THIS WAS A TRIP I HAD DREAMED OF TAKING SINCE I WAS A KID. The journey to James Bay from Cochrane, Ontario wasn’t the most glamorous or scenic of all the railway trips I took during Canada’s sesquicentennial year. There …
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A Scenic Train to a Painter’s Paradise by Lake Superior
THE STORY OF CANADA IS THE STORY OF RAILROADS. Or at least it was, for a crucial century where the country went from a vast wilderness to a former colony struggling to become a nation. Railroads were the technology that …
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From Vancouver to Banff on the Rocky Mountaineer
MY FIRST TRIP OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FINALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE CANADA WAS CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY. It was the country’s sesquicentennial – 150th anniversary, you know – and my editor at the travel section of the paper decided I would spent …
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Instagramable: Fall colors and waterfalls in Dundas
WINTER HAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR so our fall – brief as it was – had to be savoured quickly and greedily. That meant a trip to Dundas, Ontario and the Spencer Gorge on an October weekend, just as the …
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Instagramable: Toronto’s Railway Museum celebrates an anniversary
I’M ALWAYS AT A LOSS FOR WORDS WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHERE TO GO WHEN THEY VISIT MY HOMETOWN. I have a hard time looking at Toronto as a tourist, so when I try to answer that question, Casa Loma …
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