Whether by bike or on foot exploring the best of Nanaimo should take no more than a day. The best way to get there is by a 20 minute flight from downtown Vancouver to downtown Nanaimo by seaplane, this way you can see everything and make it on a same Read more
The University of Ottawa is so old that its establishment predates the naming of Ottawa to its current name. It was originally formed in 1848 and incorporated by parliament as the College of Bytown in 1849. It was renamed the College of Ottawa in 1861 after Bytown was renamed to Read more
Housed in a deceiving small building, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum is home to a large cavernous underground exhibition area – in part to prevent direct sunlight from its collections and in part to allow for more open space on ground level. Its flagship exhibit is of course the huge blue Read more
The U-boot Museum in Hamburg has some tourists confused. First of all, the pennant number U-434 was not the vessel’s number – it was B-515. Furthermore, it is not an infamous German U-boat from WWII, it was a Soviet submarine that was decommissioned only in 2001 and converted into a Read more
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec translates to the Quebec national museum of fine arts. It’s located in Battlefield Park in Quebec City where the battle of the Plains of Abraham took place in 1759. One of its four buildings is a former prison, and some of its cells Read more
Sudbury is known to be the world’s largest producer of nickel in the 20th century, producing over 90% of the world’s nickel supply for stainless steel. Other metals such as palladium, copper, and gold are also found in its igneous rock. Dynamic Earth, sponsored by mining companies in the region, Read more
The Laurentian University in Sudbury is the largest higher educational institution in Northern Ontario. It was actually formed by a federation of Huntington College, University of Sudbury College, and Thornloe College. Its campus on the top of a hill offers a stunning view of Ramsey Lake, but I still like Read more
Still the official residence of the Governor General of Canada outside of Rideau Hall, the half-star-shaped Citadelle of Quebec is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Strategically located on the highest point of the city at Cape Diamond right along the St. Lawrence River, vital for transportation, it is the largest Read more
Sudbury is a city of 158,000 people and the largest settlement in Northern Ontario. Initially, I thought there wouldn’t be much to see this far up north, but boy was I glad to be wrong! There’s plenty to see and do and I recommend you stay at least two days Read more
The Ojibway First Peoples called the island anipich, meaning the place of the hardwoods, some of the original hardwood forests still exist today in between the farmland. Today, it’s called St. Joseph’s Island and many of the roads are gravel tracks. Most people come to the island to visit ruins Read more