Airlines are a tough business to run, most new entrants to the market are low-cost carriers battling for legroom in the market against decades-old established players. Porter, founded in 2006, has managed to find a full-service niche serving business travellers who care more about convenience than price out of Toronto’s Read more…
Fredericton is New Brunswick’s provincial capital. Its Victorian Legislative Building served as the seat of government since 1882. Its southeast corner is Secretary and King streets, quite an intersection of high and low roles. The Georgian building on the other side of the city is the old Government House that Read more…
Forts Gaspereaux, Lawrence, and Beauséjour are all part of a defensive system on the border of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. But in the eighteenth century, it was the British against the French and the French had no desire of sharing this New World with the Brits. Beaubassin wasn’t just Read more…
The world’s longest covered bridge is in Hartland, New Brunswick. It is 1282 feet long, or almost 400 metres long. It wasn’t covered when it was first built in 1901, it was an exposed wooden bridge set on stone-filled wooden piers. The stones came from the fields of local farmers Read more…
Few traditions in America have over a century of history. The Times Square Ball is the most prominent New Years celebration in the Western Hemisphere, but few know that it was started by The New York Times. I doubt many even know that Times Square was named after the newspaper’s Read more…
Owen sound was named after Admiral Fitzwilliam Owen, who undertook the first Admiralty Survey of Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay in 1814-1816. Surveys of Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior were done in 1817-1825. A famous aviator was also associated with the town. Billy Bishop, famed WWI flying ace Read more…
The area around Southampton had been known for its maple trees, furniture making, and agriculture for the past century. Today, its miles of soft sandy beaches and accessible port attracts summer vacationers and leisure boaters from all over the province. There’s plenty for a day’s activities staring with the Bruce Read more…
The eastern arm of Lake Huron is a popular resort destination for Ontarians. Collingwood used to be the shipping centre for Georgian Bay, but being far from anywhere else earned it its place as cottage country. From what I saw, extended families and older couples like to vacation there. When Read more…
Goderich, named after the British prime minister in 1828, is probably my favourite town of the ones I visited in the area. I really liked the well-marked heritage trail with plenty of signs telling the town’s commercial, ecological, and cultural histories. Menesetung Bridge crossing the Maitland River was my favourite Read more…
Generally, the fortifications of Quebec include multiple elements of the city’s defences. The Citadelle of Quebec, Saint-Louis Fort, Royal Battery, and artillery pieces placed strategically on the city’s walls are all part of its fortifications. The fortifications are now a designated National Historic Site with an interpretive centre at Artillery Read more…