A half-hourly ferry connects Amherst Island to Millhaven, Ontario, near Kingston. The gravel roads are a lot of fun to drive on, so much fun that I saw an elderly man skilled around corners in a small Honda hatchback. There isn’t much commerce on the island, so many of the Read more…
Located inside a military base in Kingston, the museum starts from the very beginning with flag signals and ends at modern electronic communications. There are recreations of Telegraph offices and radio rooms from the last century showing how the equipment was laid out at the time. Despite being in existence Read more…
Cambridge, England is home to the revered University of Cambridge. Cambridge, Massachusetts is home to the mighty Harvard University. Cambridge, Ontario is home to the humble McDougall Cottage Historic Site. The stone cottage was built in 1858 on the bank of the Grand River. It is named after the first Read more…
Famous, not as big as you’d imagine them to be, but still quite large for something constructed before the onset of the Second World War. Originally, it was meant to include the presidents’ torsos as well as their faces, but the death of a sculptor and the beginning of an Read more…
Just an hour away from Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial privately owned by a nonprofit foundation in the lands of the Lakota people. Built in memory to the legendary Crazy Horse who resisted the onslaught of European invaders, it is intended to become a university campus and a historical Read more…
Two ferries connect Howe Island to mainland Ontario. The west end ferry runs every half hour with breaks for crew at lunch and dinner, the east end ferry runs on an as-needed basis with no schedule because it only holds three cars at a time. While the west end ferry Read more…
Niagara is a region of confusing names. There are two Niagara Falls, one on each side of the border. Then, there’s the Niagara Falls, the waterfall. There are also two Niagara-on-the-Lakes, one is the town and the other is the wine region, the two overlap with slight border differences. Camp Read more…
It’s really too bad that the weather was terrible when I went to St. Catharines because it’s location on Lake Ontario allows for wonderful photo opportunities. Lakeside Park, which features a colourful carousel and a beach on one side and a lighthouse on the other, looked absolutely miserable in the Read more…
Ottawa is a vast expanse of suburbia and farmland awaiting redevelopment into more suburban homes. Logically, it has an equally expansive greenbelt managed by the National Capital Commission full of trails for outdoor activities. During winter, over a hundred kilometres of snowshoeing and cross-country skiing trails are maintained for citizens Read more…
While Canada Slept: How we lost our place in the world By Andrew Cohen I took a course titled Canada and the World taught by Prof. Cohen when I was a master’s student in Ottawa. While Canada Slept was one of the required course readings. There were about 25 of Read more…