreal forest and the rich history and culture...