Lake Superior Provincial Park has several trails with varying challenge levels. We are mature now, so the mountain climbing and long-distance rambles of our youth are not quite as appealing as once they were. Especially not on the usually uneven, and often narrow terrain of the Canadian Shield. Pinguisibi is an easy, linear trail. Total…

Behind all the rock walls Lake Superior Provincial Park boasts eleven hiking trails ranging in difficulty from easy (fairly level terrain, about 1-2 hours long) to very demanding (not well marked, very uneven, long distance, overnight trip). We opted for a couple of the medium hikes. The walk to see the Agawa Bay Pictographs was…

Noelville to Agawa Bay is 505 km. We reckoned it’d take about 6 hours to drive the distance. The route would take us along Lake Huron to Lake Superior – a bit inland, but essentially following the edges of the contours of those two lakes. It took considerably longer, but there you go – google…

Initially chosen because we planned to meet a friend who stays in a cottage near here. That plan came apart, but we were already booked, and we assumed that it was a good idea to keep the booking. That was a correct assumption. We left Arrowhead Provincial Park in the afternoon, but due to travelling…

We left Quebec behind, with a tinge of ‘je regrette’ . Ontario was calling. Our route would take us along the bottom edge of the famous Algonquin Provincial Park, famous because the Group of Seven painted here and their exhibits promoted the park. We crossed the provincial border at Portage-du-Fort, where the road is perched…

Camping sites are as varied as any array of locations or activities can be. Campsite #1 Chegnecto, Fundy National Park, NB We arrived at the campsite at about 17:00, and began setting up, getting the trailer stabilised and balanced, and the outside accoutrements in place. Stabilising always takes a bit of time and plenty of…

As soon as we turned onto the road to my cousins’, we both relaxed. Our shoulders dropped, and our breathing became more even, deeper. ’ve been coming to visit my cousin in Pontiac County for nearly five decades. She has lived in this particular house for many, many years. It’s an old farm house, with…

When we left Baie Ste Catherine, we zoomed through Quebec, with a stopover before our last destination in La Belle Province. Snapshots taken through the window fail to do justice to this beautiful province. They do provide a tantalising, and slightly blurred glimpse of what there is to see and do in Quebec. Of course,…

Saguenay Fjord is best seen from the water. From that viewpoint we could fully appreciate the steep-sloped, high sides of the fjord. The Saguenay Fjord was formed when two geological faults let a huge block of rock fall down, creating a flat-bottomed depression between the mountains. Glaciation during the ice ages further carved the shape…

Our day-long trip began with a ferry ride, crossing near the mouth of the Saguenay Fjord. The Baie-Sainte-Catherine to Tadoussac ferry crossing takes about 10 minutes. The service is frequent. The ferry runs 24/7. The ferry holds about 100 vehicles, with a couple of upper level loading areas. We were sent to the upper level.…