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travel / travel magazine / mar10
March 2010
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Like road trips along the Trans-Canada Highway and lazy afternoons at a lakeside campground or cottage, visiting a national park or national historic site is a classic Canadian travel experience. That’s in part because they’re run by Parks Canada, which is dedicated to conserving — uncommercialized — large tracts of untrammelled lands, pristine marine environments and places of historical significance.
In this issue, we highlight national parks and historic sites that are less than a day’s drive away from large urban centres — and activities you might not expect to find there. Join our writers and photographers on their quest to catch the great monarch migration at Point Pelee southwest of Toronto, on a cross-border hike at Waterton Lakes south of Calgary and on a tour of natural environments being brought back to life at La Mauricie northeast of Montréal. Plus, see how history comes alive at Saint-Louis Forts and Châteaux in Québec, Lower Fort Garry near Winnipeg and along the Trent-Severn Waterway near Peterborough. |
FEATURES
PARKS CANADA
The butterfly effect
While on the trail of the great monarch migration in Point Pelee National Park, nature’s small mysteries stole my attention
By Kate Barker with photography by Tobi Asmoucha
PLUS: Watch time-lapse video of a monarch caterpillar making its chrysalis
Paddles and pines
Restoration efforts in La Mauricie National Park are healing scars left by logging and attracting nature lovers to this haven in the heart of southern Quebec
By Gary Lawrence with photography by Yan Lassalle
PLUS: Dip into a photo essay exploring the restoration of La Mauricie’s lakes
Friendly frontier
A globetrotting adventurer takes a hike with his family in Waterton Lakes National Park
By Bruce Kirkby with photography by Patrice Halley
PLUS: Follow the author along Goat Haunt trail in an interactive map highlighting the high-tech border crossing into Montana’s Glacier National Park
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NoteBook
National gems
By Eric Harris
GateWay
Rock and rails, The lair of Pack Rat Willie, Bigger is better, Water, water everywhere, We’ll leave the light on, Safe harbour, Bonding moments |
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OneCity
They don’t call Moncton, N.B., the ‘hub city’ for nothing. It’s a rail and road axis, and a short drive away from three spectacular national parks.
By Kim Keitner with photography by John Sylvester
TenBest
Dan Rubinstein learns from his mistakes on a family road trip to Forillon National Park on the Gaspé Peninsula
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