Quebec

Explore Canada Like a Local: Chasing Whales in Quebec’s Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park

After two days of hiking and exploring Quebec’s La Mauricie National Park, I quickly discovered that the province has plenty of stunning natural scenery to offer. My brief time in the park had quickly come to an end however. And it was now on to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park for two nights of beach camping, [...]

Explore Canada Like a Local: A Long Walk Through Quebec’s La Mauricie National Park

I had but one full day exploring Quebec City. But (thanks in no small part to Parcs Canada) in a mere eight hours, I relived and discovered more than 400 years of the city’s history. After which, it was time to push on towards the sprawling wilderness of the province’s National Parks.

Explore Canada Like a Local: How to Relive Quebec City’s Fascinating 400-Year History

I came to Quebec to backpack the province’s national parks. To step into the vast Canadian wilderness with nothing but a backpack and tent in tow. To live for nine full days not unlike Les Stroud … if Les traveled in a cush, four-wheel drive SUV, broke for daily coffee runs and relaxed on short-haul [...]

Explore Quebec (and Vancouver … and Toronto) Like a Local

Canada’s always held a special place in my heart. Some of my fondest travel memories are of cramming my five closest high school friends into a beat-up 70s Mercedes Benz and driving six hours north to the (at least to us school age Americans) Xanadu that was Montreal. My grandmother was born and raised on [...]

Photo of the Moment: Northern Lights of Quebec, Canada

Photo of the Moment: A Strange Cloudy Interlude, Quebec

Bizarre Culture: Danse la Poutine, Quebec [Video]

© Wikipedia For those not in the know, poutine is: … a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds and covered with gravy and sometimes other additional ingredients. The freshness of the curds is important as it makes them soft in the warm fries, without completely melting. It is a quintessential Canadian [...]

Red Bull Crashes Ice in Old Quebec

Billed as the world’s fasted race on skates, Red Bull Crashed Ice will kick off in Old Québec on January 26, 2008. An adrenaline packed combination of downhill skiing, boardercross and hockey, the race involves a mad descent down steep turns and hairpin bends, and has been dubbed by former ice hockey pro Charles Wasley [...]