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Category: Canada

A First-Timer’s Guide to Vancouver, BC

A large wooden carved sculpture by Bill Read at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC, Canada
A sculpture by Bill Read at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, BC, Canada

By Roger Allnutt There is a distinctly English feel about Vancouver. The mild climate produces a lush greenness, which combined with a love of flowers transforms the city into a floral showpiece. Vancouver is surrounded by water, yet Grouse Mountain which forms a backdrop to the city is great for skiing for half the year. Once […]

A First-Time Visitor’s Guide to Quebec City

Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec

By Roger Allnutt Perched high on the edge of the escarpment overlooking the St Lawrence River in Quebec City, the historic Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac hotel must be one of the best known and most recognizable icons in Canada if not North America. Opened in 1893, it was one of the castle-like hotels built by […]

Touring the Cities and Wilderness of Canada’s Yukon Territory

A Dawson City, Yukon, streetscape (Photo by Roger Allnutt)

By Roger Allnutt In August 1896, prospectors in the northern Yukon region of northwestern Canada, close to the Arctic Circle, discovered large deposits of gold on the Rabbit River. The tributary of the Yukon River would later be named Bonanza Creek. When news of the discovery reached the United States, it precipitated what is now […]

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