What better way to celebrate a 15th birthday than tubing the rapids of the Elora Gorge along the Grand River on a cool Sunday in September? The cool temperatures meant very little traffic on the river. The high rainfall this summer meant the river was looking more like it was April. Even better, the 15…Continue reading Daytime Long Exposure Photography at Elora Gorge Conservation Area
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Images of Eau Claire Gorge Falls
This is a very big planet. The size really is incomprehensible to the human mind. You look on a map of North America and only a few natural features stand out, like Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, the Florida Everglades, the Rockies. However, there’s one hell of a lot of space in between that just…Continue reading Images of Eau Claire Gorge Falls
Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
Does it get any more Canadian than this? A provincial park on the Trans-Canada highway between North Bay and Mattawa in Ontario, just north of the big boy of provincial parks, Algonquin. Samuel de Champlain might just be the Ontario Near North’s best kept secret. While provincial parks, especially Algonquin, to the south are filled…Continue reading Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park
A Great Lakes Freighter At 47 And How To Win A Cruise On One
Any other mode of transportation in North America, automobiles, airplanes, trains, would be considered classics now if built in 1966. These would mostly be seen in museums or at shows. Not so with Great Lakes Freighters. Algosteel, a Great Lakes Freighter belonging to Algoma Central Corporation, has been docked in Owen Sound Harbour for most of August,…Continue reading A Great Lakes Freighter At 47 And How To Win A Cruise On One