tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75040910038814904592024-03-13T21:50:11.158-07:00Marvelous-CanadaDoris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-16302439619530405322024-03-05T07:27:00.000-08:002024-03-05T07:27:21.578-08:00Stunning Beauty in the Salish Sea Center on Vancouver Island
<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju10sVxb1oR3YKm_4jNqwToh7RsrFyUbxyPo5g2r01RPRLHsLuikvo_CWNimiMw5eSd3T9oGxgvH7JPY-PTQk3HD1SyNTe2XbNkle9-HTTiGsvfDbWD14qw48_DFmQ6MQAR4ynsnJmzaQVLG15A6HvNhlRtpff999SMNWoMeOFIWrwxYU5FU4ZWpK2IeA/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum25.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju10sVxb1oR3YKm_4jNqwToh7RsrFyUbxyPo5g2r01RPRLHsLuikvo_CWNimiMw5eSd3T9oGxgvH7JPY-PTQk3HD1SyNTe2XbNkle9-HTTiGsvfDbWD14qw48_DFmQ6MQAR4ynsnJmzaQVLG15A6HvNhlRtpff999SMNWoMeOFIWrwxYU5FU4ZWpK2IeA/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum25.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /><b>I had no idea that there was this much color in the ocean. Wandering from one Aquarium tank to the next I stared in disbelief at the beautiful tropical colors and forms of the maritime animals and plants. How can such a color explosion live underneath the grey-blue waters of the Salish Sea? It was like being in a colorful art exhibition. </b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqXAd5ZMCe8gCuFFwwEj3li561XGN4qlp3PbkLyzv76T37dbVazWborUE1gMjoO4KDL2cCq18GIwpwx4G15q361pk6xjl2G4ke7oSscfc4hvKvK2dPfj5tukXEULok3k1drsNvFWSHQxZN9BIC0s99ysJt5DFY626d40y22yw0IKXHIROV74RmngtcFg/s933/VancIsland-SalishSeeMuseum-Entrance2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqXAd5ZMCe8gCuFFwwEj3li561XGN4qlp3PbkLyzv76T37dbVazWborUE1gMjoO4KDL2cCq18GIwpwx4G15q361pk6xjl2G4ke7oSscfc4hvKvK2dPfj5tukXEULok3k1drsNvFWSHQxZN9BIC0s99ysJt5DFY626d40y22yw0IKXHIROV74RmngtcFg/s320/VancIsland-SalishSeeMuseum-Entrance2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The outside of the building is unassuming as it’s the ground level of a hotel/condo. I thought the aquarium was on the ground level… but discovered that after entering the submarine elevator hatch visitors descend to the ocean floor a few leagues under the sea. <br /><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRKNmY5Cfy9C2WZWKFTrArPJZwTZWTlvbK5UA-qDpYTJLSC26-16MkivqAz4hzsn10R11Ymtc6fo_5V2D93SI_1ues2irA1P8mn5tv3IQPmZmu9Ijjwotjq1tNqRhVS6nMPSj7dc5otDJh4rz5Cm_dk0DMsO4e_3gZ-d_CiiVCjEpV-bjxANnqxps0qQ/s800/VancIsland-SalishSeeMuseum.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRKNmY5Cfy9C2WZWKFTrArPJZwTZWTlvbK5UA-qDpYTJLSC26-16MkivqAz4hzsn10R11Ymtc6fo_5V2D93SI_1ues2irA1P8mn5tv3IQPmZmu9Ijjwotjq1tNqRhVS6nMPSj7dc5otDJh4rz5Cm_dk0DMsO4e_3gZ-d_CiiVCjEpV-bjxANnqxps0qQ/s320/VancIsland-SalishSeeMuseum.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Salish Ocean Centre does a fantastic job of bringing the sea and all the fascinating and diverse sea creatures right to visitors. The aquarium is Canada’s only one that is dedicated to the marine life-rich Salish Sea. Visitors will find over 3,500 animals at the aquarium of over 150 species from the Salish Sea.<br /><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0RwwTBeQN-ODvmEZnVu4tZoU4itUw7q1Z4jW6-_j3N4TnPdU8umBqZOsnUpawAyK3px4f51hXSrJMDF8oi1pGoVv5FMwhCYtjt2zJ73-CE-ljDjOL8YhTuXgOsRB1ivHL4EYOrb5MqkqL0xUAJajMaEA-TDEPD1qVbIiidFG7cFP1go9yRQbVDs859Q/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum16.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0RwwTBeQN-ODvmEZnVu4tZoU4itUw7q1Z4jW6-_j3N4TnPdU8umBqZOsnUpawAyK3px4f51hXSrJMDF8oi1pGoVv5FMwhCYtjt2zJ73-CE-ljDjOL8YhTuXgOsRB1ivHL4EYOrb5MqkqL0xUAJajMaEA-TDEPD1qVbIiidFG7cFP1go9yRQbVDs859Q/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum16.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;">The area of the Salish Sea is 110,000 square kilometers from mountaintop to ocean. The Salish Sea covers the Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, and the waters off of Vancouver, BC. The area spans from Olympia, Washington in the south to the Campbell River, British Columbia in the north, and west to Neah Bay. It also includes the large cities of Seattle and Vancouver. <br /><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV794WacYbcjyvyIQ9530mF8VkCCfcnVgldHgbh5oZNZbHfKSL6JNfKfi3OoY6YYmwHBSsjpOSyvblAgaxyQuymmnJwdzMdQ7q-WcMEzjB7UKzR0g39cJN-uOW2EjG7HPuHtsUVfw5Ux1wHlnSRinKNy8Ft_e3Nfx5_NQUgl9jfVdH-HFPPGxeNbimQ0M/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum21.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV794WacYbcjyvyIQ9530mF8VkCCfcnVgldHgbh5oZNZbHfKSL6JNfKfi3OoY6YYmwHBSsjpOSyvblAgaxyQuymmnJwdzMdQ7q-WcMEzjB7UKzR0g39cJN-uOW2EjG7HPuHtsUVfw5Ux1wHlnSRinKNy8Ft_e3Nfx5_NQUgl9jfVdH-HFPPGxeNbimQ0M/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum21.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;">The marine ecosystem is home to many charismatic species. These include endangered southern resident killer whales. Their population has dropped to just 75 individuals, as well as the Chinook salmon they depend on for survival.<br /><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyfEjyKlrsFGbJtEvCWLODJeukXCuaC9ReT5AeaSPhL-cRGy9qa6VcLTpw2dbMGDPZZFE5PzmsfXON7W6ENOhHNDfXre3VcEyaZOHSAVH2Ah_ShQCxq9EXxdWQaFZN1X1vDrQtNLrWYUhpt2taa4hIrM8VoFPF5Brxk4xLHb0twnEFOo9d1F863LKSBc/s933/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum7.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyfEjyKlrsFGbJtEvCWLODJeukXCuaC9ReT5AeaSPhL-cRGy9qa6VcLTpw2dbMGDPZZFE5PzmsfXON7W6ENOhHNDfXre3VcEyaZOHSAVH2Ah_ShQCxq9EXxdWQaFZN1X1vDrQtNLrWYUhpt2taa4hIrM8VoFPF5Brxk4xLHb0twnEFOo9d1F863LKSBc/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum7.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;">Underwater Beauty <br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Explore the underwater beauty of the Salish Sea - one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world! The exhibit shows many species of jellyfish, plankton, and algae (ocean drifters) to help visitors understand the foundations of the ocean food web in the Salish Sea. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAXohKRQtMvwDxrK14Iza5qcxVYxUj_RPe-q-IVoMvWZKrZJyWKAlfNDiKeLWrM-rYHCqqVxhkRxEasgLPpxz76W94cxqelKRMxtBGDWDDwrQLpJ8JI7pw7Jr-q5X3GZd7rYr08u0XUWI-us2WRNBC2spoN8I1q8SLfYEjUSJxBTC1I0_tQyUQAJE7Dc/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum18.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAXohKRQtMvwDxrK14Iza5qcxVYxUj_RPe-q-IVoMvWZKrZJyWKAlfNDiKeLWrM-rYHCqqVxhkRxEasgLPpxz76W94cxqelKRMxtBGDWDDwrQLpJ8JI7pw7Jr-q5X3GZd7rYr08u0XUWI-us2WRNBC2spoN8I1q8SLfYEjUSJxBTC1I0_tQyUQAJE7Dc/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum18.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Species in this exhibit include Sea nettles and Moon Jellys. There’s a good diversity of tank sizes, but my favorite was the floor-to-ceiling tanks.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcorrXG0aAkeLdnw6Z_sjc65LrCU2dwc_q-Q5EEWQMuG7Yij-vIpAoEENe1BoLtVfeGnXaBkol1-jxjNsplt-JZLjRF0BgKIpd5270NU3RbbL3I_nJaCB_YqmYzCIiFdNiegVX0JKt7vAHlceXat0Y7BmDq1A6I944UZ6n1kDsbndMNP371X_zN0fADk/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum15.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgcorrXG0aAkeLdnw6Z_sjc65LrCU2dwc_q-Q5EEWQMuG7Yij-vIpAoEENe1BoLtVfeGnXaBkol1-jxjNsplt-JZLjRF0BgKIpd5270NU3RbbL3I_nJaCB_YqmYzCIiFdNiegVX0JKt7vAHlceXat0Y7BmDq1A6I944UZ6n1kDsbndMNP371X_zN0fADk/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum15.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Gallery of the Salish Sea</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This exhibit is home to hundreds of species of fish, invertebrates, and marine plants from the Salish Sea, including Giant Pacific Octopus, Wolf Eel, Rock greenling, Painted greenling, Pacific Herring, Chinook Salmon, King Crab.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xIxxUy0HrKOpgPoodUKUP-XnelKLS2Uzu1OhUYBAzUQHVLmXTjm96NE6wkEdzs7YvQkDi3wooutaqEHrfLoln6JCdhZeZkRsd1mgTFgHMm2eFsT0TDJwXi_U3a7MFf7mYBa6WQmrapQGDim4fKYK7kQM3KrdqARjnYWfysuiLfMWW4qVU_sW2-CmIUs/s800/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum9.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xIxxUy0HrKOpgPoodUKUP-XnelKLS2Uzu1OhUYBAzUQHVLmXTjm96NE6wkEdzs7YvQkDi3wooutaqEHrfLoln6JCdhZeZkRsd1mgTFgHMm2eFsT0TDJwXi_U3a7MFf7mYBa6WQmrapQGDim4fKYK7kQM3KrdqARjnYWfysuiLfMWW4qVU_sW2-CmIUs/s320/VancIsland-SalishSea-Museum9.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The Salish Sea Center is located in the Sidney Pier Building on the waterfront in the Vancouver Island town of Sidney, Canada, in the Greater Victoria region</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">9811 Seaport Pl, Sidney, BC </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Open daily from 10 am to 4:00 pm - closed on Wednesdays</b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Travel Times by car:</p><ul>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>25 minutes north of Victoria on Highway 17</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>10 minutes from the BC Ferry Terminal at Swartz Bay</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>5 minutes from the Victoria International Airport</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Menlo; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>25 minutes from the Washington State Ferry Terminal in Sidney</li>
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Sidney is surrounded by the ocean, but it’s rare to see what lives deep within it. 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There are several offers in town from an ATV tour, bus tours, and even Wigwam (teepee) stays.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span></span><b>Search for the breathtaking Aurora Borealis with a local guide to lead you to the best viewing spots in the Northwest Territories.</b></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Depart Yellowknife each evening for the hunt at a different location, including a heated tee-pee where you can relax after a 3-course dinner at Aurora Village, including transport plus three nights.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Appreciate the Northern Lights around the lake and see the reflection on the lake when the magnificent Aurora appears.<br /><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_l95m8Gt04-lhzFKgP7seehZP0ERy8WWdQsu6KsF8AZe-mkF95QQbReKTuk0KyoP40ZohG3pCsgmYm07qREzlTlVcchjS3mbz6dPXEFk9dSGeL1xLs3L7TXKzRHBQKVuMmctrTekqtr5hKiUnyho9FVXDiDzMuUlt3Ml8kb9XZCsTb8JswtlATYo/s600/YK-Bristol-Airplane-Monument.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA_l95m8Gt04-lhzFKgP7seehZP0ERy8WWdQsu6KsF8AZe-mkF95QQbReKTuk0KyoP40ZohG3pCsgmYm07qREzlTlVcchjS3mbz6dPXEFk9dSGeL1xLs3L7TXKzRHBQKVuMmctrTekqtr5hKiUnyho9FVXDiDzMuUlt3Ml8kb9XZCsTb8JswtlATYo/s320/YK-Bristol-Airplane-Monument.JPG" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><p style="color: white;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For example at the Aurora Ninja Photo Tour: A tour guide will also take pictures for all guests and teach them how to use their own cameras to shoot the Northern Lights. During the trip, they will also provide guests with hot drinks and biscuits, as well as expertise and knowledge on the Northern Lights and Yellowknife.</p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssy_aFo62ZuAEqAqKjWgqS7bpBd-6JlAvbHKvhsoRNO58KAYTOIJ3VVSprE4VMiteTfc-o-DFuef_aBbWe6bXPIFcZr0AJYh6DP-Zt9QXeil_56cZWtecM6eUgkrTaaF60V858V_Wz1US-Yqx3Ing-jqERadXQrE1tgkBt7nMCU4O1XG459REnmM8/s670/YK-SnowedIn-Skidoos.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssy_aFo62ZuAEqAqKjWgqS7bpBd-6JlAvbHKvhsoRNO58KAYTOIJ3VVSprE4VMiteTfc-o-DFuef_aBbWe6bXPIFcZr0AJYh6DP-Zt9QXeil_56cZWtecM6eUgkrTaaF60V858V_Wz1US-Yqx3Ing-jqERadXQrE1tgkBt7nMCU4O1XG459REnmM8/s320/YK-SnowedIn-Skidoos.JPG" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">You certainly can also drive out of town at night (more comfortable in September when it is not too cold) and wait until the dancing lights appear in the northern sky. In Winter, the Dettah Ice Road offers spectacular viewing opportunities. However, anywhere along the shoreline in Old Town is dark enough to offer great viewing options. The same for the hill up to the Bush Pilots Monument.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX2oupZIq9ILU3k96eG53qFl9FTeIH9DLhzPZQQEUe5z-BkOZTybIEO1q3ZRFTePCc_hDc1WXLFk5cZE5FyZqNrYBInCQDFaJwwMF2wd5Aywe8FJ5DXpVN0YyQMaUxzwNufzWKQftVJsCHvwmEmkAgtckdd73jPkTQ-h6yxbmzr-E9BtElTU_zVmr/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_2258.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX2oupZIq9ILU3k96eG53qFl9FTeIH9DLhzPZQQEUe5z-BkOZTybIEO1q3ZRFTePCc_hDc1WXLFk5cZE5FyZqNrYBInCQDFaJwwMF2wd5Aywe8FJ5DXpVN0YyQMaUxzwNufzWKQftVJsCHvwmEmkAgtckdd73jPkTQ-h6yxbmzr-E9BtElTU_zVmr/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_2258.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Get masterful photographs from a local photo and video artist who captured more than ten thousand images of both, the aurora and Yellowknife’s and Northwest Territories’ beauty in general. <a href="https://www.tawnabrown.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.tawnabrown.com/</a></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The prerequisite for the outdoors is, of course, that you are warmly dressed - three layers at least - and that all extremities - head, hands, feet - are well bundled up. In Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, temperatures of around minus 30 degrees Celsius for months on end are completely normal. Nevertheless, the daily life of the 21,000 inhabitants goes on. They know, in three months it will be warm and the sun shines almost around the clock. Lots of flowers and veggies will then grow in gardens.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3q9pJKGqofYcQAYvfkhjRTGUWXznQzRJGec_5HJKxBNrGUGuI7WbtsYIr7eiEA8H7B6D0EeYFXxOAWB74TvCzqjkHokfloaC9F2De1bohUHfw4XfaM54NbugSY7jqU7C-iort_MXj1vcPeww3zLpTr18hh_rBK8bb3OTKexjK3wW7IuyfdK7WC71/s392/007_opt.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt3q9pJKGqofYcQAYvfkhjRTGUWXznQzRJGec_5HJKxBNrGUGuI7WbtsYIr7eiEA8H7B6D0EeYFXxOAWB74TvCzqjkHokfloaC9F2De1bohUHfw4XfaM54NbugSY7jqU7C-iort_MXj1vcPeww3zLpTr18hh_rBK8bb3OTKexjK3wW7IuyfdK7WC71/s320/007_opt.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="245" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Ice Fishing on Great Slave Lake</b>: Yellowknife Sport Fishing Adventures is a professional fishing guide company looking to help you catch trophy fish. They offer not only winter ice fishing, but also Summer fishing trips. Ski, snowshoe, and ice skating equipment can be rented if you don’t bring your own - for example at Overland Sports in town.</span></p><p 0px="" 18px="" auto="" b="" class="p1" font-family:="" font-feature-settings:="" font-kerning:="" font-optical-sizing:="" font-size:="" font-stretch:="" font-variant-alternates:="" font-variant-east-asian:="" font-variant-numeric:="" font-variation-settings:="" line-height:="" margin:="" narrow="" normal="" quot="" rial="" style="color: white;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfw6s-3CUHMqkYsvwsmyOJQoBOgQ3u4UHsKiflxhPcuzzV2WdEsa0pvwrHfe6mIdA-9Q9DJEGyxtMzDLtBxscyelX1oiQmqTDxLA_B2GshGmzgdHI0c9d3sF0Daa5-Y9MhsuGVWA-0u3f4xIS-uCtGz52uEFQVuSBl7g6dlfIeDjcpGFDwniPkwGVA/s534/IcefisherDrill_opt.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfw6s-3CUHMqkYsvwsmyOJQoBOgQ3u4UHsKiflxhPcuzzV2WdEsa0pvwrHfe6mIdA-9Q9DJEGyxtMzDLtBxscyelX1oiQmqTDxLA_B2GshGmzgdHI0c9d3sF0Daa5-Y9MhsuGVWA-0u3f4xIS-uCtGz52uEFQVuSBl7g6dlfIeDjcpGFDwniPkwGVA/s320/IcefisherDrill_opt.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><p style="color: white;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>March is Festival Month!<br /></b>The famous <b>Snow King Festival </b>starts in early March: A month of dance, community, theatre, music, magic, ice slides, art, friends, fun, snow, and certainly the amazing Aurora Borealis on the night sky. The Snow Castle is located on the ice of Yellowknife Bay, nestled into the shores of Great Slave Lake next to Old Town's Woodyard neighborhood.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.snowking.ca/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.snowking.ca/</a></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">.</p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5tD_qvU_xLq5vgoE2y1vPfnEulRv6zp6SFCEmbon7qoF1EEnAGCN-RAFi9hFJED_CHxDsJgnYpKjgCTN0yzAd6R8rwo-kQUiiOwh-dHUnkqUCYZbGJGcTxLjgaTQ4eFTdeayqvJPCSNFRnJx-e1mLkeldVqddKXuHN2ku87Ej9F3pIuK5tuH5jFJ/s1800/TawnaBrown-DSC07504e.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5tD_qvU_xLq5vgoE2y1vPfnEulRv6zp6SFCEmbon7qoF1EEnAGCN-RAFi9hFJED_CHxDsJgnYpKjgCTN0yzAd6R8rwo-kQUiiOwh-dHUnkqUCYZbGJGcTxLjgaTQ4eFTdeayqvJPCSNFRnJx-e1mLkeldVqddKXuHN2ku87Ej9F3pIuK5tuH5jFJ/s320/TawnaBrown-DSC07504e.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p style="color: white;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">An <b>ice-carving contest </b>brings in people from around the world. Hugh ice blocks are cut out from Great Slave Lake, some more than eight feet large. The carving artists then create fantastic ice creatures and monuments that stay for weeks on display.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBh0KKpOaat_Qqvy4EF8qG1pIyZ8OgUPy-sz-vqgj6tMS1vtdGGetRO1DXo8szNCJO1PrIkknq4EQ102-ESHXtc1kamQx2QB4WW5pjyy_l0IWHivBkUoui47e_aFZMwx-TCzg0zwcE02L-pfU5lSOZtWjWguld_NEV3lcAwSsvQs0Shv4bSt_yP0P_/s1084/Yellowknife-IceBlock-Foto-Cory%20Vanthuyne.JPG" style="color: #888888; 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font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmV8fn3NJpmB-de7hJmAQAfV9DzjaW5zEiJgL7oSxPPB_705UPpPYWSUepx3-r0S4CH-ClDyaadFguekeM1yECxugBBg1-FgripQecmQY_xLiP28vgAjKJhQ50mHnYLIFFwEqufKCy5V8MQyCynF0-N-PEIDmvndbCV6NXxHwqWpP2t_rs9PA0oYyI/s3264/Yellowknife-IceCarving-GiantInsect-Foto-Cory%20Vanthuyne.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmV8fn3NJpmB-de7hJmAQAfV9DzjaW5zEiJgL7oSxPPB_705UPpPYWSUepx3-r0S4CH-ClDyaadFguekeM1yECxugBBg1-FgripQecmQY_xLiP28vgAjKJhQ50mHnYLIFFwEqufKCy5V8MQyCynF0-N-PEIDmvndbCV6NXxHwqWpP2t_rs9PA0oYyI/s320/Yellowknife-IceCarving-GiantInsect-Foto-Cory%20Vanthuyne.JPG" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Long John Jamboree</b>: Towards the end of March, the Long John Jamboree also hits the ice nearby for a wild weekend for all. On the same weekend, the three-day-long Canadian Championship Dog Derby, a 150-mile sled dog race with a 60-year history, runs on the ice that surrounds Old Town.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomDEUf5Jp6Zy-P8ju6A71nQyHjW7WuZ8nQ7BGz6NCEyuat_gZjwCYQp7BUX74DLLT3NHPZJ_bxT2sXbRMGP5fAjEwoCnv1ufPTK_kbYuX1-TuzSmEyj0pwSqrgAbPoLN9gTSlBLFUodDtseYq8ds_AOTm4-RfHaNE8XNd7H9eSrJeq0vvFfIBz6yf/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_5138-Mar.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhomDEUf5Jp6Zy-P8ju6A71nQyHjW7WuZ8nQ7BGz6NCEyuat_gZjwCYQp7BUX74DLLT3NHPZJ_bxT2sXbRMGP5fAjEwoCnv1ufPTK_kbYuX1-TuzSmEyj0pwSqrgAbPoLN9gTSlBLFUodDtseYq8ds_AOTm4-RfHaNE8XNd7H9eSrJeq0vvFfIBz6yf/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_5138-Mar.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><p style="color: white;"></p><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><br /><br /><p style="color: white;"></p><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Dog sledding</b> is also part of Yellowknife. A day with a team through the deep snow-covered wilderness outside the gates of the city is not only fun but also gave an impression of the hard everyday life before there were roads here.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZCH7C9DXaTVimozMYm55-qbHCpPzaOphKRQC3Z9HM0wEnWxVWnya0rtLBBiUak03R9I-alVZti6C3wx9Z6-q0nDy8kMBdbm5kS4jpOzsOWRdHY3MluE7Kk9rpsE59S0fjpcdMxJhDZtsizNF51Fx2fjKtKS6q5snl_tgtffbf1bdlenK_eX1AOsL/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_4126-Mar.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZCH7C9DXaTVimozMYm55-qbHCpPzaOphKRQC3Z9HM0wEnWxVWnya0rtLBBiUak03R9I-alVZti6C3wx9Z6-q0nDy8kMBdbm5kS4jpOzsOWRdHY3MluE7Kk9rpsE59S0fjpcdMxJhDZtsizNF51Fx2fjKtKS6q5snl_tgtffbf1bdlenK_eX1AOsL/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_4126-Mar.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p style="color: white;"><br /><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Snow and ice kiting</b> are kite sports that really belong in the winter.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>As soon as there is ice, there is a group of kite surfers who immediately start kiting on the lakes around Yellowknife. Kiting gives a wonderful sense of freedom. You get close to untouched nature when you whiz over powder snow. It is something very special to feel the force of the wind on the kite. Green power can transport you several kilometers. From late November to the end of April, the conditions around Yellowknife are ideal to kite for miles. Nowhere else in the world, you can find better conditions.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhdpXKWjle2u2dVW-X3hw6BRoTlS1g3t1hTiuMxN77UaEOuack_zT-iwpY7JUscQZOK8K0DAl8MXGEw7Y3g6ie4R7cRvIR_9_zSHQWSBFITkInvcluxEzM6W9rAyf63timpw_qt-WrR36UTaicHutqMUVV8mxjltRJB5MDu7tHGMBBNkUTjmmDZQc/s500/IMG_2152_opt.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="500" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhdpXKWjle2u2dVW-X3hw6BRoTlS1g3t1hTiuMxN77UaEOuack_zT-iwpY7JUscQZOK8K0DAl8MXGEw7Y3g6ie4R7cRvIR_9_zSHQWSBFITkInvcluxEzM6W9rAyf63timpw_qt-WrR36UTaicHutqMUVV8mxjltRJB5MDu7tHGMBBNkUTjmmDZQc/s320/IMG_2152_opt.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></p></blockquote><p style="color: white;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p3" style="color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Winter Roads aka Ice Roads</b>: They are the most important transportation method in the Northwest Territories. Large truck conveys supply to the camps and communities in the outback. </span><span class="s2" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;">Truckers are </span><span class="s3" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;">driving heavily loaded vehicles across frozen lakes to deliver supplies to remote locations</span><span class="s2" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"> If you ever saw the TV documentary series ‘Ice Road Truckers’.</span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: black; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYCzHjJ_MLNO8a9bRRtiGitwk8ny5vU8Aqpq5oIxXBzR9Jy6AUMX3cYha57hllxHjKHBQI6F9gxiqklufk8Y3XacJJN2u7twc2swK85iMcsND6_krhG9N0lRPqO-pzel0mOEav9jr8FeuaXqDYHlIiJFugKhfuZzMQIVVG8mFCqX2Ufut5piSUq_Z/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_0195-Mar.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYCzHjJ_MLNO8a9bRRtiGitwk8ny5vU8Aqpq5oIxXBzR9Jy6AUMX3cYha57hllxHjKHBQI6F9gxiqklufk8Y3XacJJN2u7twc2swK85iMcsND6_krhG9N0lRPqO-pzel0mOEav9jr8FeuaXqDYHlIiJFugKhfuZzMQIVVG8mFCqX2Ufut5piSUq_Z/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_0195-Mar.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><p style="color: white;"></p><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #18191b; font-size: small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="color: white;"></p><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p6" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">Winter Pleasures</span></span></p><p class="p7" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFde6Y501Ik" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: white;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFde6Y501Ik</span></a></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p6" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">Ice Road</span></span></p><p class="p7" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0uWWCtqJI" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: white;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0uWWCtqJI</span></a></span></p><p class="p8" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p6" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">Ice Fishing</span></span></p><p class="p7" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s4" style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e_PhDiWGnQ" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: white;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e_PhDiWGnQ</span></a></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Winter in Downtown Yellowknife</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Sure, you can spend considerable hours in restaurants and coffee shops, but there is a lot more to see in town, for example</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Yellowknife Historical Museum</b>: Visit the giant gold mine to find ore cars, train tracks, loading machinery, boilers, drills, winches, and more. The nearby mine is closed and major … is done to get rid of the arsine condemnations deep in the soil from times when these gold mining practices were still going on. Bring your picnic and enjoy it at the nearby tables.</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Indigenous Experiences</b>: A typical guided community tour might include stops to meet with local artists, a demonstration of traditional practices like fish preparation or the medicinal use of plants, and perhaps a chance to sample tea, bannock, and dried meat. Visitors are welcome, too, at community feasts, share some good-natured fun, and enjoy traditional drumming, dancing, and other entertainment.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZWKA8OqCkqQjuN8Tjbf0WOarQq9QFoVXnRPONWOGHWy5-cnOA0u_R4QywmHXjANUNsFTM5eNA7aM1XoWeavQ8KTV2SDP2zMBZ8J2f8pANnLYlZHnE4mQu3Ra8He8zqPqxBfzWO6vWftS1ZuNXT8lRxG5D86JwGngxHRkjw-EiyfFKDUZ0aasEjOy/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_5198.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZWKA8OqCkqQjuN8Tjbf0WOarQq9QFoVXnRPONWOGHWy5-cnOA0u_R4QywmHXjANUNsFTM5eNA7aM1XoWeavQ8KTV2SDP2zMBZ8J2f8pANnLYlZHnE4mQu3Ra8He8zqPqxBfzWO6vWftS1ZuNXT8lRxG5D86JwGngxHRkjw-EiyfFKDUZ0aasEjOy/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_5198.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><p style="color: white;"></p><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p style="color: white;"></p><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>NWT Diamond and Jewellery Centre</b>: See (and maybe buy) loose diamonds — mined, cut, and polished in the Northwest Territories — and jewelry pieces too! Enjoy an interactive tour every weekday at 1:30pm that takes you on a journey through the vast history of diamond mining in the Canadian North. 5105 49th St in Yellowknife.</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Old Town Glass Works</b>: Enjoy Studio Time in the Old Town to make your own art piece or purchase them from the large selection of studio artwork.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nnbpfG5gdGMC9KhrNKNs-sX_fKu4HRQ93e2NVqhprAZbuKwun5GyuwGIOatFPWuWpj8XHh1weXRTz1SJi3Wk3ub1_PehzmXEtKB8l4HX3HvW45DVX4dsKfEiXCOmuBFAyziV7F_KmDa7kEUsxvmJm7hlU8VOXtqAzkNaqkTWyVB5MCgsWZyJaQs8/s800/Prince_of_Wales_Museum_Yellowknife-NWT.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="800" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4nnbpfG5gdGMC9KhrNKNs-sX_fKu4HRQ93e2NVqhprAZbuKwun5GyuwGIOatFPWuWpj8XHh1weXRTz1SJi3Wk3ub1_PehzmXEtKB8l4HX3HvW45DVX4dsKfEiXCOmuBFAyziV7F_KmDa7kEUsxvmJm7hlU8VOXtqAzkNaqkTWyVB5MCgsWZyJaQs8/s320/Prince_of_Wales_Museum_Yellowknife-NWT.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="color: white;"></p><p class="p9" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre</b>: Across from the Government of NWT assembly building is a museum that is operated by the Culture and Heritage Division, NWT Government. Although the center is widely known as the territorial museum, it is also home to the NWT Archives. Open Weekly from Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. Also open on Statutory Holidays, except Christmas and New Year.</span></p><p class="p9" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p10" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p9" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Former Exhibitions</span></p><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">This Land is Our Home: Wıìlıìdeh, Yellowknives Dene, showcase their history, language, and culture through artifacts, clothing, oral history, and photographs.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Mooseskin Boat: From the late 1800s to the 1950s, moose skin boats were built by the Shutagot’ine (Mountain Dene) to carry large amounts of cargo along dangerous mountain rivers.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Dioramas: 10 landscape dioramas that showcase the strong connection northerners have with animals and the land. To create these dioramas, we worked closely with wildlife experts, elders, and community advisors from across the NWT.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Caribou Skin Clothing: Two caribou skin outfits representing Inuvialuit and Gwich’in traditions are currently on display in the South Gallery. They were created during two separate clothing reproduction projects led by the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in partnership with NWT community organizations and southern museums to help revive knowledge and excitement about making traditional clothing.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Interwoven: Baskets and non-traditional woven creations use both natural and commercial materials, and are often interwoven with a tale or two as well.<br /><br /></span></li></ul><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQzJx0gUrqqlg0MI2Ipo2ggAksbLy5mr4nbW7-E4NTecvC8PLozV_qyjDSk-T4Xfh-xbQgMM2Y7KCoRm2tCukm6x7aNgKm6bXsSBzxjqQzJAmEIIA6nfcm1UV554iR_rdDNf9vpNlZEDsYASOwi373E1fq3Z7EwQubv_plEfMhwC2ts3whE-ypk4q/s678/YK-Dene-BirchBark-Basket5.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQzJx0gUrqqlg0MI2Ipo2ggAksbLy5mr4nbW7-E4NTecvC8PLozV_qyjDSk-T4Xfh-xbQgMM2Y7KCoRm2tCukm6x7aNgKm6bXsSBzxjqQzJAmEIIA6nfcm1UV554iR_rdDNf9vpNlZEDsYASOwi373E1fq3Z7EwQubv_plEfMhwC2ts3whE-ypk4q/s320/YK-Dene-BirchBark-Basket5.JPG" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="236" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: small;">Photo Doris Daily</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li9" style="border: none; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Ice Age Bison Discovery: Our frozen past and thawing future. On exhibit for the first time — a 13,650-year-old<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>bison skull found in Tsiigehtchic, NWT in 2007. This exhibit highlights ice age fossils and the changing landscape of the North.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li1" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">RCMP Special Constables in the NWT: Come to hear stories about Special Constables, told by community members for this exhibit.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li1" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Treaty 11 – 100 years: A Tł</span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ı̨</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">ch</span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ǫ</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> community exhibit tells the story of their 100-year relationship with Canada. Treaty 11 was the foundation for the modern nation-to-nation treaty-making process, which led to the signing of the Tł</span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ı̨</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">ch</span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">ǫ</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> Agreement.</span></li></ul><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li1" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Music at the Museum: Free musical concerts at the Museum, hosted by Classics on Stage Yellowknife. Check out the website for upcoming events.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.cosyyellowknife.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.cosyyellowknife.com</a></li></ul><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Next to the museum is Yellowknife’s architectural highlight: the <b>Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly Building</b> in a rounded wood-glass building. I was lucky to attend a free performance of the Aklavik Delta Drummers & Dancers in the Assembly building. They are representing both Inuvialuit and Gwich’in cultures.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_PSMAdOymqo9hyVJr1xULS8JU7lez3Nc8MrvtXBwm89yc9xqPDtlYisK8RBXOTX_ZAn_rQq8kQQAn-OTZTrRhe5SXMdf-cq18TS3GF1CE2NqLTsvnDsa_D1zVSEFMNZh1GUR3b_3YtHUb155n-nbq-orCWh0VAz-2eH_lmD7EHmL3HJ7refZN7_R/s800/Photograph-by-Etta-Gerdes-1.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_PSMAdOymqo9hyVJr1xULS8JU7lez3Nc8MrvtXBwm89yc9xqPDtlYisK8RBXOTX_ZAn_rQq8kQQAn-OTZTrRhe5SXMdf-cq18TS3GF1CE2NqLTsvnDsa_D1zVSEFMNZh1GUR3b_3YtHUb155n-nbq-orCWh0VAz-2eH_lmD7EHmL3HJ7refZN7_R/s320/Photograph-by-Etta-Gerdes-1.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><p style="color: white;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Guided tours of the Assembly Building are available in English on weekdays at 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. French tours are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. The duration of the tour is 30 minutes. Or take a self-guided audio tour anytime the building is open from 7 am to 6 pm, weekends from 10 am to 6 pm.</span></p><p class="p11" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p11" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p12" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Being a winter wonderland, there are many opportunities to go skating, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing in Yellowknife. Snowshoeing and cross-country skiing tours are available and the tour company provides the gear that you need. For those who like to do it yourself, it is possible to rent gear in town so there is no need to bring your own.</b></span></p><p class="p11" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p12" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Snowmobile Tour:</b> Experience a ride on a double snowmobile on a safe but thrilling excursion out of Yellowknife. A snowmobile instructor guides you through a winter wonderland of fresh snow while you explore backcountry trails. You will get detailed instructions about how to use the snowmobile. Put on the provided winter gear - a Canada Goose jacket, trousers, helmets, gloves, and boots - to keep warm. Set off for an hour-long tour - photo stops included.</span></p><p class="p11" style="color: #171717; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Cross Country Skiing in Yellowknife</b>: The “Wax and Wine” day will be in November! Get your skis waxed for $25/pair, relax, and enjoy a complimentary drink and snacks while you wait. The Yellowknife Ski Club offers 14 kilometers of trails for beginner to advanced skiers. All trails are designed for one-way skiing with enough width for both classic and skate techniques. Trails are groomed twice a week by a volunteer team of groomers. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://skiyellowknife.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">http://skiyellowknife.com/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>1,5 Hour Kick-Sled Tours with Huskies</b> on Great Slave Lake: Get a demo of how the sleds work, meet the dogs, and learn the commands. All of the dogs are friendly and happy, and the sleds are easy to manage. Sped out across the bay, then take a break for a little walk to a small frozen waterfall “<b>Ice Cave</b>”.</span></p><p class="p13" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Yellowknife is internationally known for being the best place in the world to view the amazing Aurora Borealis. With over 20 tour companies dedicated to helping you view the unique <b>Northern Lights display</b>, the opportunity to experience something truly remarkable is made very easy.</span><span class="s7" style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">If you go on your own</span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;"> - out of town</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">: </span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">the <b>Aurora Forecast</b> shows the nights you can expect most likely to see this amazing show in the night sky:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://astronomynorth.com/aurora-forecast/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://astronomynorth.com/aurora-forecast/</a></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Snow-Shoe to the Ice Caves</b>: They aren’t true caves, but rather curtains of ice created by an outcrop of rock overhangs and flowing water frozen in time. Grab walking poles and a pair of snowshoes. As you travel the mysterious Great Slave Lake be on the lookout for local <b>foxes and</b> <b>ptarmigans</b> that frequently roam the Yellowknife Back Bay area. Going on a weekday means you mostly have the space to yourselves - even if you are so close to downtown.</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The ice caves are accessible by snowmobile or a rough footpath through the woods, coming from downtown, Niven Drive area, walking down towards Great Slave Lake or the Yellowknife ski hill. In order to reach the caves, you will walk through the Heritage Site of Back Bay Cemetery, Yellowknife’s first settlers' cemetery.</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG16izO0MQhgb-TYDtR7LcyAz0vRHk2-_hnl_PhRcw0aD7XOVw12LIQkIgR8xJ8ND6kptAcVK9FAbje_0zU24ULiWEhyeRU3AH6a_RVG1Tu9njl1jlAP2t2cBbqXi83so6_6IjQDL6Ks03W_4smqa8mk53Ze710n3rkY8WNz7Pe8dA7JRJK5FRLcI-/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_2390.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG16izO0MQhgb-TYDtR7LcyAz0vRHk2-_hnl_PhRcw0aD7XOVw12LIQkIgR8xJ8ND6kptAcVK9FAbje_0zU24ULiWEhyeRU3AH6a_RVG1Tu9njl1jlAP2t2cBbqXi83so6_6IjQDL6Ks03W_4smqa8mk53Ze710n3rkY8WNz7Pe8dA7JRJK5FRLcI-/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_2390.jpg" style="background: rgb(34, 34, 34); border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p style="color: white;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Sales Tax rates are low in the Northwest Territories with only 5% sales tax. If you can find brands that have set prices, it might be worth buying the item in Yellowknife.</span></p><p class="p13" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Read more about the North and Northern culture<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://uphere.ca/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://uphere.ca/</a></span></p><div style="color: white;"><br /></div><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>AIRLINES AND AIR SERVICES<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></p><p class="p13" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">These companies fly from Yellowknife not only to Edmonton, Calgary, Kelowna, or Vancouver, they deliver passengers and goods to remote places in the North such as Iqaluit, Hay River, Inuvik, Old Crow, Dawson City, Whitehorse, Clyde River, Arctic Bay, </span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Fort Simpson, Cambridge Bay, Goa Haven, Cape Dorset, Igloolik, Kugluktuk, Kimmirut, Gamèti, Kugaruk, Lutselk'e, Wekweètì, or Whatì. As you can see from the names, some are remote indigenous places that rely on these passenger and freight services for survival. Other destinations are mining camps, especially the three diamond mines northeast of Yellowknife.</span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Flight-Seeing and private charters are perfect options for visitors to see the beauty of the area comfortably from above. AHMIC Air takes passengers to fly-in fishing and remote canoeing and camping trips, or fly-in picnics. Their Beaver airplanes are equipped with floats from June to October so they can land on any lake. From February to May the airplanes are equipped with skis - also to land on frozen lakes. In Yellowknife, you are only minutes away from lakes, waterfalls, and wilderness trails.</span></p><p class="p15" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Local Airlines in Yellowknife, NWT:</b></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p16" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s8" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: white;">Buffalo Airways</span></span><span style="color: white;"> - </span></p><p class="p16" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: white;">Fly Summit Air - </span><a href="https://flysummitair.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://flysummitair.com/</a></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Canadian North - <a href="https://canadiannorth.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://canadiannorth.com/</a></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Air Tindi - <a href="https://www.airtindi.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.airtindi.com/</a></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Great Slave Helicopter - <a href="https://www.gsheli.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.gsheli.com/</a></p><p class="p16" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://buffaloairways.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://buffaloairways.com/</a></p><p class="p15" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Airlines That Fly Out of Yellowknife Airport</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><ul class="ul1" style="color: white; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Air Canada Express</span></li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Air North</span></li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Air Tindi</span></li><li class="li1" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Canadian North</span></li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Buffalo Airways</li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Kenn Borek Air</li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">First Air</span></li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">North-Wright Airways</span></li><li class="li14" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s9"></span><span class="s6" style="font-kerning: none;">Nolinor Aviation</span></li><li class="li1" style="border: none; color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Northwestern Air</span></li><li class="li4" style="border: none; color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">WestJet</span></li><li class="li4" style="border: none; color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">WestJet Encore</span></li><li class="li4" style="border: none; color: #0e0d29; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0.25em 0px;">Summit Air</li></ul><p class="p2" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Year-Round Destination Yellowknife</b></span></p><p class="p13" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p14" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>With the exception of maybe April or November, it’s always “season” in Yellowknife: May, June, and July with its outdoor activities under the midnight sun and Winters with all kinds of snow and ice sports activities - plus the unforgettable Aurora Borealis, the amazing spectacle on the northern sky from September to late March. 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<b>Avoiding the traffic on Hwy 401 and 402 between Toronto and Windsor you will not only find quieter roads and a bucolic landscape but also discover the art and history of rural SW Ontario, and the so-called "Barn Quilts". These graphic-art pieces are prominently displayed on barns and housewalls.</b><br />
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<b>What Are Barn Quilts?</b><br />
The concept of barn quilts began with Donna Sue Groves, an American, and her wish to honor her mother, Maxine, and her Appalachian heritage by having a painted quilt hung on her barn in Adams County, Ohio. As is often the case, good ideas fall by the wayside when work and other obligations intervene... but are picked up somewhere else.<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LRGIsYjJN8Y8E5_EmFggmcuE0gBuLqCy58jpL5pQ8FuVRVBZysep1QBg1DVlnad_kJceLlAvqjCg1URZr-of1teZ5AfMUCXS2pUVm56h_harrusk3Q2cyWzRo85-Ec-026B7Szgj5fVk1_XoXh6EjaWtYLwvN6cMfuRs_hYZVdfuLV09H6qAbLx4/s933/ON-QuiltTrail-Barn-Coffeeshop.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-LRGIsYjJN8Y8E5_EmFggmcuE0gBuLqCy58jpL5pQ8FuVRVBZysep1QBg1DVlnad_kJceLlAvqjCg1URZr-of1teZ5AfMUCXS2pUVm56h_harrusk3Q2cyWzRo85-Ec-026B7Szgj5fVk1_XoXh6EjaWtYLwvN6cMfuRs_hYZVdfuLV09H6qAbLx4/s320/ON-QuiltTrail-Barn-Coffeeshop.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
There are myths that quilts were used to communicate safe houses and other information about the Underground Railroad, which was a network through the United States and into Canada of "conductors", meeting places, and safe houses for the passage of African Americans out of slavery. More with reality are the barn quilts that commemorate the "War of 1812" and the "Native Women Trail of Tears". </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV2PdPXrrpoVA7vh5WiNt104wD3rTMp5MCgSkAYeMEjgkU1Mx1X509OSsvY4xqVta-1vGlHw8CJltgbjorILbdEFVNNsIIfrmFHkAdBUBeJ2nJonmVjTIbKxhswxYfOqb55RTdHsRUgcmdPoNNBr4M5XpTYwEzyAODuvOkNRsrhTz69fXQRRgUzSi/s957/ON-QuiltTrail-Barn-Quilts.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRV2PdPXrrpoVA7vh5WiNt104wD3rTMp5MCgSkAYeMEjgkU1Mx1X509OSsvY4xqVta-1vGlHw8CJltgbjorILbdEFVNNsIIfrmFHkAdBUBeJ2nJonmVjTIbKxhswxYfOqb55RTdHsRUgcmdPoNNBr4M5XpTYwEzyAODuvOkNRsrhTz69fXQRRgUzSi/s320/ON-QuiltTrail-Barn-Quilts.JPG" width="234" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Thirteen quilters representing the <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anishinaabe#" target="_blank">Anishinaabe</a>, Haudenosaunee, and Lenape Nations of the southwest region of Ontario quilted beautiful images reflecting traditional knowledge and historical events from the perspective of Anishinaabe Kwewag (in Ojibwe, meaning women). Thirty-one quilt blocks were designed and sewn using traditional quilt block design techniques and appliqué to tell the stories of First Nation women and their children as they might have experienced life during the beginning of the 19th century.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruorovJrWPfjftpGf51NfpbFPMC87AijBxwZA1VmnsY0bO1uTvR0h85lqA6y6fiyM-Ds0zJigHbm29VuJoIsrIXmO_R3DvR-fiiLKUW-2Q7IvhkNpd0SJoSL2VKOt6TvkjT3-7oiTjQvUNj3B_9VqZBQHn4pxKoXGY0SpHSa90aeVbLPkGKzUAT50/s941/ON-QuiltTrail-SettlementStories.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruorovJrWPfjftpGf51NfpbFPMC87AijBxwZA1VmnsY0bO1uTvR0h85lqA6y6fiyM-Ds0zJigHbm29VuJoIsrIXmO_R3DvR-fiiLKUW-2Q7IvhkNpd0SJoSL2VKOt6TvkjT3-7oiTjQvUNj3B_9VqZBQHn4pxKoXGY0SpHSa90aeVbLPkGKzUAT50/s320/ON-QuiltTrail-SettlementStories.JPG" width="238" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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For example, the quilt block entitled ‘Cedar Tree’ made by Leona Hendrick, Chippewas of the Thames citizen depicts one of the four sacred medicines of the Anishinaabe. Cedar protected families from disease and resembles the traditional indigenous knowledge grandmothers handed down to their daughters to protect their families. The forest was their shelter and protector and women knew the gifts of medicine the forest afforded them during this time of great need. <br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXQTgkNzdWlrnVhLpwECnPRWbMqa2z3w2_wB6H3cVXTcerP7XIqQTt01mT9Iczn0L--5Fb6IouTj3kBPHw3E4HIdrn8qNw06VYPKd7vRck69kDTQSCi0P0GiaKt2L-Z2L_jyFeuGYpcr6-FPTOgSramJBww3GKyR9G0SmQsjc1E14JTlfYEhYKpMj/s883/ON-QuiltTrail-SettlementStories2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyXQTgkNzdWlrnVhLpwECnPRWbMqa2z3w2_wB6H3cVXTcerP7XIqQTt01mT9Iczn0L--5Fb6IouTj3kBPHw3E4HIdrn8qNw06VYPKd7vRck69kDTQSCi0P0GiaKt2L-Z2L_jyFeuGYpcr6-FPTOgSramJBww3GKyR9G0SmQsjc1E14JTlfYEhYKpMj/s320/ON-QuiltTrail-SettlementStories2.JPG" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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During the war, the women tended to the injured and recovered the dead. Villages were being plummeted and burned and families were in jeopardy of overexposure to the elements. The women had to work quickly in times of great strife to provide care and comfort to those in need. The cedar tree represents this story on the Native Women’s Trail of Tears Barn Quilt Trail starting on Longwoods Rd. near <a href="https://mapcarta.com/24514002" target="_blank">Muncey, Ontario</a> (25 minutes southwest of London).<br />
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<br /><div><b>The Chippewa Barn Quilt Project<br /></b><br />In conjunction with the Longwoods Barn Quilt Trail project has been carried out in a spirit of reflection, renewal, and relationship building between many rural communities and the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. </div><div>.</div>
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They named the quilt the Native Women’s Trail of Tears Quilt because of the many tears that must have been shed by First Nation families during this time. It will travel along with the Longwoods Honouring Women of 1812 Quilt created by quilters from neighboring counties which tells the stories from a settler woman’s point of view.</div><div><div>(Located SW of London, ON, on HWY 9 - Jubilee Rd - Southerland Rd - 11)<br />Caught in conflict, pushed from homelands, prevailing among a growing immigrant population, attacking in defense of territories, negotiating with the Crown for peace and friendship, resulting in “lands set aside as reserves” - a way of life dramatically changed… This is the backdrop of the stories behind the Native Women’s Trail of Tears Quilt.</div><div>Caught in conflict, pushed from homelands, prevailing among a growing immigrant population, attacking in defense of territories, negotiating with the Crown for peace and friendship, resulting in “lands set aside as reserves” - a way of life dramatically changed… This is the backdrop of the stories behind the Native Women’s Trail of Tears Quilt<br /><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0YL7hACKlNciLtJTG1_Rycl-rfA3oe1g2QnRMIZaSSXIL-UNLvfRhzGlW4SIoayI4v9CENnJcJpA3RqZjsdG9fWWVvZPgeHanjw-WJGqad8K6IDzO8d1KqL34kcrucCeWrQuwl2KV4bhFgQkRCRe3RQEeTK7xsiHF9p0N6Vj_T4KmkQ58EZrwp9x/s888/ON-QuiltTrail-TallShip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE0YL7hACKlNciLtJTG1_Rycl-rfA3oe1g2QnRMIZaSSXIL-UNLvfRhzGlW4SIoayI4v9CENnJcJpA3RqZjsdG9fWWVvZPgeHanjw-WJGqad8K6IDzO8d1KqL34kcrucCeWrQuwl2KV4bhFgQkRCRe3RQEeTK7xsiHF9p0N6Vj_T4KmkQ58EZrwp9x/s320/ON-QuiltTrail-TallShip.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The partnership serves to address the need for all Canadians to better understand the contributions of Indigenous peoples to the story, present, and future, of this country.</span></i></b><div><div><span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4txKDL7l98ZrSmenFKzSbcbIaH8Q9qjaVUdVC4J9_J7PKev-4nPXKLAz0V5xtrHut2BU9ASVDYJjVye_buQQIB937KPkIofzltrwQQj832xkL_0E9VgsvFG0yQgtpi2jzt8YSKMz101xc9n7Rkh5_yRvFTsYNwVaoTYc1QsjGlJx6_7H7HDit5vb/s800/ON-GeorgianBuilding.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4txKDL7l98ZrSmenFKzSbcbIaH8Q9qjaVUdVC4J9_J7PKev-4nPXKLAz0V5xtrHut2BU9ASVDYJjVye_buQQIB937KPkIofzltrwQQj832xkL_0E9VgsvFG0yQgtpi2jzt8YSKMz101xc9n7Rkh5_yRvFTsYNwVaoTYc1QsjGlJx6_7H7HDit5vb/s320/ON-GeorgianBuilding.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div>
<b>Longwood Barn Quilt Trail on HWY 2</b><div><b><br />
The Longwoods Barn Quilt Trail (between SW London, ON, and Chatham) is a combined map of 30 barn quilts from Wardsville as well as 31 Barn Quilts from the Native Women's Trail of Tears Barn Quilt Trail. Plus thirty barn quilts from Longwood Road. And don't forget the South Caradoc spur line. Have fun and drive carefully.</b></div><div>
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Read more and find a map:</b><br />
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<a href="https://barnquiltinfo.com/history.html">https://barnquiltinfo.com/history.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_of_the_Underground_Railroad">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilts_of_the_Underground_Railroad</a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt_trail">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt_trail</a><br />
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<a href="https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cjmm/downloads/53123.pdf">https://web.extension.illinois.edu/cjmm/downloads/53123.pdf</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.johndeerehomestead.com/2016/09/04/barn-quilt-craze/">https://www.johndeerehomestead.com/2016/09/04/barn-quilt-craze/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.cottfn.com/native-womens-trail-of-tears-barn-quilt-trail/">https://www.cottfn.com/native-womens-trail-of-tears-barn-quilt-trail/</a><br />
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<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-29165389845562307592023-09-24T13:01:00.006-07:002023-09-26T15:21:37.254-07:00Visit to Canada's First Capital: Kingston<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGHP0EZ9i0Wq8W_fC2mGFwRgT73_cC3suzZyNyV-B4RQf6nRKL85IoyQf22K-Ld3HZ3GihDJMN6QKeuVaJBEnjocudLCQSbByiw6tGHKHUTpwGqR1EC1KLIjeMRII6GBvbTom4d-P-fNwBTEtfs4qcs5U1hX6ctVHu_B2-iX9qZvGnT5lhKIClPeYvsY/s645/Rideau-Canal-Kingston2_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGHP0EZ9i0Wq8W_fC2mGFwRgT73_cC3suzZyNyV-B4RQf6nRKL85IoyQf22K-Ld3HZ3GihDJMN6QKeuVaJBEnjocudLCQSbByiw6tGHKHUTpwGqR1EC1KLIjeMRII6GBvbTom4d-P-fNwBTEtfs4qcs5U1hX6ctVHu_B2-iX9qZvGnT5lhKIClPeYvsY/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston2_opt.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>One would need more than two or three weeks to only visit the 20+ Museums that are dotting the former Canadian capital on Lake Ontario. So it's worth traveling several times a year to see all the gems that Kingston has to offer in each season: Art Galleries, Historic Buildings and Sites, Dining and Sightseeing cruises, Trolley Tours, the many parks along the waterfront, Fort Henry, and the Haunted Tours, the Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Public Market (8:30 am - 6 pm). </b></p><p><br /><b>So Much to See and Do<br /></b><br />Don't miss to see the almost 200-year-old cathedrals and churches in town. UNESCO World Heritage sites include Fort Henry, the Martello towers, and other fortifications located at the foot of the Rideau Canal that connects Kingston through waterways with the new capital Ottawa. Paddle, kayak, or use a standup paddle to see the city shores from the water. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1nLrbrYiFmqstS_VX1xbOoYB1fNIyg0Twu7QTRJ9l7xqypio7k7gvFf_8nufbpOrmsYK8goiIdyij-Rgd5U_zLDqk6D-LktM0Sybc8-kmv8XIWpwRAgIzU8u6Nvo5jWSW4Xl-lud20-2jqlK7I2Abfm3LVZnD4aQ4WoShsD4k_1uqyMXZQ2wNLfTL4I/s600/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor3_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1nLrbrYiFmqstS_VX1xbOoYB1fNIyg0Twu7QTRJ9l7xqypio7k7gvFf_8nufbpOrmsYK8goiIdyij-Rgd5U_zLDqk6D-LktM0Sybc8-kmv8XIWpwRAgIzU8u6Nvo5jWSW4Xl-lud20-2jqlK7I2Abfm3LVZnD4aQ4WoShsD4k_1uqyMXZQ2wNLfTL4I/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor3_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Go scuba diving on the west side of downtown, on Lake Ontario, next to the Kingston Penitentiary Museum, or play golf on one of the several courses that dot the Kingston area. Or take a 2 1/2 hour-long guided tour that starts at 11 a.m. from the Visitor Welcome Center (209 Ontario St). <br /></p><p>The "Classic Kingston" tour offers a local's perspective into Kingston's culture through its delicious food, history, and unique architecture. It includes exclusive tastings at some of the very best local restaurants and specialty food shops in downtown Kingston. Or take a tour of Kingston's world-class craft beer microbreweries. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZUWO6oE8h0Pt4GUWSvqR_d0P3zgrztvMzMykLYOLWNzcUdxDFJvuCvsrkNMv1Gpv3UTcjBk4VEbLZK62MQhFrRoBi_E0Te9XLVP92iCjPyBKiDUFiswdahBWQzmkMN0IYw84Y58u83z9p3LLVIEJIGGiPGnChr3yJZowQQL8uxY2M28cBAqvZ-dj9xk/s625/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Market3_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZUWO6oE8h0Pt4GUWSvqR_d0P3zgrztvMzMykLYOLWNzcUdxDFJvuCvsrkNMv1Gpv3UTcjBk4VEbLZK62MQhFrRoBi_E0Te9XLVP92iCjPyBKiDUFiswdahBWQzmkMN0IYw84Y58u83z9p3LLVIEJIGGiPGnChr3yJZowQQL8uxY2M28cBAqvZ-dj9xk/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Market3_opt.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b>The Outdoors in Kingston<br /></b><br />Waterfront Rentals include paddle boats, SUPs, kayaks, and sailing charters. Or you can rent a bike or e-bike from i-cycle on Fort Henry Drive or from AhoyRentals on Ontario St. and cycle Kingston's historic neighborhoods, the waterfront bikeway, or explore Wolf Island on two wheels. </p><p>Boat Tours take you from the Ferry Dock to Wolfe Island or into the world of 1000 Islands. Half a dozen marinas and boat launches invite those who come to Kingston via the waterways. And just last week I saw a large cruise ship anchoring close to the city harbour site. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTzVPLUwd82MXnEYwlySOntEHnEhdLYP30WBJyecEDgs_Hzekx83WwXKTLdHixTfcaCc31aCJfdk5pbjEakkyrthmG1EAMCbmYPuUIINw7ni7Zi9wkqwoPkSij6c9n_dx6nGy2apKF5TUUtDVsWYjTuSQlY0s0eaJmWx6oDpIDfFeCyL2PLMQqruW9wY/s600/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor4_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTzVPLUwd82MXnEYwlySOntEHnEhdLYP30WBJyecEDgs_Hzekx83WwXKTLdHixTfcaCc31aCJfdk5pbjEakkyrthmG1EAMCbmYPuUIINw7ni7Zi9wkqwoPkSij6c9n_dx6nGy2apKF5TUUtDVsWYjTuSQlY0s0eaJmWx6oDpIDfFeCyL2PLMQqruW9wY/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor4_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>Wolfe Island Ferries<br /></b><br />The Wolfe Islander III Ferry operates all year hourly between Kingston and Wolfe Island, Ontario, holding approximately 55 cars and 330 passengers per trip. Twenty-minute crossing time, at no cost!</p><p>Birders love to stop at the island's Big Sandy Bay Beach, a popular spot for walking and beach combing. A quick 3-kilometer return trail takes you to the secluded shores through a protected ecological area. Want to travel from here to America? A 10-minute seasonal ferry, which operates from the spring to mid-October (call before! 1-315-783-0638 or 1-613-385-2402), sails from Port Alexandria on the island’s southern side to Cape Vincent in New York State, U.S. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUPyCpE9ob5f6URXRDxl27uCrXm9uAcfrc_BWMcelzQbFhtgdzQaENaZXoeAjz0hI-NzhgAIAH1428wT-YXP3C-3yHYx_7zPc2H6uW8QCmtaCVFjWmDShmRx5Bl6QzB-tVFJ0JhhDuYGFJ3cULflNRxFoWc6qFoD8Y6mxPfOxmdGjx7d27Z7ci-JbPBw/s600/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUPyCpE9ob5f6URXRDxl27uCrXm9uAcfrc_BWMcelzQbFhtgdzQaENaZXoeAjz0hI-NzhgAIAH1428wT-YXP3C-3yHYx_7zPc2H6uW8QCmtaCVFjWmDShmRx5Bl6QzB-tVFJ0JhhDuYGFJ3cULflNRxFoWc6qFoD8Y6mxPfOxmdGjx7d27Z7ci-JbPBw/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Harbor_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>1000 Islands<br /></b><br />In 1900, George C. Boldt, millionaire proprietor of the world-famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Your City, built a full-size Rhineland Castle in Alexandria Bay, on picturesque Heart Island – for his wife Louise. But she died before it was finished, so he abandoned the project completely and left it to ruin. </p><p>Recently restored, Boldt Castle represents an example of the elegance of a bygone era as seen from the best vantage point – the air. At the airport you can board a small plane to see Kingston from the air: Fly over the small cottage islands of the Admiralty group featuring Napoleon’s Hat, Wanderer’s Channel, the Bateau Channel, and the Nokomis Lodge. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lZV0hOBomxY6s2t7HtugukYATEDlUgbOfHsC8-jAvFFeB0IaSDYyIVEX17j2Pzv8bQtkB_lkF_-FLGVzXcFcddfhrp8UbXlboLefaDciAnxe4dpHljQtyQ80Uunt3qUEdMwcmnUH9HkjGDfoIguSydUKg-mIzXhFDnMUBuvKuGoyaHgUj8Cisyl3QfM/s320/Kingston-Airport.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lZV0hOBomxY6s2t7HtugukYATEDlUgbOfHsC8-jAvFFeB0IaSDYyIVEX17j2Pzv8bQtkB_lkF_-FLGVzXcFcddfhrp8UbXlboLefaDciAnxe4dpHljQtyQ80Uunt3qUEdMwcmnUH9HkjGDfoIguSydUKg-mIzXhFDnMUBuvKuGoyaHgUj8Cisyl3QfM/s1600/Kingston-Airport.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>The Kingston Flight Club offers Private Pilot Flight training - you can even get your pilot license here. If you aim for higher altitudes and want to become an airline pilot: CygnetAviation partnered with world-famous airline training CAE and offers an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License in a 20-month course in Kingston.</p><p>Open Doors at the Airport in September<br />Should you be in Kingston on a Saturday in mid/end of September, check for the airport event: The city of Kingston and the Canadian Force Base Kingston and Trenton combined forces to present the "Wheels on the Runway" event. The public got an opportunity to an up-close look at several aircraft on the tarmac, including a massive CC-130 H Hercules aircraft from CFB Trenton and other military and emergency vehicles.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtQrbwlkxGq_Roq5DDZh0bB7ZTTfY3lQt3GE2NG3mAfF5So5ejjuExPivYQDRg3OehU3fJcBrDVfv2H8gRGOHQG7_COi90qd3aPLtd44GMIsGlrCO72kHRPz4NVafNckN2TdacaJB031Xu3q3ROOtwbFWXKXM5PraiVV9OnpWNJi3YOK8RDH7kldExgI/s600/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Downtown_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRtQrbwlkxGq_Roq5DDZh0bB7ZTTfY3lQt3GE2NG3mAfF5So5ejjuExPivYQDRg3OehU3fJcBrDVfv2H8gRGOHQG7_COi90qd3aPLtd44GMIsGlrCO72kHRPz4NVafNckN2TdacaJB031Xu3q3ROOtwbFWXKXM5PraiVV9OnpWNJi3YOK8RDH7kldExgI/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Downtown_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b>Sweet Snacks Between Sightseeing</b></p><p>Stop at the Pan Pancho Bakery & Cafe, 44 Princess St., or Coffee Way Donuts, 427 Division St. (open 24 hrs!), or the Bread & Butter Bakery, 1530 Bath Rd. Enjoy coffee or brunch at the Northside Espresso & Kitchen, 281 Princess St.</p><p>The Secret Garden Inn, 73 Sydenham St, is your best bet for a classic afternoon tea. My absolute favorites however are the sensational ice creams from Mio Gelato, 178 Ontario St., or Churn Small Batch Ice Creams on 320A King St East.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eSLMKh6Z3NC6Sr7r5_Qownrn-TzjF7S4-HzZxGKbef50fSvY38lA4WPMLhXeQqmwHE0ECK4snmgS2s8kajK23Rp5CUkNsiskQEOPdArsMJe-RnuRk9G5LtlvsBQzpfZ7FBIKkv20jzovzAMmRe9Pq43PVXdf1V3BgNWNUTL9ntqgjeW9PltdjGKz-S0/s727/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Market_opt%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-eSLMKh6Z3NC6Sr7r5_Qownrn-TzjF7S4-HzZxGKbef50fSvY38lA4WPMLhXeQqmwHE0ECK4snmgS2s8kajK23Rp5CUkNsiskQEOPdArsMJe-RnuRk9G5LtlvsBQzpfZ7FBIKkv20jzovzAMmRe9Pq43PVXdf1V3BgNWNUTL9ntqgjeW9PltdjGKz-S0/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Market_opt%20(1).jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>Restaurants & Accommodation</b></p><p>Kingston is known for having the highest number of restaurants per capita of any city in Canada. Here are some that are located in downtown:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Enjoy some quiet time and Austrian-German dishes on the backyard patio of the Amadeus Cafe. Enjoy some quiet time on the backyard patio of the Amadeus Cafe, 170 Princess St.</li><li>Mesa Fresca - Fine Mexican & South American dining with local ingredients, 1347 Gardiners Rd.</li><li>Toast & Jam brunch restaurant, 1530 Bath Rd., open til 3 pm</li><li>Sima Sushi, 66 Princess St., freshest Sushi in Eastern Ontario!</li><li>Chez Piggy restaurant and bar, 68 Princess St., delicious lunch, dinner, and brunch</li><li>Tango Nuevo, 331 King St. East, stellar restaurant with a huge selection of meat, seafood, and veggie tapas <br /><br /></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1MAUG-MiyIG5SM0tU8aLav849ugGaOtJpTHl9ome2ZGGvBT_iUFLkYLg3fUZSymVgXVV2j2AScWfM9TtxM82Up6pFA8or6hmlaqib75AINwS7us7KDt--g3sZEEU7YUCRrIrVKjFdnqtrUNZlhPxaWvedumwCdJVCeieDHnZ2PhP5NmZoXedwV1AYwg/s600/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Confiserie_opt%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1MAUG-MiyIG5SM0tU8aLav849ugGaOtJpTHl9ome2ZGGvBT_iUFLkYLg3fUZSymVgXVV2j2AScWfM9TtxM82Up6pFA8or6hmlaqib75AINwS7us7KDt--g3sZEEU7YUCRrIrVKjFdnqtrUNZlhPxaWvedumwCdJVCeieDHnZ2PhP5NmZoXedwV1AYwg/s320/Rideau-Canal-Kingston-Confiserie_opt%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>From family-friendly hotels and dog-friendly motels to charming historic Inns, there is a variety of options to make your stay comfortable:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Secret Garden Inn - a lovely boutique urban retreat on Argyle Place/73 Sydenham St.</li><li>Hochelaga Inn, 24 Sydenham St., elegant rooms in a Victorian B&B</li><li>Two-bedroom apartment with living room, kitchen, and backyard, downtown, www.booking.com</li><li>Best Western Fireside Inn, 1217 Princess St., Senior Rates<br /><br /></li></ul><p></p><p><b>Kingston's History</b></p><p>The area was settled by Europeans in the 17th century and became the First Capital of a United Canada in 1841. It is referred to as the “Limestone City” and a place where “history and innovation thrive”. Kingston is home to Queen's University, the Royal Military College of Canada, and St. Lawrence College - which means the most Ph.D. graduates per capita and the "smartest" workforce in Canada.</p><p>The Kingston region has been home to Indigenous People since time immemorial. Many different Nations and people have existed or co-existed in this area over time. Today, it is home to a growing urban population of over 7,000 residents who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Metis. It is the traditional homeland of the St. Lawrence Iroquois, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat tribes.<br /><br /></p><p><b>Haunted Fort</b></p><p>Kingston's Fort Henry is Not Only Haunted in Halloween Season ...</p><p>Nils Von Schultz was the leader of a group that attempted to "liberate" Canada from what he viewed as British oppression in the 1830s. After losing the Battle of the Windmill near Prescott, Von Schultz was hanged at Fort Henry -- and, they say, continues to haunt the Fort to this day. At Fort Fright, Fort Henry's haunted walk in Kingston, you can listen to his story. You follow your guide into the depths of the fort and listen to the stories, each is verified by at least two sources - by lantern light. </p><p>Each year, part of the Fort is taken over by ghosts, skeletons, and zombie soldiers -- sort of an outdoor haunted house. Visitors can follow a set route through the Fort if they dare. There's also a guided ghost tour available, on which visitors can hear ghost stories from Fort Henry's history, in the actual rooms where the supernatural occurrences took place.</p><p>On the haunted walk through Fort Fright, you never know what might pop out at you, or when. It's loud fun and suspenseful. For the haunted walk, each visitor can go at their own pace. The ghost tour, on the other hand, creates a different kind of tension. The guided ghost tour takes about 45 minutes. </p><p>Fort Fright is open from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday until Nov. 15. Last entry is at 9:30 p.m. The guided tours run on the half-hour and can be signed up for at the Fort entrance. Entry to Fort Fright costs $7.35, or $14.70 if you'd like to try the guided tour as well.</p><p>Fort Henry is located beside the Royal Military College, just east of downtown Kingston. It's well-signed. From Ottawa, take the 416 to the 401, then head westbound until you reach Exit 623, Highway 15. Turn left on 15, and then take a right on Highway 2, and a nearly-immediate left onto Fort Henry Drive. </p><p>If you're arriving in time for the sunset, don't forget your camera. The views from Fort Henry over Kingston and Lake Ontario are wonderful. Also, be sure to bring warm clothes. Much of the tour takes place outdoors, and there's a cold breeze up there on the cliffs above the lake. Or maybe that's just a chill in the air from all those unfriendly spirits ...</p><p><br /><b>How to Get There<br /></b><br />Sure, you can reach Kingston via the highways 401 from the east or west, or the 416 from the north. If you come from the west, instead of driving the highway you can choose the "Loyalists Parkway" #62 and #33 from Belleville/Prince Edward Island to Kingston. If you have more than one or two days and you are driving from Ottawa, take the slower journey along the Rideau Canal. I drove it a dozen times on small winding roads and visited each of the many locks along the way to the delight of my dock, with whom I walked almost more than I drove. A delightful way to travel, especially in spring and early fall. You can even cruise with your boat or paddle from Ottawa all the way down to Kingston. Sometimes it is more about the journey than the destination ...<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_ZPFbnROJwNHY4bp9POsPa_XY3RqANPqXhjfLju9l7YdCYcU5WdtkzfmgGp9SONI8DEhhFut9zfR1qSzhNccyDk_5IAFLZBN_Pt_hdtcpb6RYLtUG9Rc_QjYuZb_lXGl3-_GiLY9skpkuVT_r2Am6B_kvrwYLW_4ohbgYS1dfDjg1yWnhQFkgMO1PrY/s600/Rideau-Merickville-Plaque_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="600" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_ZPFbnROJwNHY4bp9POsPa_XY3RqANPqXhjfLju9l7YdCYcU5WdtkzfmgGp9SONI8DEhhFut9zfR1qSzhNccyDk_5IAFLZBN_Pt_hdtcpb6RYLtUG9Rc_QjYuZb_lXGl3-_GiLY9skpkuVT_r2Am6B_kvrwYLW_4ohbgYS1dfDjg1yWnhQFkgMO1PrY/s320/Rideau-Merickville-Plaque_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><b>About The Rideau Canal</b></p><p>Between 1826 and 1832, an old Indian canoe route along the Rideau and Cataraqui Rivers was transformed at the command of the British government from untamed wilderness rivers and lakes into the 202 km long Rideau Canal Waterway. The purpose of this remarkable engineering achievement was to provide the British army with a safe route for supplying its inland garrisons, avoiding the direct but exposed and dangerous route along the St. Lawrence River.</p><p>The canal was designed by Lt. Colonel John By of the British Royal Engineers. It was built, for the most part, by independent contractors under the supervision of Colonel By and his staff. Hundreds of Irish and French Canadian laborers, Scottish stonemasons, and British sappers and miners battled the Canadian wilderness, nineteenth-century working conditions, and malaria to complete this wonder of a canal system in less than six years.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Resources for Your Visit:</b></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.visitkingston.ca/see-do/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.KingstonFoodTours.ca</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.tourismkingston.com</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.KingstonMuseums.ca</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.forthenry.com/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://hauntedwalk.com/experience/ghosts-of-fort-henry/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://hauntedwalk.com/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://altitude36000ft.blogspot.com/2023/04/ygk-airport-in-kingston-on-canada.html</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.cityofkingston.ca/explore/culture-history/history/indigenous-people</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.destinationontario.com/en-ca/attractions/wolfe-island</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://kingstonflyingclub.com/sightseeing-tours/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://southeasternontario.ca/listicles/southeastern-ontario-foodie-kingston/</u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.amadeuscafe.ca/menus</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://www.mesafresca.ca/</u></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>https://thesecretgardeninn.com/rooms/</u></span></p><p>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><><><><><></p><p style="text-align: center;">.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-54882600019973506832023-07-21T10:09:00.000-07:002023-07-21T10:09:38.622-07:00A Hidden Gem in Ontario: Prescott <p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0erpoxqF-lwGrQKqtwql_4xhxflinyl-43-6FPeR3sZ0HkxoFplDTYJ_KUbidzE5m9Akjb9Pnoi0fERp9KVk77Ezx14ogXZFf3JtFTmWsnsD-36jzJQxA4HLczo46btokbg9PkCpI-V445PHFPGyjK9SjRcjUgdf5qihB8g9TGgNkFVVQmWydJRmRwc/s4868/ON-Prescott.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3582" data-original-width="4868" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0erpoxqF-lwGrQKqtwql_4xhxflinyl-43-6FPeR3sZ0HkxoFplDTYJ_KUbidzE5m9Akjb9Pnoi0fERp9KVk77Ezx14ogXZFf3JtFTmWsnsD-36jzJQxA4HLczo46btokbg9PkCpI-V445PHFPGyjK9SjRcjUgdf5qihB8g9TGgNkFVVQmWydJRmRwc/s320/ON-Prescott.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prescott, ON: History, Beaches & Shakespeare in the Park</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Prescott is home to the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival, a professional summer theatre festival on a pretty outdoor stage overlooking the river. </b><b>The Festival runs annually in Prescott, Ontario in July and August, attracting thousands of audience members each season. Read more about Shakespeare's Gardens in Prescott, ON, Canada</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://garden-dream.blogspot.com/2023/07/shakespeares-gardens-in-prescott-on.html">https://garden-dream.blogspot.com/2023/07/shakespeares-gardens-in-prescott-on.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>.</b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qCcXbRm-x2UjfMrBkX6-cNd8rPfwkeSPe1Mf2NSUGipIxYOp9XBYWyX2OiltryZRNw_TPZH7ZpT4IFXJ5zKtnpAUzyuvd46YsY1HbVfrB6rvZhXqBMOA0ahxlwk5RB_QGg3j6WmjfBMI7x_ilCbqTbzgyburdIq8bVUTnMOvyuK8Z6v9R96IgHw_0W0/s934/ON-Prescott-Lighthouse.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qCcXbRm-x2UjfMrBkX6-cNd8rPfwkeSPe1Mf2NSUGipIxYOp9XBYWyX2OiltryZRNw_TPZH7ZpT4IFXJ5zKtnpAUzyuvd46YsY1HbVfrB6rvZhXqBMOA0ahxlwk5RB_QGg3j6WmjfBMI7x_ilCbqTbzgyburdIq8bVUTnMOvyuK8Z6v9R96IgHw_0W0/s320/ON-Prescott-Lighthouse.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>A beautiful Lighthouse next to the Shakespeare Gardens invite visitors - </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>and even sells delicious ice cream. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgec3e2r1SXnzz90Uwy4pPdfKht1YPuGgCWptMgMx22kDIjyG-HvFZK5CtcD0wNQASnIIxfJF0y-2NugwoNtX3tB-cgrbPcUpEhERjj0EidycGcwLQ1CRnXNFa8yMOV04h58JTWfUpVvhhJdfMENZXFypRqX942w1aanF6a5ihvJJiwQfM_yu73hc2RngM/s933/ON-Prescott-Museum-VisitorCenter.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgec3e2r1SXnzz90Uwy4pPdfKht1YPuGgCWptMgMx22kDIjyG-HvFZK5CtcD0wNQASnIIxfJF0y-2NugwoNtX3tB-cgrbPcUpEhERjj0EidycGcwLQ1CRnXNFa8yMOV04h58JTWfUpVvhhJdfMENZXFypRqX942w1aanF6a5ihvJJiwQfM_yu73hc2RngM/s320/ON-Prescott-Museum-VisitorCenter.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">British settlement in the area began with a group of United Empire Loyalists led by Edward Jessup. <br />In 1810, Jessup and his son laid out a townsite which they named Prescott in honour of General Robert Prescott.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Prescott's harbour developed considerably in the early 19th century, supporting the growing Great Lakes shipping industry. It became notable for its freight forwarding businesses, as local forwarders shuttled Great Lakes freight between Prescott and Montreal. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Soon, Upper Canada experienced a railway boom, which provided competition for the maritime shipping industry. The Bytown and Prescott Railway began operating in 1854, connecting Prescott to Bytown (now Ottawa). Prescott now has a population of over 4,000 with over 90% English-speaking. Leo Boivin and Ben Hutton are famous ice hockey players that are coming from Prescott.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hllYO6tEMd2_bT-UMehu9GasOspDFhlRnecnedhddgqsWRTeSg4JVMjYUJWD4MpxjohIw8n_-P5rscr5X1EirdGvg8Ji3lkjlXGsTiwpOBgQsum9mN6DeNio5Bvzq7-BTOoe3o1FY8eVf4TYj6xm12ZCkgOT4YvwpAxHLO_OwmeZsZ7YsiOfNwzWTlM/s933/ON-Prescott-OutpostCafe.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7hllYO6tEMd2_bT-UMehu9GasOspDFhlRnecnedhddgqsWRTeSg4JVMjYUJWD4MpxjohIw8n_-P5rscr5X1EirdGvg8Ji3lkjlXGsTiwpOBgQsum9mN6DeNio5Bvzq7-BTOoe3o1FY8eVf4TYj6xm12ZCkgOT4YvwpAxHLO_OwmeZsZ7YsiOfNwzWTlM/s320/ON-Prescott-OutpostCafe.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Fabulous selection of baked goods and beverages. Soups and sandwiches as well. Made in-house, and absolutely delicious! 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The old stone house built in 1832 has been restored to its original beauty, yet offers the modern comforts of today’s lifestyles, with new queen-sized beds, in-room baths, Fireplaces, AC & Canadiana antique furnishings. Complete with waterfront views and all at affordable family rates.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.shipsanchorinn.com/">http://www.shipsanchorinn.com/</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZH1ky8x6UfxjN1fMBOcWU2zHhq4iZJWy5V9oR4LfDHeFXDmg8VnFNHQzm8jJdEhmDexDX6Qnv1gz-zlUP6ry-FouXzb5fM_jJ0vxyBzS7NMHM5YhcVbwNimcFoZzPKzHpqdwpcDvp6fO9BmVHyyDdYYZeg6lSNrJKI_0qt0Fbv5yX-rZ8eb71HDJBdg/s933/ON-Prescott-B&B3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZH1ky8x6UfxjN1fMBOcWU2zHhq4iZJWy5V9oR4LfDHeFXDmg8VnFNHQzm8jJdEhmDexDX6Qnv1gz-zlUP6ry-FouXzb5fM_jJ0vxyBzS7NMHM5YhcVbwNimcFoZzPKzHpqdwpcDvp6fO9BmVHyyDdYYZeg6lSNrJKI_0qt0Fbv5yX-rZ8eb71HDJBdg/s320/ON-Prescott-B&B3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Be sure to visit the Prescott Farmers' 7 Crafters' Market every Saturday from 9AM - 2PM at the RiverWalk, located on Edward St between King St and Water St.</b></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I arrived after <br />dark and was smitten by the fabulous Main Street evening lighting in the form of lighthouses. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENv7uNBSnunc1a9wQ9HjbHf7yZgbL2QRlbx3_Y4OtNRUCRcAtoZe9hRCUN5esNtKAXyuPZjQccAsbqXxpTr_F6wGadjjKn1dP8-A0QUxpB21gW-rgbYi4bVEV68M9sIqbgP_LBI3VVYLC5t9FfDf5VEgAGR8kzh5LGXgR1HvsqpGGLPiuEFtgCyDVfJM/s800/ON-Prescott-Mural.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="800" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENv7uNBSnunc1a9wQ9HjbHf7yZgbL2QRlbx3_Y4OtNRUCRcAtoZe9hRCUN5esNtKAXyuPZjQccAsbqXxpTr_F6wGadjjKn1dP8-A0QUxpB21gW-rgbYi4bVEV68M9sIqbgP_LBI3VVYLC5t9FfDf5VEgAGR8kzh5LGXgR1HvsqpGGLPiuEFtgCyDVfJM/s320/ON-Prescott-Mural.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.<br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>You can dine on authentic Spanish dishes and shop for high-quality imported Spanish foods for your home kitchen in a most unexpected place. You’ll find El Rebost de les Mil Illes (991 Industrial Road, in the middle of an industrial park just off Highway 401, but do not let the location fool you.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u4lyCWmbbp3Kpys4q2xlBKY0KSdAyzzUCXGkAW-ZpPuhy_UQnahLosJCMZPspfWWdjuZdcq3J2Kxps7Um7U4MFoxQnacyABMA06TZ2ATsU7uZXQDqqGFtDSXBcBKTRKk9RVl668DVwg7xLkc4eLci2mn7mMRLqpnBJIor8fSjYxGjv0yEwNS_d8RLTE/s800/ON-Prescott-HistoryMuseum2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_u4lyCWmbbp3Kpys4q2xlBKY0KSdAyzzUCXGkAW-ZpPuhy_UQnahLosJCMZPspfWWdjuZdcq3J2Kxps7Um7U4MFoxQnacyABMA06TZ2ATsU7uZXQDqqGFtDSXBcBKTRKk9RVl668DVwg7xLkc4eLci2mn7mMRLqpnBJIor8fSjYxGjv0yEwNS_d8RLTE/s320/ON-Prescott-HistoryMuseum2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Before the arrival of Europeans to the now Prescott area, it was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquois. The French began occupation of the area in the late 17th century. The area became a battleground during the 1754−1763 war between Britain and France. Both parties wanted to control what was a strategic stretch of the Saint Lawrence River.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQu-Nf41r8YWSMUsT36KtZfPjp5E0Im253lf4S5AD7YrCJrma-UoJaurcRRRo0gh_AaOxGkje42GbdMbd4JMudmMmCQRhPORuXCExsEZjfUFPNjyoQCtWX4PP5Q1YDleIZm_D6i6gIf13w0VKXCaQLMTQj1M3g7DxFI7MHK_ToFIfDB-KwnIe_s5PNzA/s800/ON-Prescott-History.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="800" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQu-Nf41r8YWSMUsT36KtZfPjp5E0Im253lf4S5AD7YrCJrma-UoJaurcRRRo0gh_AaOxGkje42GbdMbd4JMudmMmCQRhPORuXCExsEZjfUFPNjyoQCtWX4PP5Q1YDleIZm_D6i6gIf13w0VKXCaQLMTQj1M3g7DxFI7MHK_ToFIfDB-KwnIe_s5PNzA/s320/ON-Prescott-History.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.<br /></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>If you’ve brought your bike, you can hop onto the Prescott section of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail, a 3,600-kilometre-long, province-spanning route. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>About a kilometer west of downtown, scuba divers can check out a sunken 1860s wooden twin sidewheeler at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River at the Rothesay Dive Site (1671 County Road 2 at Merwin Lane, Augusta).</b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">More to check out before you go:<br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">July 8th-August 5th; William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"</span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">July 12-August 5th; Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"</span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">August 8th-12th; Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"</span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">August 16th; William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"</span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Shakespeare Festival <a href="https://www.stlawrenceshakespeare.ca/">https://www.stlawrenceshakespeare.ca/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">History Museum</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/history-heritage/">https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/history-heritage/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/museum-visitor-centre/">https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/museum-visitor-centre/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Zens Inn </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Bed & Breakfast</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> 232 King St. </span><a href="https://www.ZensInn.com"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">https://</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">www.ZensInn.com</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Independent Coffeeshop: </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Katarina's Coffee Shop, 513 King St,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://katarina-s-coffee-shop.myshopify.com/">https://katarina-s-coffee-shop.myshopify.com/</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>Restaurants:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Little Barcelona <a href="https://www.littlebarcelona.ca/menu/menu">https://www.littlebarcelona.ca/menu/menu</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Beach, Boat Launch, Pool & Childrens Play</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/beach-boat-launch/">https://www.prescott.ca/recreation-culture/beach-boat-launch/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Bus to Brockville. <a href="https://riverroute.ca/riding-the-riverroute/">https://riverroute.ca/riding-the-riverroute/</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">the bus stops are located at most street intersections along the bus route. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The transit service does not operate on statutory holidays. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Don’t live near a listed bus stop location? Riders can flag the bus to stop in areas with speeds of 50km/h or less along the route in Maitland, Prescott, Johnstown, and Cardinal.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>The Sunday Night Concert Series is BACK! Experience live entertainment at the Kinsmen Amphitheatre every Sunday from June 25-August 27th! </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Pickleball:</span></p><div class="acc__body" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 1.25em 1.25em; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6-8PM</span> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Location: Leo Boivin Community Centre</span> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost: $5 drop-in rate, or buy a $30 monthly membership. (Active for one month from the date of purchase)</span>.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">*Please bring your own indoor shoes, paddle & pickleball. Limited equipment will be available for use.</span></span></p></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Calendar of all events in town:</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">7<a href="https://calendar.prescott.ca/default">https://calendar.prescott.ca/default</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><><><><><><br /><br />.</p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-54282348251084937042023-05-24T07:03:00.002-07:002023-05-24T07:03:41.975-07:00Impressions from a Road Trip Along the St Lawrence River <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48oSrHu2XG6TH9mul-BoneKPCRhk93CHuvDEVdeglJg0kup5dHpw5uGldeOdStNPKK77h2b2SxjBeqrze4_rq7lZN8eiiF5wUv8F1rZ39ObCLwF6otGxAxeDuDTxmZ9AzPTXopNy0d1cAdINSBvIqcq0RB-uM-_8UaKXACHqcs-2W_t4tTudAW9nN/s600/QC_St%20Lawrence-SunSet%20copy_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="600" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48oSrHu2XG6TH9mul-BoneKPCRhk93CHuvDEVdeglJg0kup5dHpw5uGldeOdStNPKK77h2b2SxjBeqrze4_rq7lZN8eiiF5wUv8F1rZ39ObCLwF6otGxAxeDuDTxmZ9AzPTXopNy0d1cAdINSBvIqcq0RB-uM-_8UaKXACHqcs-2W_t4tTudAW9nN/s320/QC_St%20Lawrence-SunSet%20copy_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>I never get tired to drive along the<a href="https://www.bonjourquebec.com/en-ca/listing/things-to-do/heritage-sites-and-attractions/routes/suggested-tours-of-the-association-of-the-most-beautiful-villages-of-quebec-49121455" target="_blank"> St. Lawrence River</a> in Quebec - not even after taking this route more than a dozen times. Route # 138 on the Northside or route #132 on the Southside, both lead through the <a href="https://beauxvillages.qc.ca/" target="_blank">most beautiful villages</a> in Quebec and even Canada. They are also the oldest in the country.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdJ2HdcOXMJRES61Xjp78jXluWRCrro-2RKt7-jpYCaXDjNj_OxU7_DoqaFGgDt3fbPYhdHEl6n7X4tkAOSqQfRDa3eOi8UoZSuyxrwPcXSj8EQzWMMFweVoJq8Z8bYLouEQhNyARSA6B3wRcgWbj0gYnrfQPvTEZkkVMoKzTO-MlhlMl_efXUBkP/s667/QC-StLawrence-Moulin_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdJ2HdcOXMJRES61Xjp78jXluWRCrro-2RKt7-jpYCaXDjNj_OxU7_DoqaFGgDt3fbPYhdHEl6n7X4tkAOSqQfRDa3eOi8UoZSuyxrwPcXSj8EQzWMMFweVoJq8Z8bYLouEQhNyARSA6B3wRcgWbj0gYnrfQPvTEZkkVMoKzTO-MlhlMl_efXUBkP/s320/QC-StLawrence-Moulin_opt.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>Most of the first settlers came four hundred years ago, built villages, and over the centuries stayed close to French architecture: Stone buildings with tin roofs, and beautiful churches in every town. If you would drive on the highway you would never see these precious historic places, nor could you marvel at the mighty St. Lawrence River. Take your time, at least a week to discover these beautiful spots.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDF0GUlYAjRu8PUkqDum6TWL2ASEN0pcfEguY6VOALv6pMO3Mvo7J_Af-VdU-miO32dRJIaH3jr-fQncCHfpX1LJGs7zzgObyDvJE8rGeBGLNOZcabzmJt_96TbwP4i3FLaGYbUqzN7i8k3AdYc0-03lHOjmW6d8C5BfGBSkq84hMqcHoKcanDwgx/s750/QC-StLawrence-StAnneDePre_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDF0GUlYAjRu8PUkqDum6TWL2ASEN0pcfEguY6VOALv6pMO3Mvo7J_Af-VdU-miO32dRJIaH3jr-fQncCHfpX1LJGs7zzgObyDvJE8rGeBGLNOZcabzmJt_96TbwP4i3FLaGYbUqzN7i8k3AdYc0-03lHOjmW6d8C5BfGBSkq84hMqcHoKcanDwgx/s320/QC-StLawrence-StAnneDePre_opt.jpg" width="213" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>You could possibly start in Montreal and drive to Taddoussac, watch the whales in summer, and take the ferry to sail to <a href="https://www.quebecgetaways.com/riviere-du-loup_festival-activite-attraction-evenement" target="_blank">Riviere-de-Loup</a> or<a href="https://www.quebecmaritime.ca/en/road-trips-and-getaways/getaway-ideas/rimouski" target="_blank"> Rimouski</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1yvlws9aZkwcnBg8Jcm8f61nVFB-eyG_JG2qE1gfqEZgCqKeEVxYCZeb9tSA0gfvLGW0Z92sU23sscd2D5tDdyiEn9ePaXCaay3GMcnXFj6L9SsTyf9JYOnDu5AOzk_VQv_ST7YaUU_DoIOH9fuRLKQZbCVgP0TvmIzlhX32tn0ADDOgWlCeZr9H/s656/QC-Quebec-City-Balloon_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK1yvlws9aZkwcnBg8Jcm8f61nVFB-eyG_JG2qE1gfqEZgCqKeEVxYCZeb9tSA0gfvLGW0Z92sU23sscd2D5tDdyiEn9ePaXCaay3GMcnXFj6L9SsTyf9JYOnDu5AOzk_VQv_ST7YaUU_DoIOH9fuRLKQZbCVgP0TvmIzlhX32tn0ADDOgWlCeZr9H/s320/QC-Quebec-City-Balloon_opt.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Go west along the Southside of the St Lawrence River back to Montreal. Along the way visit each of the villages and certainly Quebec City's old town, founded in 1608. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhR38bBRrkykZhMxjLnTIp9EfnlK2ZatJE--fHTYvBKGTPyNubylApGjnH0SQBBwY5zPykneCXDA8MZCLnRzde53fK2aO2bMS38iKDs8vVIJOX40XlCsC_Pj83nolYzM1UDE6LGfmjRFMpaLB38u4vhlTpJXyzQ8pYtBHCw-QHi4rlkejxix2MfAH/s703/QC-Montmorency-Falls_opt%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhR38bBRrkykZhMxjLnTIp9EfnlK2ZatJE--fHTYvBKGTPyNubylApGjnH0SQBBwY5zPykneCXDA8MZCLnRzde53fK2aO2bMS38iKDs8vVIJOX40XlCsC_Pj83nolYzM1UDE6LGfmjRFMpaLB38u4vhlTpJXyzQ8pYtBHCw-QHi4rlkejxix2MfAH/s320/QC-Montmorency-Falls_opt%20(1).jpg" width="228" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>Your trip might combine popular Quebec City attractions with the Montmorency Falls (higher than Niagara Falls), the Ile d'Orleans, and the amazing Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEPM-ltLyt_0HdYmLyyq7qjmffwRr3oZ_4z-xCSrXCa1DTZ5zs_H_82iGr_BkhJ3TNieSdKPjhjf67iEIlgmDXqPoOJ5Vj89NlhGmRpJuMS2cFd4dMOPUlOi7VsnWBZPwrOAiQ6Dq5HEYaBTMwo740t6Q3oeCY3MLPu2UX7rJ8RS1RCccDmADi1Rt/s500/Quebec-OldTown_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="500" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEPM-ltLyt_0HdYmLyyq7qjmffwRr3oZ_4z-xCSrXCa1DTZ5zs_H_82iGr_BkhJ3TNieSdKPjhjf67iEIlgmDXqPoOJ5Vj89NlhGmRpJuMS2cFd4dMOPUlOi7VsnWBZPwrOAiQ6Dq5HEYaBTMwo740t6Q3oeCY3MLPu2UX7rJ8RS1RCccDmADi1Rt/s320/Quebec-OldTown_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p><b>Discover wineries and micro-breweries, cheese producers, cozy restaurants, coffee shops and chocolate makers, farmers' markets, local producers, old mills, and seafood vendors. <br /><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqyRLSu3Ao7-qOr6g9oer9M6l2jya4yLUlHzkPSe1C5OC0HMGhXMH0vuy7Dfukm5jDpha9UZs2vKwvzVBqbcH0C1w4XCqYNCl8haoxg1xdf32dkvTU-orpFsbAFJvB5VgpFo94rW3MS5aS8_9Pyxj8tOjhLIwDUarp5gCQ5gaclFYp51MrRgtVYia/s690/QC-StLawrence-Lighttower_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqyRLSu3Ao7-qOr6g9oer9M6l2jya4yLUlHzkPSe1C5OC0HMGhXMH0vuy7Dfukm5jDpha9UZs2vKwvzVBqbcH0C1w4XCqYNCl8haoxg1xdf32dkvTU-orpFsbAFJvB5VgpFo94rW3MS5aS8_9Pyxj8tOjhLIwDUarp5gCQ5gaclFYp51MrRgtVYia/s320/QC-StLawrence-Lighttower_opt.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>Visit small museums, the Casino de Charlevoix, as well as indigenous traditional places near Quebec City. Or rent sea kayaks or bicycles and explore lighthouses or art galleries by yourself. <br /><br /></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj_Z1JRLHQS3re_vgNElLRBctaju1U1Aqi1RemZnHlwgulSDu6EG_QrVKO9EoHpkkIFfml7GLsqRCUcvT3f2EVSBCHc7ITSqwAoYVtX-va8oaCrltfsBk3GHUgCX2sFvH3wVooTavaZveZS7mOGwJ9rUUBVAyp7Ib08RWgX0fbKAP1fCq_hcOXsO7/s800/QC-Berthierville-WoodenBridge3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj_Z1JRLHQS3re_vgNElLRBctaju1U1Aqi1RemZnHlwgulSDu6EG_QrVKO9EoHpkkIFfml7GLsqRCUcvT3f2EVSBCHc7ITSqwAoYVtX-va8oaCrltfsBk3GHUgCX2sFvH3wVooTavaZveZS7mOGwJ9rUUBVAyp7Ib08RWgX0fbKAP1fCq_hcOXsO7/s320/QC-Berthierville-WoodenBridge3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>My favored villages are Kamouraska, Saint-Antoine-siur-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Berthier-sur-Mer, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Yamachiche, and, and, and... I can't name them <a href="https://wanderlog.com/drive/between/76051/58051/rimouski-to-quebec-city-drive" target="_blank">all</a>.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRQqO53VtZeMtcDAAJiqTg_VL9cUh_tYRPZ3dtnXJSqjl9GEPJstlYrh_FdtsE4zCBAYjmRkGQAAOb4ZLV7ZixK6Pqrujg0qs2Mx2_FOGgmMXWYi82cTRAzaAGp4VQCZhFdwPDkwa1oxycII6EIaDI-LRtHbsM9Il0fym2X7e0QBwEoJTmdKE2xmt/s933/QC-Yamachiche9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRQqO53VtZeMtcDAAJiqTg_VL9cUh_tYRPZ3dtnXJSqjl9GEPJstlYrh_FdtsE4zCBAYjmRkGQAAOb4ZLV7ZixK6Pqrujg0qs2Mx2_FOGgmMXWYi82cTRAzaAGp4VQCZhFdwPDkwa1oxycII6EIaDI-LRtHbsM9Il0fym2X7e0QBwEoJTmdKE2xmt/s320/QC-Yamachiche9.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Many of these villages have '' Circuit Patrimonial '' which are maps, sometimes with pictures, available on the web or at tourist offices, town halls, or public libraries that indicate the history of the village, the major points of interest, and the description of the buildings.<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQ1HDCG5xJl_qyTsM4wLUvOBPvzQE2RhZCV-sG0ZaFzQe_yupDB768ki_mPRdlvbBpTCGiBL7fQ_4EGAXxHMFJnMFfJkfSZojbVUbd6uQ5BtZpHytCeSPIDChx_TGf8FnWyfHTL7xbtVlCvRZW6WPogfJm12OOgXe3d_qccY6Y5ZZ64NwpewAfXi_/s666/QC-StLawrence-Kamouraska7_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQ1HDCG5xJl_qyTsM4wLUvOBPvzQE2RhZCV-sG0ZaFzQe_yupDB768ki_mPRdlvbBpTCGiBL7fQ_4EGAXxHMFJnMFfJkfSZojbVUbd6uQ5BtZpHytCeSPIDChx_TGf8FnWyfHTL7xbtVlCvRZW6WPogfJm12OOgXe3d_qccY6Y5ZZ64NwpewAfXi_/s320/QC-StLawrence-Kamouraska7_opt.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Quebec is known for its breathtaking natural geography and maritime views. Explore it on a marvelous trip and discover the beauty of its villages and towns. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZWVygmrfx1ZBb7HfI5lMnpWD2ZJ-KiI-3V1A7gJ9JlhVmipk-DabX6QbWb-kcXSz_nNdtiQMB-gSUHOnFI3lD1zigWdiPCwweosaqJt7xytgDIMBwCvvyUuctapblY3XqDNJRuCYlTk6cW2GLAQa6_3YYmj5gtbU_ISmejq_P_JID7J0uxjJ9e_V/s500/QC-StLawrence-Kamouraska13_opt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="500" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZWVygmrfx1ZBb7HfI5lMnpWD2ZJ-KiI-3V1A7gJ9JlhVmipk-DabX6QbWb-kcXSz_nNdtiQMB-gSUHOnFI3lD1zigWdiPCwweosaqJt7xytgDIMBwCvvyUuctapblY3XqDNJRuCYlTk6cW2GLAQa6_3YYmj5gtbU_ISmejq_P_JID7J0uxjJ9e_V/s320/QC-StLawrence-Kamouraska13_opt.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And don't forget: You can tour the St. Lawrence River by train or bus too!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Or even better: cycle it all the way!<br /><br /></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><><><><><></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-67570709979194995322023-02-06T13:15:00.004-08:002023-02-10T14:07:24.371-08:00Yellowknife NWT - a Northern City Near the Arctic Circle<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczSPR5nBe6hR9fsjXo7WokOGon-8lRTz98nLK_RR7QkPoYP6zerrkI2_KBQUbRrpOG7o4TawRgnR9OV8j-yHNtNJBRWJE_mNjmyh0PMsufZrqmv_Ad2XX2Xs7V9fPLx2IckMfDj4DqiVqohd2Dy5oAW8RNJS0G6qRu_NbzfNHko6pmNX44rccM0XZ/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_1819-Sept.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczSPR5nBe6hR9fsjXo7WokOGon-8lRTz98nLK_RR7QkPoYP6zerrkI2_KBQUbRrpOG7o4TawRgnR9OV8j-yHNtNJBRWJE_mNjmyh0PMsufZrqmv_Ad2XX2Xs7V9fPLx2IckMfDj4DqiVqohd2Dy5oAW8RNJS0G6qRu_NbzfNHko6pmNX44rccM0XZ/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_1819-Sept.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Tawna Brown<br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>For a long time, there was no road into Yellowknife. Bush Pilots would make the trip into a vast land, searching for adventure. Once Yellowknife did start to grow, bush planes became a vital source for the transportation of people, food, supplies, and vehicles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> <br /><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kYs0-Yc6fYCIBigbulHcgmlhF1gPjNr6uYiisza-Xeeuhnw46hIIf--PjhrbIBv3kMdBEuecj9SkXuRHlMnyP7IxPVesYOS5kLAmrtPxIWt4KMdsKNMrYVa_4L5nKv99YfxZKqxOOL2OrhCST75kQBf6nBEmrdrZp-_g4h96O3pLcrR0SVd_nLMj/s667/YK-BushPilot-Monument.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kYs0-Yc6fYCIBigbulHcgmlhF1gPjNr6uYiisza-Xeeuhnw46hIIf--PjhrbIBv3kMdBEuecj9SkXuRHlMnyP7IxPVesYOS5kLAmrtPxIWt4KMdsKNMrYVa_4L5nKv99YfxZKqxOOL2OrhCST75kQBf6nBEmrdrZp-_g4h96O3pLcrR0SVd_nLMj/s320/YK-BushPilot-Monument.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></span></div><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>The Bush Pilot monument </b>on a hill around the corner gives visitors a great 360-degree outlook over parts of the Great Slave Lake and its many floating homes and float planes and towards the city. It also offers views of the various buildings of historical significance such as log cabins from the days of the gold rush.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This monument is honoring the bush pilots of today and yesterday, who helped open up the north to the rest of Canada. </p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7P_Frs0qcnAy5FTrsHdIkxlNNpQdiMgCpCWv0TG1pp5G-NK55tqkMNKDkT8jjqaRGh9xZeazQ5V7gK7M_0HsuTuHE_jcQhOHECSmv6z61A6Q4Nq6FJaEUEizlXSm9LoyqElBmmWk8Yoj0m1op4kYdO8JFhfiCjVsHQKxgwU8JWeNzn0VOKfn8osX8/s600/YK-Houseboat-Seaplane.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="600" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7P_Frs0qcnAy5FTrsHdIkxlNNpQdiMgCpCWv0TG1pp5G-NK55tqkMNKDkT8jjqaRGh9xZeazQ5V7gK7M_0HsuTuHE_jcQhOHECSmv6z61A6Q4Nq6FJaEUEizlXSm9LoyqElBmmWk8Yoj0m1op4kYdO8JFhfiCjVsHQKxgwU8JWeNzn0VOKfn8osX8/s320/YK-Houseboat-Seaplane.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><br /><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Not far from this monument, a small Dene community is located on the edge of Yellowknife on the tip of <b>Latham Island</b>. In 1959, the first ten permanent houses for Dene families were built. They were colorful homes and so people began referring to the community as 'Rainbow Valley'. In the 1970s there were 200 residents living in 20 houses, now there are almost double the amount of houses. <br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF66kQiEBtWRcIz7CGheLoq_KoFEl1b-PkaBaQUrUoAvEeWwaqqK-vyo8qRH4CVqlyni7i8y0oO2qIMAUybA6lBsTKzZY0D3etf0v4-YB0rrBjauaL5oF586T-3YoTGiT8m4Jz1MIcGXcvsKpyvKFCEEZo6-jy-kZKOqv5RL9CuaadYp6vzXtspp04/s695/YK-Bilingual-StopSign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF66kQiEBtWRcIz7CGheLoq_KoFEl1b-PkaBaQUrUoAvEeWwaqqK-vyo8qRH4CVqlyni7i8y0oO2qIMAUybA6lBsTKzZY0D3etf0v4-YB0rrBjauaL5oF586T-3YoTGiT8m4Jz1MIcGXcvsKpyvKFCEEZo6-jy-kZKOqv5RL9CuaadYp6vzXtspp04/s320/YK-Bilingual-StopSign.JPG" width="230" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Photo Doris Daily</div></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The name was officially changed to Ndil</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">ǫ</span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"> in 1991, which means "end of the island" in the local Dene dialect. Some of the stop signs in Yellowknife are bi-lingual in their dialect and in English.<br />.</span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVtbN95mYKDR5wGvVIvVkFCyKyVBZyzZNIJcAc5MXd95Xq-YOTgZG5MM_I5WCereu15LQxjsI1R8BzGIlKOkt9TEsyhc_G7gwAufMLadI-fibnGBclPrL2QrtJopUNtK_eHIuZau2qMGvn2RBprCEbsGYWaFd9DsuV7Pvvvupg2Qoo4LdY46IQ9hY/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_8184.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVtbN95mYKDR5wGvVIvVkFCyKyVBZyzZNIJcAc5MXd95Xq-YOTgZG5MM_I5WCereu15LQxjsI1R8BzGIlKOkt9TEsyhc_G7gwAufMLadI-fibnGBclPrL2QrtJopUNtK_eHIuZau2qMGvn2RBprCEbsGYWaFd9DsuV7Pvvvupg2Qoo4LdY46IQ9hY/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_8184.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Great Adventures</b></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Yellowknife is a gateway for the great adventure tourism activities of the nearby region, including the spectacular nature and the stunning views of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) from September to March. </span><span class="s2" style="color: white; font-kerning: none;">One of the best ways to experience nature around Yellowknife is through a dog sled tour, on snow shoes, cross-country skiing, or in summer by floatplane or boat. <br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="color: white; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n4o4sIRB3tDpvZnmE-5Iu-zQ2Uh-OD_oCKooQ4S9i6CNyX38Grpa-IonOhyC8RCk9H2VxIerRu5-YIPOpfRwAd5knShNNM6R8O-l7NPwxZdrkeVi_7U9tk2rpgTGE5PxOAqAMlnTX16lOL2kkO31cqlV9D-GhdNtchsaz0uHeDie6sBKU30HT3VW/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_1324-Aug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1n4o4sIRB3tDpvZnmE-5Iu-zQ2Uh-OD_oCKooQ4S9i6CNyX38Grpa-IonOhyC8RCk9H2VxIerRu5-YIPOpfRwAd5knShNNM6R8O-l7NPwxZdrkeVi_7U9tk2rpgTGE5PxOAqAMlnTX16lOL2kkO31cqlV9D-GhdNtchsaz0uHeDie6sBKU30HT3VW/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_1324-Aug.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Photo Tawna Brown</div></span><span class="s2" style="color: white; font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">An estimated 20,000 moose live throughout the NWT within and beyond the tree line. They can be found in the Yellowknife area during the late winter months. The Northwest Territories are a sport hunter's<b> Shangri La</b>, served by a network of seasoned outfitters and blessed with robust, sustainable populations of some of the most prized species on Earth. A whole range of hunting experiences is available.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aoNoB22RtCygBQXJ2GA0H4xiO55c3SOwwcIE_udqLaaGzhzIahJ7xUqzgSBiwfqVuL9Kbd09XcQRQkGCqs4idR-jd89uHaFNDh-uPhBA7jLqOTjgp_Iv1QyhdzgkjE0Iu9sIfWUwqRQXEwo-Bc4HQUwuYfJ7ymzZceZmfV-EPCksxFf5Vt6078EE/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_7145ec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1345" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aoNoB22RtCygBQXJ2GA0H4xiO55c3SOwwcIE_udqLaaGzhzIahJ7xUqzgSBiwfqVuL9Kbd09XcQRQkGCqs4idR-jd89uHaFNDh-uPhBA7jLqOTjgp_Iv1QyhdzgkjE0Iu9sIfWUwqRQXEwo-Bc4HQUwuYfJ7ymzZceZmfV-EPCksxFf5Vt6078EE/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_7145ec.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Photo Tawna Brown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"> </div><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">In the Mackenzie mountains, Dall's sheep, alpine caribou, and huge moose wander the highlands. In the boreal forests and Barrenlands, hunters pursue bison, grizzlies, black bears, wolves, wolverines, and more. The <b>Mackenzie Mountains</b> may be the greatest virgin hunting ground left on Earth. </span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Each summer and fall, lucky sports hunters get to experience it. Some even hunt with pack horses. Hunts start from a scenic alpine base camp, accessible only by floatplane.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdu6fKZ4gjDK_bi5Yinv_9ieNM12na1_KAbZrekl1p0P8P0F4wYKoQeXy87SuGRbi9uWIEE98WQxZm3iTzo8fbsYPP21WvkPNHgKCO-78wG09B03XWL1FvHppqCvTiH76dAc51JBzOyqiw0hj9EqnrW5a4HbmFcnvJutdvF6M_XLCLcczkGR1BZ-ra/s637/YK-MooseHead-Skull.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdu6fKZ4gjDK_bi5Yinv_9ieNM12na1_KAbZrekl1p0P8P0F4wYKoQeXy87SuGRbi9uWIEE98WQxZm3iTzo8fbsYPP21WvkPNHgKCO-78wG09B03XWL1FvHppqCvTiH76dAc51JBzOyqiw0hj9EqnrW5a4HbmFcnvJutdvF6M_XLCLcczkGR1BZ-ra/s320/YK-MooseHead-Skull.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Photo Doris Daily</div></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;">.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-6_P-25MgyFR9FgnxrpSUb9_qLnp0q7eQW5n_29J9rmQUlOw7FSfQMoiUhn3kexjxQHO3EpEma5m_XfmLzpOyluBKv2u7jLCIF0sHCziEG9ukS9ow14lIr6wkVzHv1ALb7lttbHn8gTkDmSAaWPRan4U1tUUOJo_ejzY4gT4yoeoyolONppCmwTS/s600/YK-Dene-Dancers-Drummers2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="600" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-6_P-25MgyFR9FgnxrpSUb9_qLnp0q7eQW5n_29J9rmQUlOw7FSfQMoiUhn3kexjxQHO3EpEma5m_XfmLzpOyluBKv2u7jLCIF0sHCziEG9ukS9ow14lIr6wkVzHv1ALb7lttbHn8gTkDmSAaWPRan4U1tUUOJo_ejzY4gT4yoeoyolONppCmwTS/s320/YK-Dene-Dancers-Drummers2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Doris Daily</span></div><br /><p class="p2" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><><><><><></p><p class="p2" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;">.</p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-10602090227142120042022-12-25T11:16:00.010-08:002023-05-09T05:38:04.367-07:00Yellowknife: The Amazing ‘Diamond Capital of North America’<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddFMTup2e7ItERe9J7phi0zTT0NB9-skFSIzU0KFUCdc8Wkx6YxPv17WY9aFDl4WUWPA7ts4Tt4Ay-9DRIPCWz9F7-5lL_oEmBH7txJfxjc6Uqzb9-SC6KqoIgqOV47BVjzwQWPcGuaPL0bT-iC6tFn8196GQSL3J3qpHrPCLFwW301AxxykPoD_4/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_7988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddFMTup2e7ItERe9J7phi0zTT0NB9-skFSIzU0KFUCdc8Wkx6YxPv17WY9aFDl4WUWPA7ts4Tt4Ay-9DRIPCWz9F7-5lL_oEmBH7txJfxjc6Uqzb9-SC6KqoIgqOV47BVjzwQWPcGuaPL0bT-iC6tFn8196GQSL3J3qpHrPCLFwW301AxxykPoD_4/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_7988.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Tawna Brown<br /><br /></span></div><p><b>Seeing photos of the ugly federal government buildings in the city center of <a href="https://spectacularnwt.com/destinations/north-slave/city-yellowknife" target="_blank">Yellowknife</a>, I was not really convinced that it will be an enjoyable and interesting stay. But as soon as I landed at the airport and saw the large number of eclectic airplanes parked there, my adventurousness kicked in, and I made plans for what to see and do in Yellowknife.</b><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjofTyq5khBmV_UHRkM813qF3Sy4Srd9RXTNxoHMDSc9azkG5veh4v4OuNmUtm-06sdYgp1SJU8DWNUpVDVN-lYOVTXi0TWay7gSlTp0ovatCCmiZVwIznehvTQRDBZNbBb9RdyMS99Z-ek8nG7QID0NOBw9WRhRrlW8zxSUdLaWZ7pjFGi5SeVHo/s620/Diamond.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="620" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjofTyq5khBmV_UHRkM813qF3Sy4Srd9RXTNxoHMDSc9azkG5veh4v4OuNmUtm-06sdYgp1SJU8DWNUpVDVN-lYOVTXi0TWay7gSlTp0ovatCCmiZVwIznehvTQRDBZNbBb9RdyMS99Z-ek8nG7QID0NOBw9WRhRrlW8zxSUdLaWZ7pjFGi5SeVHo/s320/Diamond.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>Yellowknife is the ‘<a href="https://spectacularnwt.com/story/five-sparkling-features-canadas-diamond-capital" target="_blank">Diamond Capital of North America</a>’ and the largest city of Canada's Northwest Territories. Mainly it is a popular gateway for those who want to explore Canada's vast Arctic region. It sits on the Canadian Shield, on the north shore of Great Slave Lake, at 62°45’ North and about 400 km South of the Arctic Circle.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7TxljKQI90-yQhz1DZg1hmWoDnNMSBWwtE0NT_KuO_FnDQDeGVgBSYy0dzZ-NLxK8cmRw60rkI821H84z9nWYNapCS8-9UT7fADsCNPl7Nvml4z20qmY74pFB3G90e7S1HEJW5psIycoyPtH_frUnxlH3MCRDRx0ovXxt-xzIqrQFAAqdMdkzZQL/s600/YK-NWT-LicensePlate3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="600" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV7TxljKQI90-yQhz1DZg1hmWoDnNMSBWwtE0NT_KuO_FnDQDeGVgBSYy0dzZ-NLxK8cmRw60rkI821H84z9nWYNapCS8-9UT7fADsCNPl7Nvml4z20qmY74pFB3G90e7S1HEJW5psIycoyPtH_frUnxlH3MCRDRx0ovXxt-xzIqrQFAAqdMdkzZQL/s320/YK-NWT-LicensePlate3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily<br /><br /></span></div><p>When the first gold mine began operations in 1938, the sleepy area around Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories was transformed overnight into a bustling center for fortune seekers. Meanwhile, diamonds are mined in addition to gold mining. The airport makes a large part of its revenue by providing logistics for several enterprises. In addition, there are a large number of cargo flights to remote settlements in the Arctic, but also amazingly a lot of tourism. Anglers, hunters, nature lovers, and most of all, Aurora Borealis spectators from all over the world.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6AszYGmm-QGJ6mpXgotMmArO4gX6Xr9kqR-gldpXnysUjt1e-aoj6GiSeLiRHwRRPMRKQX9Obi_krFVIASSZNSWHTlIwHlkR45l8KRDgiZ2ONOCD9sk_qaSAVHpbUflyjbRDrXA236dca6WPjrTybdGrslUbzchVFRmdaVnh8XbNR-IIOvw86kAK/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_5788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6AszYGmm-QGJ6mpXgotMmArO4gX6Xr9kqR-gldpXnysUjt1e-aoj6GiSeLiRHwRRPMRKQX9Obi_krFVIASSZNSWHTlIwHlkR45l8KRDgiZ2ONOCD9sk_qaSAVHpbUflyjbRDrXA236dca6WPjrTybdGrslUbzchVFRmdaVnh8XbNR-IIOvw86kAK/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_5788.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">photo Tawna Brown<br /><br /></span></p><p>These visitors almost all come to Yellowknife by air. The traffic mix at the Capital Airport, therefore, is unique. Yellowknife is not a customs airport, flights from abroad and overseas are handled via flights from Calgary, Vancouver, or Toronto. Canadian Pacific Airlines built the first airport in Yellowknife in 1944. ICAO abbreviation is CYZF, IATA calls it YZF. In addition to the existing runway, the airport received two more runways in 1946. In 1963 the airport received a new terminal, and in 1972 a tower. The drive from the airport to the city center takes only five minutes. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmusVjuTqbWhjXXbGGHZWJ0EsVuqmUdD7Gzql_Hbg2xOF_F6s7mE8myqauAyofjjObOP0zpFggBBH3DecQM7fL5vMneuUXjxEt3blQcF9Kly97KwapFyG22DXQ-ls6kIcvWGg-41Tv2iARV-XBDohUF8hXHgzxNXPyZN7HuQPqcyG7vj8n2q99I64/s600/YK-Native-Language-Signs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="600" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrmusVjuTqbWhjXXbGGHZWJ0EsVuqmUdD7Gzql_Hbg2xOF_F6s7mE8myqauAyofjjObOP0zpFggBBH3DecQM7fL5vMneuUXjxEt3blQcF9Kly97KwapFyG22DXQ-ls6kIcvWGg-41Tv2iARV-XBDohUF8hXHgzxNXPyZN7HuQPqcyG7vj8n2q99I64/s320/YK-Native-Language-Signs.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p>I booked a (free) 'Hangar Tour’ at Buffalo Airways, the largest air freight company in the Northwest Territories, and its amazing variety of heritage and modern airplanes. <a href="https://altitude36000ft.blogspot.com/2022/11/yellowknifes-airport-buffalo-airways.html" target="_blank">See the article</a> about Buffalo Airways which delivers all the necessary goods to towns, settlements, and diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut in almost all weather conditions.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1-02SDoBeBTf8beOD8P5R5XSKLFIqq0Nd5B52kTGgrZBoGoSXOtkzO2mheEViEtlLEqVkmu6qIx_UIYrmrpVDvbYcxGQlJ8XP8Sq-c88Z9YaPaGWoKoLg5-cFniWSJWeEM7qfEC6GyXEdmRnuhLUNSrlDYwrtc4wTVXCFPsA9DrGrqiV1Z-xWiT-/s600/YK-MooseAntler-Boat.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="600" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1-02SDoBeBTf8beOD8P5R5XSKLFIqq0Nd5B52kTGgrZBoGoSXOtkzO2mheEViEtlLEqVkmu6qIx_UIYrmrpVDvbYcxGQlJ8XP8Sq-c88Z9YaPaGWoKoLg5-cFniWSJWeEM7qfEC6GyXEdmRnuhLUNSrlDYwrtc4wTVXCFPsA9DrGrqiV1Z-xWiT-/s320/YK-MooseAntler-Boat.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily</span></p><p>The Northwest Territories in Canada are famous for their diamonds, the gold rush, and for being very, very, cold - which I can attest to when I was there once in November. But, Yellowknife is also famous for its local food such as freshly caught fish or reindeer meat, outdoor celebrations, and of course, being one of the best places in the world to see the magnificent Northern Lights! There are also a number of Aurora lodges set up outside of the city. These Aurora hotels are organized specifically for treating yourself to some of the best northern lights viewing that the world has to offer.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbfJPhVksZs5QohFstKteK88bDTHuynHLOgaeSRKtT04yuqADEpi6D3bbI69vhK0Y0oeR0pcsLySMttnp4FiW_7EUkPs5JdpGqNo6pEsEY37xFmF5AP1fYf5FE2Gx5gRbinJUm11NNVf730stHpK2b1FpiXHBAQo2ikXo5vK9qaoQ7ow7Ht6fdzFT/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_0195-Mar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbfJPhVksZs5QohFstKteK88bDTHuynHLOgaeSRKtT04yuqADEpi6D3bbI69vhK0Y0oeR0pcsLySMttnp4FiW_7EUkPs5JdpGqNo6pEsEY37xFmF5AP1fYf5FE2Gx5gRbinJUm11NNVf730stHpK2b1FpiXHBAQo2ikXo5vK9qaoQ7ow7Ht6fdzFT/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_0195-Mar.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p>If the cold weather persists, the ice becomes sufficiently thick that even huge 18-wheelers that truck materials to the remote mines can drive on it! The Ice Roads in the Northwest Territories are crucial to the operation of many of these remote regions. Yellowknife became famous for its Ice Roads with the popularity of television shows such as Ice Road Truckers. The ice road across the Great Slave Lake is 25 meters wide, seven kilometers long, and over ice, at least 40 centimeters thick, it leads from Yellowknife to Dettah on the other side of the bay. I learned that the lowest point in the whole of Canada is the Great Slave Lake bottom, Northwest Territories 61°40′N 114°00′W — the lowest freshwater point of North America at −458 m (−1,503 feet).</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpSFm0AUC-K13g1-84DIdsV1EaQ4nlZ3rwlZ1fOFFQls5piGT4iFfk1nnvv9qxNysz-Fi2a0RYGzucvgQo8GspZxigxFTLSPFmmYG_oTEMVzqLre7eVtGnf7D9qAT8tVgyt0qTmqqjEMzRoeh2Swl8d2SX-UEWNwrfmdeDOQag4HYKe1OBFmDkjz7/s667/YK-Curtiss-Sign-OldAirportRoad.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpSFm0AUC-K13g1-84DIdsV1EaQ4nlZ3rwlZ1fOFFQls5piGT4iFfk1nnvv9qxNysz-Fi2a0RYGzucvgQo8GspZxigxFTLSPFmmYG_oTEMVzqLre7eVtGnf7D9qAT8tVgyt0qTmqqjEMzRoeh2Swl8d2SX-UEWNwrfmdeDOQag4HYKe1OBFmDkjz7/s320/YK-Curtiss-Sign-OldAirportRoad.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily</span></p><p><b>Busy Airport</b></p><p>Visitors almost all come to Yellowknife by air. The traffic mix at the Capital Airport, therefore, is unique. Yellowknife is not a customs airport, flights from abroad and overseas are handled via flights from Calgary, Vancouver, or Toronto. Canadian Pacific Airlines built the first airport in Yellowknife in 1944. ICAO abbreviation is CYZF, IATA calls it YZF. In addition to the existing runway, the airport received two more runways in 1946. In 1963 the airport received a new terminal, and in 1972 a tower. The drive from the airport to the city center takes only five minutes. Seaplane bases are spread around town.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXQuo8MVv-Nd31_Lk-uPbTcaB1TJyb8wt9vKbP_uEOVM3dXiUFq1sJ0FTH0Bl76BCFUZT041PeiRvcb91tlCFaE3e7BQz1T7vD0YKlSNSBNA0NBi2amQkiV5KS1AsREivZ7eyHH8VVZAK2rUGF1yYjO8nDhnkItyvbccCT6Y1evgezT72ZJZB_zkn/s600/YK-Skidoo.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRXQuo8MVv-Nd31_Lk-uPbTcaB1TJyb8wt9vKbP_uEOVM3dXiUFq1sJ0FTH0Bl76BCFUZT041PeiRvcb91tlCFaE3e7BQz1T7vD0YKlSNSBNA0NBi2amQkiV5KS1AsREivZ7eyHH8VVZAK2rUGF1yYjO8nDhnkItyvbccCT6Y1evgezT72ZJZB_zkn/s320/YK-Skidoo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />photo Doris Daily</span><p></p><p><b>Getting Around</b></p><p>Quite a few visitors from other Canadian provinces and even from the U.S. are driving to Yellowknife in summer. Others visitors rent a car from Budget, Hertz, National, etc. when arriving at the airport. For all of them, the city of Yellowknife offers a FREE 3-day parking pass. It can be picked up at the City Hall or the Visitor Center. Last but not least, there are three taxi companies in town who will bring you to places in and out of town. There is also a city bus offering three routes: From downtown to Borden, from Frame Lake to Northlands, and from Old Town to Niven.</p><p>Hotels of all sizes, cozy bed & breakfasts, cabins with full kitchens, camping sites, and private rooms offer accommodation to visitors. Cafes, pubs, restaurants, and fine dining are not only offering northern fare, including catch-fresh fish, but also international dishes.</p><p>The Yellowknife Visitor Centre is being temporarily housed at Yellowknife City Hall. The second-floor wildlife exhibit room also has stamps that you can use to stamp your passport. Make it your first stop when arriving in Yellowknife to receive lots of information - and even a free parking pass for three days - here.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdFHB9Tm9h8dXiRzfBIAqs_Fmtdy4mpjlV280-E_eyUfbm8xW8vsEhlcj1IG_lZeaZ60qAVzzVe1Ik8MXdrUPjCT6iT33JtOjTK099KAqWnIyGdmcFbP8OMvi2Cd44HjuLEQN5ngQUgAm4UpY-ME4R6o-ByFk4z-WSQeALOPYyqWC7DTNKV2S2QNl/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_9545-Lora.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvdFHB9Tm9h8dXiRzfBIAqs_Fmtdy4mpjlV280-E_eyUfbm8xW8vsEhlcj1IG_lZeaZ60qAVzzVe1Ik8MXdrUPjCT6iT33JtOjTK099KAqWnIyGdmcFbP8OMvi2Cd44HjuLEQN5ngQUgAm4UpY-ME4R6o-ByFk4z-WSQeALOPYyqWC7DTNKV2S2QNl/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_9545-Lora.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Tawna Brown</span></div><p><b>Indigenous Tourism</b></p><p>With nearly 24% of the population belonging to either First Nations, Metis, or Inuit populations, Yellowknife is a hotbed of Indigenous tourism. Within Yellowknife’s boundary is the aboriginal town of D’Nilo. D’Nilo is located on the edge of Yellowknife just past Old Town on Latham Island. Indigenous peoples such as Inuit, Dene, or Metis share the city with long-time pioneers, southern transplants, and immigrants from all over the world.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzie98oUlH3uTG7fH0c9eZhVL54kIGgJvHpQpiP2tS5UYSoDGe2Wx7GI9MwEfgjhT3uCLIfSjWq80xKTiseQcJmYIjWTDyUAb7bKX_Op1zofoJtlfD7uKQkxfIEw862o4iknL88V8VKv9N-la99qym47rNPiAGb4LXitDz4DOGIzyhokzc2Jhw9xq/s1800/TawnaBrown-IMG_5198.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzie98oUlH3uTG7fH0c9eZhVL54kIGgJvHpQpiP2tS5UYSoDGe2Wx7GI9MwEfgjhT3uCLIfSjWq80xKTiseQcJmYIjWTDyUAb7bKX_Op1zofoJtlfD7uKQkxfIEw862o4iknL88V8VKv9N-la99qym47rNPiAGb4LXitDz4DOGIzyhokzc2Jhw9xq/s320/TawnaBrown-IMG_5198.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Tawna Brown<br /><br /></span></div><p><b>Denendeh is the Land of the People</b></p><p>The Dene have existed in the area for over 30,000 years, with one language and many dialects: Gwich’in; Sahtu; Deh Cho; Tlicho; and, Akaitcho. The Dene have always been sustained by the land. Also known as the Athapaskan peoples, the Dene Nation is a political organization in Denendeh, meaning “The Land of the People”, located in Northwest Territories, Canada. The Dene Nation covers a large geographical area — from present-day Alaska to the southernmost tip of North America.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepCh3PHKhsBh1RVGXaNYO_znaues7NjyuTu4_6YtSgXVLFrj-E4t3TEqQAaPJPH8RPmtOL85TnPzhKrvpRUxuyBag_v1K9B5CbX14_h2iEbAQ9Ja4zZ3wDFy9JVQOWKDTYui1oJG0bBXJTxT_yZQzvHxLiV_JrnkE4dqfa1OnWoSSg2AxEVshymcE/s667/YK-Dene-Dancers-Drummers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepCh3PHKhsBh1RVGXaNYO_znaues7NjyuTu4_6YtSgXVLFrj-E4t3TEqQAaPJPH8RPmtOL85TnPzhKrvpRUxuyBag_v1K9B5CbX14_h2iEbAQ9Ja4zZ3wDFy9JVQOWKDTYui1oJG0bBXJTxT_yZQzvHxLiV_JrnkE4dqfa1OnWoSSg2AxEVshymcE/s320/YK-Dene-Dancers-Drummers.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>What to See and Do</b></p><p>Yellowknife's Old Town is beautifully located on Yellowknife’s Great Slave Lake waterfront. Yellowknife started its life as a gold mining town and while there are still some reminders of its early pioneering days, today it is largely a modern city with several administrative offices downtown. Old Town, Woodyard, and Ragged Ass Rd Walking Tour are way more interesting. Download the self-guided Old Town Heritage Walking tour brochure on the City of Yellowknife website. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJuT7iji73zc7eTueCnujxhc3rDN4I5J68KrdKhxFKVOLTON_kCdjrYFz3EuiD7FV7S1L6oLwtlkf4B4KZLRVa_SI4EDQ3mPcKZ4NTwNQeDpLkxcJVCVMYJSH0JIeiI3_X9JHDtnWVvdG9HTJyx1OdJMPcYPaXJWvhWhyQJJxMULgRV4sOKBRk7gy/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_8221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJuT7iji73zc7eTueCnujxhc3rDN4I5J68KrdKhxFKVOLTON_kCdjrYFz3EuiD7FV7S1L6oLwtlkf4B4KZLRVa_SI4EDQ3mPcKZ4NTwNQeDpLkxcJVCVMYJSH0JIeiI3_X9JHDtnWVvdG9HTJyx1OdJMPcYPaXJWvhWhyQJJxMULgRV4sOKBRk7gy/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_8221.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">photo Tawna Brown<br /><br /></div><p>This first neighborhood started in the city of Yellowknife in 1934. By the late ‘40s, about 2,500 souls were living in Old Town. Prospectors, miners, teachers, housewives, trappers, and storekeepers mixed together in a unique cocktail. Dog teams are tied between tents and log cabins, canoes next to float planes. There were no lot lines and few services. </p><p>Muddy little streets with names like “Privy Row” or “Glamour Alley” wound their way between shacks, outhouses, and tents. Cafes, inns, and pubs were busy spots. One of the hotels operated a 24-hour bar, providing travelers with accommodation. In the early ’50s, General Stores, lumber yards, hardware stores, a laundry service, a bank, a bakery, barber shops, a movie theater - all were striving in the now bustling town.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboExW9aambMrP5FpL3IX1-lkhBhmS_Z_LZbOlz63yz_O9b4901iBryVaUjzQcyayaozi3p5KqZoj8RU0TVbOBDbHYp9J_RL75PqeqcAMZRRq1ZC-xZyGDa-xIisTXId8aVjF5IT_FmF-omcruYLrf3Hac_9fxKTPLOd5c3VNQql-bgUe0tvHJ-GOt/s1800/TawnaBrown-TCB_5000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboExW9aambMrP5FpL3IX1-lkhBhmS_Z_LZbOlz63yz_O9b4901iBryVaUjzQcyayaozi3p5KqZoj8RU0TVbOBDbHYp9J_RL75PqeqcAMZRRq1ZC-xZyGDa-xIisTXId8aVjF5IT_FmF-omcruYLrf3Hac_9fxKTPLOd5c3VNQql-bgUe0tvHJ-GOt/s320/TawnaBrown-TCB_5000.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Tawna Brown</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Houseboats / Floating Homes</b></p><p>In the late 1970s, a few Old Town owners, tired of being labeled squatters and wanting to have their own homes, came up with a unique solution: houseboats. These were floating homes that could be moored and lived on year-round, canoeing to the mainland in summer and walking over the ice once it is safe, starting around the end of November at the latest. The same safe moorages that attracted early pilots and mariners to Yellowknife Bay now seemed very attractive to the few hardy souls who considered building their own houseboats.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpoeIRWS7Q3sRJNTsLDwnMy9kx6Vn2jwWTktB9HTpQqgq1wgz96zqUUCyTWotfNiy12AA2DadJ4XOFPH8M8taHziMz_8WfG8SVl-2EtOuepgOXmtbo49h0o7loccVrZU2mmuBkZtxef6fbv1mkKbaQzIKe0LE0WaeNnJMIBdz_6s4JinedWIJaIvb/s667/YK-GreatSlaveLake-View-FloatingHomes.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpoeIRWS7Q3sRJNTsLDwnMy9kx6Vn2jwWTktB9HTpQqgq1wgz96zqUUCyTWotfNiy12AA2DadJ4XOFPH8M8taHziMz_8WfG8SVl-2EtOuepgOXmtbo49h0o7loccVrZU2mmuBkZtxef6fbv1mkKbaQzIKe0LE0WaeNnJMIBdz_6s4JinedWIJaIvb/s320/YK-GreatSlaveLake-View-FloatingHomes.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">photo Doris Daily</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>More to follow… stay tuned.</p><p>.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><><><><><></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-59639692792090576552022-12-09T08:15:00.008-08:002022-12-13T17:24:42.430-08:00Impressions of the Mont-Royal Park in Montreal<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxtZhYNX65nfOZ601oBpWYyxougH964yMibNs7lHSqSmfJxtADW4QKz5JK_PtbHgt91AKlvr_2JHmIFoJf4s7Zii71tECu6ajlj4td35tEwhR7Dqc489Q39A_Qv_2qsKcVY6NnaCAiPHg3lA1RHMWMP2CciV4FKGF2D3pUlML9sryGycpFogaHnOh/s800/Montreal-ViewFromMontRoyal2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxtZhYNX65nfOZ601oBpWYyxougH964yMibNs7lHSqSmfJxtADW4QKz5JK_PtbHgt91AKlvr_2JHmIFoJf4s7Zii71tECu6ajlj4td35tEwhR7Dqc489Q39A_Qv_2qsKcVY6NnaCAiPHg3lA1RHMWMP2CciV4FKGF2D3pUlML9sryGycpFogaHnOh/s320/Montreal-ViewFromMontRoyal2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">View down to the City of Montreal</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Mont-Royal Park</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Not sure who loved this park more: Me or my dog. We enjoyed wonderful walks at all times of the year. He knew all the roads that lead to the park and jumped up and down in the car when I drove towards the Mont-Royal - the royal mountain.<br /><br /></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>There are activities for all ages, no matter the season or the weather. Parking is not cheap, but if you are fit, you can walk up from downtown via Peel St or Pine Ave. One of the best ways to explore as much of the park as possible is through a walking tour.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu-NMJwIWu0R_OTT9PDlrroFGXQEp4X7ME9TeXlNvYokqHfwr9HZc8L9Nfplxq53Ckk3LGVh5N1R2Un4hI6wNWxdj7DV0oiLYcJrlvRsrAyhJXblWUTb-mTpLR8yWk0Rw9whnzHPnuKPUtUGq1ireInwQVOXdmOeDS9oV1mrjZLGYmmQZ4IuxXxqO/s830/QC-Mont-Royal-Views%20.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="830" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu-NMJwIWu0R_OTT9PDlrroFGXQEp4X7ME9TeXlNvYokqHfwr9HZc8L9Nfplxq53Ckk3LGVh5N1R2Un4hI6wNWxdj7DV0oiLYcJrlvRsrAyhJXblWUTb-mTpLR8yWk0Rw9whnzHPnuKPUtUGq1ireInwQVOXdmOeDS9oV1mrjZLGYmmQZ4IuxXxqO/s320/QC-Mont-Royal-Views%20.gif" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of visitors in July/August</div></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Whether you decide to wander on your own or join a discovery walk, it’s a great way to spot wildlife and admire the abundant flora during the warm season. Come winter, join an organized snowshoe excursion and enjoy the fresh air while keeping yourself warm with a cup of hot chocolate.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Winter sports galore: As soon as the snow covers the once lush greenery of the park, Mount Royal becomes a winter sports paradise. People come for ice skating under the starry sky, snow tubing on the hills overlooking Beaver Lake, and even cross-country skiing. There are lots of organized events available for all ages.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cF_2UjsT3j-TZqr8PXY1deZT_alTAn_SUGrxU0OKnTj2biWz8Evl_4olp0eCnon5wKngXFbpD7KIEfg-OQxSAbbheHCVj7ySKmjYH3ZwJLq2mB-aLkYl9iUoGBN6jxRKz4nNnzhLUuZxrGUwVW38Kq1BjnwNLvXit6GrxHSBBCyx80Lc65fVmYlh/s800/Montreal-ViewFromMontRoyal.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="800" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cF_2UjsT3j-TZqr8PXY1deZT_alTAn_SUGrxU0OKnTj2biWz8Evl_4olp0eCnon5wKngXFbpD7KIEfg-OQxSAbbheHCVj7ySKmjYH3ZwJLq2mB-aLkYl9iUoGBN6jxRKz4nNnzhLUuZxrGUwVW38Kq1BjnwNLvXit6GrxHSBBCyx80Lc65fVmYlh/s320/Montreal-ViewFromMontRoyal.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">View in late November</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Activities for the warmer days: Trade the heated city streets with the shaded forest paths in Mount Royal Park. In summer, the park welcomes visitors to go paddling on Beaver Lake, rent a remote-controlled sailboat, or stay on dry land and explore the trails. There are lots of outdoor cafes to cool off, as well as other events to take part in.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzqz-IfnKByJUY7v-OIjGwB9JUSWm8vhUnoNQSwCI9QKN8En3WYTOzVUWyfTgeqPfxdZKB4ZJmdaFBxx1DEKScB0sIcEiCZfMDDxpHfIG0GlK0uRRTD1BZw0qpJAy20jIrHWdZgmyH_kYUKQemamH3ZPZHhrz7_oxddp6szXcC-8ZpycaQS7zwzxA/s800/Montreal-MontRoyal-BuildingJPG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzqz-IfnKByJUY7v-OIjGwB9JUSWm8vhUnoNQSwCI9QKN8En3WYTOzVUWyfTgeqPfxdZKB4ZJmdaFBxx1DEKScB0sIcEiCZfMDDxpHfIG0GlK0uRRTD1BZw0qpJAy20jIrHWdZgmyH_kYUKQemamH3ZPZHhrz7_oxddp6szXcC-8ZpycaQS7zwzxA/s320/Montreal-MontRoyal-BuildingJPG.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Belvedere Hall</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">While exploring the park you will find several of its landmarks, including Smith House, a former private residence, and Beaver Lake Pavillion. Check out Camillien-Houde and Kondiaronk Belvedere spots for breathtaking panoramic views of the city from high above. The Belvedere has an impressive hall with comfortable chairs, clean washrooms downstairs, and a self-serve cantina that they call Cafe. It’s not cozy, but the small selection of cakes and pastries are tasting delicious. Sit in the impressive hall on comfy chairs with a view of the city and enjoy your coffee.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFpOIrFMqMyKIjMBH60TnTTFsvbtnTFxadjM8ptYZ2M95pb3QEQeci85HJhxliuyZ3sk486odl4J2rAWyKopSLtCsF1HKdXTLuB-A79IKVHaQzafUUFqLMXhnVTfkHNSb1l-jZ_YaNzlX1QcTvoV-uxU-ILp6EQ33E6HIrpSef7kPWuRb79YgFh_Z/s800/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohan.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="800" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjFpOIrFMqMyKIjMBH60TnTTFsvbtnTFxadjM8ptYZ2M95pb3QEQeci85HJhxliuyZ3sk486odl4J2rAWyKopSLtCsF1HKdXTLuB-A79IKVHaQzafUUFqLMXhnVTfkHNSb1l-jZ_YaNzlX1QcTvoV-uxU-ILp6EQ33E6HIrpSef7kPWuRb79YgFh_Z/s320/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohan.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leonard Cohen Grave</span></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Leonard Cohen’s Grave</b></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">By chance, I found it on a Google map: If you love Leonard Cohen’s poesy and songs, don’t miss visiting his grave at the Mont-Royal cemetery. A rather small grave - compared to the huge Cohen grave next to it. Visitors place small stone pebbles on it and lots of red roses. The Hebrew word for pebble is tz'ror which also means 'bond''. The bond, between the deceased and the mourner... Leonard Cohen died in November 2016. One can see that many people are coming here, as the grass around the grave has totally gone. Drive or walk to </span><span style="color: #18191b;">1250 Foret Rd Cemetery, it's just steps from one of the entrance doors.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span b=""><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3_mxRu5_yWn_pBNyOdyvMmpifXm_w4LwPU71j06SrZBHGhihp-EcN1KmkhdZ5_-1byYThPVZZKginrkzL7FBYT7AQG8_LiRzCe9DNs8lMYVzy5y4UDjjOoqdaKyacSBgkD9d2XlQ2q5ToLLoDhxvdvDYLMnoUbSdmSMvWrrE86Ye6-POlCN3Bjvs/s933/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohen.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3_mxRu5_yWn_pBNyOdyvMmpifXm_w4LwPU71j06SrZBHGhihp-EcN1KmkhdZ5_-1byYThPVZZKginrkzL7FBYT7AQG8_LiRzCe9DNs8lMYVzy5y4UDjjOoqdaKyacSBgkD9d2XlQ2q5ToLLoDhxvdvDYLMnoUbSdmSMvWrrE86Ye6-POlCN3Bjvs/s320/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohen.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: center;">Hallelujah</div></span><span style="color: #18191b; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">See also a wonderful large Cohen mural on Crescent St, and one on the corner of St. Dominique and Napoleon St, in the Plateau area. A larger-than-life work of art, for a larger-than-life artist.</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">On the one-year anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> a</span> massive mural of the famed artist was inaugurated on Crescent Street. The mural took two artists, 13 assistant artists, 240 cans of paint, and thousands of hours of work. The 22-story portrait measures a whopping 1100 sq. ft.<br /><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGW1AkwKfT5oOKhHVX8OdxMMEe8Q1bQP284BC-oFPSjl_CMD4ZWZJ72prgPFr-AK_ObUp06RYgM7X3CIG7raBCMr3_RGrvCV2H6Yy9DgXCQYDTv-xkFVMvTrfMuMCF1FUb6wHh2yGWkVphk5h61SSEGNk6TGyp4_CTFd1NGfOBM5zqxVg-jS-ginp/s953/Montreal-Leonard-Cohen-Mural.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGW1AkwKfT5oOKhHVX8OdxMMEe8Q1bQP284BC-oFPSjl_CMD4ZWZJ72prgPFr-AK_ObUp06RYgM7X3CIG7raBCMr3_RGrvCV2H6Yy9DgXCQYDTv-xkFVMvTrfMuMCF1FUb6wHh2yGWkVphk5h61SSEGNk6TGyp4_CTFd1NGfOBM5zqxVg-jS-ginp/s320/Montreal-Leonard-Cohen-Mural.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Mural of Leonhard Cohen</span></span></div><span class="s1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Leonard Cohen's last modest home can be seen on 28 Rue Vallières, next to the Parc Portugal, and his favored Deli (Schwartz). Listen to some of Cohen’s most famous songs</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjVdu_cLwI&t=4853s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjVdu_cLwI&t=4853s</a></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><span class="s1" style="color: #18191b; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRjVdu_cLwI&t=4853s"></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NRaBnoUUG0V15tBwyK2ce7Jfvp04hjVrdgVyudla2l0Mqci4vlqw1KBcSXMsIitStip-jJvIR0ouqy_kS9NOUQmTl4v8ZCM2jBUVUSddDA4Rm6GJJjxPtX1c-2-_2xiOzvqh9nOnzTphxfLXz2Njjg6qEibw_HAdAUYt_PaPezYCYSZcVOBSEd_V/s5152/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohen2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NRaBnoUUG0V15tBwyK2ce7Jfvp04hjVrdgVyudla2l0Mqci4vlqw1KBcSXMsIitStip-jJvIR0ouqy_kS9NOUQmTl4v8ZCM2jBUVUSddDA4Rm6GJJjxPtX1c-2-_2xiOzvqh9nOnzTphxfLXz2Njjg6qEibw_HAdAUYt_PaPezYCYSZcVOBSEd_V/s320/Montreal-Grave-LeonardCohen2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">.</p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><><><><><></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">.</p><p class="p1" style="color: #18191b; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-59250764143013334742022-12-03T07:22:00.007-08:002022-12-13T19:03:52.168-08:00Flying Freight to NWT and Nunavut: Buffalo Airways<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03mSO80SIVcR148GygPm0bBNyJdISZE225OGrYECDn25wU4BrKg1RvAnaCY1Pw5FXB2G4rq3Keq5q2v_V9EX12JGhzWmIZlU6pbUT0ZmTnZR3S9qGYyv_3K8D_foSmQPPHcpUVAru7JXDINkv2r1vtcTkxu0SMCliXosXgS3dKH16liNjG1TLLV-t/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-in-Snow.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="600" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03mSO80SIVcR148GygPm0bBNyJdISZE225OGrYECDn25wU4BrKg1RvAnaCY1Pw5FXB2G4rq3Keq5q2v_V9EX12JGhzWmIZlU6pbUT0ZmTnZR3S9qGYyv_3K8D_foSmQPPHcpUVAru7JXDINkv2r1vtcTkxu0SMCliXosXgS3dKH16liNjG1TLLV-t/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-in-Snow.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Curtiss C-46</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3746955484744059318/63216635835184702#"><b>Yellowknife</b></a></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b> in Canada’s Northwest Territories is an aviation enthusiast's paradise. Not only the airport with its passenger and freight airplanes but also the floatplane bases within the city’s limits invite visitors to sightseeing flights and airplane spotting. <br /></b></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgIypRMY6Mr7M6qVBjOnDsNJHP5Ed4H1prMTEyqgTp8srxw0LfyXM_nr53Cbpdg7uKv4nmus1yBXvI4KwHRAMpAswhskXgWaJBoyQF0WN08GG60fg7zfB_-P2f00PmxLQwj4MjmC7Eelhm7RvXiaTcR0wIShAuWkUNayRVBhNPGUndguPCBIeZieH/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-Hangar.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJgIypRMY6Mr7M6qVBjOnDsNJHP5Ed4H1prMTEyqgTp8srxw0LfyXM_nr53Cbpdg7uKv4nmus1yBXvI4KwHRAMpAswhskXgWaJBoyQF0WN08GG60fg7zfB_-P2f00PmxLQwj4MjmC7Eelhm7RvXiaTcR0wIShAuWkUNayRVBhNPGUndguPCBIeZieH/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-Hangar.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Buffalo Hangar</span></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>BUFFALO AIRWAYS</b></span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Jade-green aircraft paint and thick letters on the fuselage: that's how <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3746955484744059318/63216635835184702#"><span class="s3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9; font-kerning: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">Buffalo Airways </span></a>aircraft are known. Buffalo Airways is the largest cargo line in the Northwest Territories that delivers year-round freight to remote Arctic places like Cambridge Bay, Deline, Ft Good Hope, Hay River, Kuflukruk, Norman Wells, and Tulita. </span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FkdyWmWRXGrkJ2VZr139OYI1-FaP9MgWcrLlxWbzy5CMDK6bqu0Nf7XBwxlbHAYHZZmKkGqX65bm2nuwvWOtQYIiIppS6DEEhxdK8aMmUm8XUrzLxvz08lCS2CTeeu8axvm6sz41zmhdWak_MXb4-EtJLc576Q6N1ID5VUL8c4dS7P_4so6BQrjW/s4793/YK-BuffaloAir-CurtisC-46.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3280" data-original-width="4793" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1FkdyWmWRXGrkJ2VZr139OYI1-FaP9MgWcrLlxWbzy5CMDK6bqu0Nf7XBwxlbHAYHZZmKkGqX65bm2nuwvWOtQYIiIppS6DEEhxdK8aMmUm8XUrzLxvz08lCS2CTeeu8axvm6sz41zmhdWak_MXb4-EtJLc576Q6N1ID5VUL8c4dS7P_4so6BQrjW/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-CurtisC-46.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Curtiss C-46</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The Curtiss C-46, one of the cargo planes once belonged to the German Lufthansa. Buffalo’s Douglas DC-3 flew one of the 1944 Allied landings in Normandy, France (D-Day). The L-188 Electra aircraft - which carries 33.000 lbs of freight - is another rarity, still in service. <br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmKtleAoeT4c1_3AGsmoT1bvajauCUtnkAlFL_BVTwhhikrmRdut2b1i7OJk2U6M08H-1rm6uG-0zO-1h8fRYrLjRnO6Zntzhr-i78eVT8U85FI5OEGhk71Dp99hPdCKm5CtSNXbVJxeSgPsEHHYWf6SeMb9lOC-pr8JIxhyErtUjYqq0hxZzDryp/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-Electra-KingAirB100.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="600" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmKtleAoeT4c1_3AGsmoT1bvajauCUtnkAlFL_BVTwhhikrmRdut2b1i7OJk2U6M08H-1rm6uG-0zO-1h8fRYrLjRnO6Zntzhr-i78eVT8U85FI5OEGhk71Dp99hPdCKm5CtSNXbVJxeSgPsEHHYWf6SeMb9lOC-pr8JIxhyErtUjYqq0hxZzDryp/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-Electra-KingAirB100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Elektra & KingAir</span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">But Buffalo Airways also operates Canadair CL-215 firefighting planes. However, the Naval N3N floatplane, a Noorduyn Norseman, a Cessna A185E, and a Fleet-80 Canuck you might discover in the hangar - they all belong to the founder Buffalo Joe's private collection. A hangar tour is a delight for all vintage aircraft enthusiasts. Best of all: it's free!</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p12" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93nN-Pr6PXQSOc3TL_TdC-iJVYra98AkejaD4l7hoc2K24iE4gqoZV535z4MUG4UoJmbQWEpt-eSgtaJpDEHxfYRuvbjOU0vLflOwoAVCWgj4uM0lLswqzikM4X3tXX3QI7UG1p2E36lq62j9JXo-oeL48tt-x_Vzn5afbNK6ZrV37u8VSV747eG3/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-Naval%20N3N.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="600" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93nN-Pr6PXQSOc3TL_TdC-iJVYra98AkejaD4l7hoc2K24iE4gqoZV535z4MUG4UoJmbQWEpt-eSgtaJpDEHxfYRuvbjOU0vLflOwoAVCWgj4uM0lLswqzikM4X3tXX3QI7UG1p2E36lq62j9JXo-oeL48tt-x_Vzn5afbNK6ZrV37u8VSV747eG3/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-Naval%20N3N.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;">Naval N3N</span></div><p></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Oldest Fleet</b></span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The cargo airline has the oldest fleet of aircraft of any commercial airline in the world. It's not uncommon for a Buffalo Airways pilot to fly three different aircraft types. To keep the vintage cargo planes airworthy, they work day and night in the hangar. <br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAG_ytnSgcX4tCYh5qQMP1iPUXbnvyEjqfhNnZtJ0oHba-4_16KO_om1PELmDbbu7pm9v6U8NN1oyfg8UNkilcnHQMhq9-dXTi3CkBYmo92bkFovhICz0UdOrEYKnoA6leGGF1oKCRcstvbYQPtPCSwty24fzQ1groXa-RN3mxn-_5WqxrJ3EtwAA/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-Plane-Snow.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAG_ytnSgcX4tCYh5qQMP1iPUXbnvyEjqfhNnZtJ0oHba-4_16KO_om1PELmDbbu7pm9v6U8NN1oyfg8UNkilcnHQMhq9-dXTi3CkBYmo92bkFovhICz0UdOrEYKnoA6leGGF1oKCRcstvbYQPtPCSwty24fzQ1groXa-RN3mxn-_5WqxrJ3EtwAA/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-Plane-Snow.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p12" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">BuffaloAir-DC-3/C-47</span></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span>The military version - with large cargo doors - of the DC-3, a Douglas C-47 was the first airplane to reach and land at the Northpole in 1952.</p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">The spare parts supply is not easy, because there are usually no parts for the old machines available. Buffalo Airways does, however, have a large fleet of old, sorted-out aircraft, mainly at its Hay River location, which serves as spare parts shop for its cargo fleet.<br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p7" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p8" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIasoCBHOFlJ8GqZZTBSOy02K7N0jjbsjztmqC0xmEu5RbZtwKDQc_BII4CLBzVw4VeoSvjEGQSH-pYMSjB4-Bk7CLxpRjTGANOBiXAgFWCsAq6w-8NRSWi8h-iRtWxblY9U7ocVDPY_k_DAavwPn3VE6mVKLG00ALgoHFAWzSJ51KPBy-1HjJsk8_/s661/YK-BuffaloAir-ElektraTail.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIasoCBHOFlJ8GqZZTBSOy02K7N0jjbsjztmqC0xmEu5RbZtwKDQc_BII4CLBzVw4VeoSvjEGQSH-pYMSjB4-Bk7CLxpRjTGANOBiXAgFWCsAq6w-8NRSWi8h-iRtWxblY9U7ocVDPY_k_DAavwPn3VE6mVKLG00ALgoHFAWzSJ51KPBy-1HjJsk8_/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-ElektraTail.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><br /><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p9" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Elektra & KingAir100</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Today, it is mainly the diamond mines in the Canadian Arctic expanse that account for a large share of the cargo volume. Importantly, the aircraft can also land on a gravel runway in the far north - even if there are no mechanics, fuel station, or ground power unit there. For fuel transport, Buffalo has converted some aircraft to tankers.<br /></span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgzV1M-3obkzDgPu4Y_8woa_v5M4Nrnw0jm-JrQMe5OyJSfVSPAQi7XNX4mMgfjYbxLXTyr5A_ooQxFZXggNeBoNQnwOqoxyNA6zLM013CRv-dMpS5fk_TwG7XRy-sJb6_WR2EqCAv4oX7ynb_Dx2xLwM7-hCHugas8-TdCZKDeUgWi76yym-W9Tu/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-KingAir-Turboprop.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgzV1M-3obkzDgPu4Y_8woa_v5M4Nrnw0jm-JrQMe5OyJSfVSPAQi7XNX4mMgfjYbxLXTyr5A_ooQxFZXggNeBoNQnwOqoxyNA6zLM013CRv-dMpS5fk_TwG7XRy-sJb6_WR2EqCAv4oX7ynb_Dx2xLwM7-hCHugas8-TdCZKDeUgWi76yym-W9Tu/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-KingAir-Turboprop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">KingAir90</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Passengers to the far north are flown in Beech King Air 90 and King Air 100 aircraft by Buffalo Air. The Northwest Territories government-owned Air Tractors are also maintained here and flown at firefighter missions. </span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpAA8kjy79TS00H8UEXabpsoU4dSFi-dGP7u-lBQqzKICyXmMEK0nKC45RH-DRJp3jyg9cJJsUBa45rlGlR3RIhCe7md01VRba_NblVoh2wFTFNn5YWzlMhNKfSPZYNR4GfpknzzIgPjbwCSRVHpT0Y4RmdNsiYfZX_8yOccYCrxrRwvaWHiJLQRe/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-Fleet80Canuck.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="600" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpAA8kjy79TS00H8UEXabpsoU4dSFi-dGP7u-lBQqzKICyXmMEK0nKC45RH-DRJp3jyg9cJJsUBa45rlGlR3RIhCe7md01VRba_NblVoh2wFTFNn5YWzlMhNKfSPZYNR4GfpknzzIgPjbwCSRVHpT0Y4RmdNsiYfZX_8yOccYCrxrRwvaWHiJLQRe/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-Fleet80Canuck.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p11" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-size: x-small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span>Fleet80Canuck</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Buffalo Airways doesn't only restore historic planes but has also successfully shipped all cargo in all sizes and weights throughout its more than fifty</b> <b>years of service, using these planes. <br />See also the video:</b></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p8" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 23px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqeVRKkq_rUxpn7GyR8gA0q2_VazlVrV2-TDoGLcvtbm-bnMM8pbzFhYlkFX-jTjaxtaLeqegqAendgdU2sQaFdmsOGg0tpe3I3-QZ3NdV6uiBax6uXYctAGSsAc7EfaEwQ7Qj88CpMhCb6JrhJF8nybaiBrXJhiFLkNCsg0AY4u0dm1LV1IFYarh/s600/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-Plane-Snow.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqeVRKkq_rUxpn7GyR8gA0q2_VazlVrV2-TDoGLcvtbm-bnMM8pbzFhYlkFX-jTjaxtaLeqegqAendgdU2sQaFdmsOGg0tpe3I3-QZ3NdV6uiBax6uXYctAGSsAc7EfaEwQ7Qj88CpMhCb6JrhJF8nybaiBrXJhiFLkNCsg0AY4u0dm1LV1IFYarh/s320/YK-BuffaloAir-DC-3-Plane-Snow.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;">Snowed-In DC-3</span><span class="s4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b> </b></span></div><br /><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Video</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">DC-3 Restoration by Buffalo Airways</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Plane Savers E1 "First Episode!" </span></p><p class="p14" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233); color: #0000e9; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s5" style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3746955484744059318/63216635835184702#">https://youtu.be/GXKR822cfzI</a></span><span class="s6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-kerning: none;"> </span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">.</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Ice Pilots Freight Flights Over the Arctic</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: Arial Narrow; font-kerning: none; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3SCH5yWoA&list=PLgAfZdKiJiYEJvHGjjlJ0s4GKEJYHTs4A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3SCH5yWoA&list=PLgAfZdKiJiYEJvHGjjlJ0s4GKEJYHTs4A</a></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p11" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyIO2D37NBr6yh4snTZ5v3Sunpt0Thfhf95rdiiqStouDVXBPhpXLtBrdnPLLxjdvFc2RBVkyiJotxpS9JVXVp9NGS39IFCcZOpXJp5_YODVpuk0yiVcn0g6m76dwYTm_RXZ0N35FrWxr2f__4EQfrqK2RiCQHOOq2rrxPJzL2r_u2gb2dH19ZZy0/s600/YK-CanadianNorth-Airline-Sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyIO2D37NBr6yh4snTZ5v3Sunpt0Thfhf95rdiiqStouDVXBPhpXLtBrdnPLLxjdvFc2RBVkyiJotxpS9JVXVp9NGS39IFCcZOpXJp5_YODVpuk0yiVcn0g6m76dwYTm_RXZ0N35FrWxr2f__4EQfrqK2RiCQHOOq2rrxPJzL2r_u2gb2dH19ZZy0/s320/YK-CanadianNorth-Airline-Sign.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Local Airlines in Yellowknife:</b></span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Canadian North</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">https://canadiannorth.com/</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Fly Summit Air</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">https://flysummitair.com/</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdFnas8PjA0VzULG3yIHDwkBhW-7eMcgH-exNn66_HtrGjINnA2X2S1N2KOmt3NFjtetgQu0YYdDJNzyzdIJlyajDLhD3mhXgeoQoKVJpvt9E1tRCrc_az1lj2G1wR0KemN8n6-aIEh7e7Rkx-MNX1Ci74iWha7fvECuDqLJ1cI3y9vunyoee_wL4/s660/YK-SummitAir-Sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdFnas8PjA0VzULG3yIHDwkBhW-7eMcgH-exNn66_HtrGjINnA2X2S1N2KOmt3NFjtetgQu0YYdDJNzyzdIJlyajDLhD3mhXgeoQoKVJpvt9E1tRCrc_az1lj2G1wR0KemN8n6-aIEh7e7Rkx-MNX1Ci74iWha7fvECuDqLJ1cI3y9vunyoee_wL4/s320/YK-SummitAir-Sign.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><br /><p class="p10" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Buffalo Airways</span><span class="s7" style="font-family: Times; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">https://buffaloairways.com/</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Air Tindi</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">https://www.airtindi.com/</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Great Slave Helicopter</span></p><p class="p6" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">https://www.gsheli.com/</span></p><p class="p5" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 21px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwl-Fu2UuqD8zAZzAP9HzbDFfbXeELWIpfrjoPTxNQKVi-yYLtnkJ0c9TVEi4689QGqtZ73fYabB7B1iJuN946pww38rWpPBLnciGZ3IaPghyXCkgSwfeqRheUE_jwtNx0ARjHSV7DvgSgUQNQI3Rokbtuzb2cUiCuj8m3jhxntp9fQRVVUmGGoKy/s600/YK-AirTindi-Sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Airlines That Fly To and Out of Yellowknife Airport</b></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Air North</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Air Tindi</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Canadian North</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Buffalo Airways</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Kenn Borek Air</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">First Air</span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">WestJet<br /></span></p><p class="p15" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-nnunwyOSYIwsCjVEcBxUoSghc6FqrXClprONSFdNfUP4uJEQnmX2Mpx4JSwbgbVwhOqUSNACmn3cSn3XeEadfKcviYJS2G-1wBlaLuzwBx7oruX5z8TaqsFZAUqnGVzI9CogeGXim7Md-CHuLuq51E9qHkfW4Bkrl9XJ2Z8VAqf8dJuFn8BMI7G_/s900/YK-FirstAir-Sign.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">DREAM JOB PILOT?</span></p><p class="p17" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">In a Series of Three Editions Explained:</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">Pros and Cons, Every Day Pilot Life,</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">Training Possibilities in the UK, Australia</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">In the USA, Canada, Europe, South Africa,</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">and the Middle East, and most importantly:</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">How to Find a Pilot Position</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, Amazon, etc.</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">Also available at Thalia in Europe.</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;">https://books2read.com/u/47glDa</span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-gCaQb4aq200Dv6kqQ6LI-HUqEesbTp66BJ1bSfQ0YgE4nn3FMRL3mag-9wghkIh1WGHCcF33kUsX4_aYMFrcg3JaTIu7szf3WHHYbuRZSEjP2K2sqQzmyBcvizRvflL9PG8jdWj_aoNleMRmQz6DJP2tMRLDEKn-6wVK91gx0NeV9VD19p6w54U/s960/-dream_job_pilot_b%20(3)%20copy_opt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-gCaQb4aq200Dv6kqQ6LI-HUqEesbTp66BJ1bSfQ0YgE4nn3FMRL3mag-9wghkIh1WGHCcF33kUsX4_aYMFrcg3JaTIu7szf3WHHYbuRZSEjP2K2sqQzmyBcvizRvflL9PG8jdWj_aoNleMRmQz6DJP2tMRLDEKn-6wVK91gx0NeV9VD19p6w54U/s320/-dream_job_pilot_b%20(3)%20copy_opt.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="background-color: black; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p20" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-427833446313978722022-07-12T13:09:00.004-07:002022-08-14T07:12:28.349-07:00Photos of Beautiful Elora, ON, North of Guelph<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT86wfhUL0Yx8G8ky2GYtsuTVVRFXI_lCh3-7WR34TiArOcBNDHJMZx4AEN7m1cRTK0NnUDt9xFbtXx_HVPH1MoBYPxeyl_jmgv4eoEop2NlbLNpSl34G985w2PGd8oHYQry3DgEpsCkcYztRnwvuBcWO41PR3xaKGQDCxNdJDA1racWdRSt5MsT_k/s5152/Elora-ON-MainStreet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT86wfhUL0Yx8G8ky2GYtsuTVVRFXI_lCh3-7WR34TiArOcBNDHJMZx4AEN7m1cRTK0NnUDt9xFbtXx_HVPH1MoBYPxeyl_jmgv4eoEop2NlbLNpSl34G985w2PGd8oHYQry3DgEpsCkcYztRnwvuBcWO41PR3xaKGQDCxNdJDA1racWdRSt5MsT_k/s320/Elora-ON-MainStreet.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p><b>A. J. Casson, one of the Group of Seven painters, called Elora once “Ontario’s Most Beautiful Village.” It is a charming destination for a weekend trip or a longer stop between Niagara and Georgian Bay, just north of Guelph and Kitchener-Waterloo. Elora’s population is only just around 3,000 people, giving this small village a quaint and quiet atmosphere and a small-town feel.<br /><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0bUkcYVtlZsf2UJQAIbMfAu05-HgCG0NN417cLTPDr8RB3Kgu4Se9IpOmO91pp8O5ABF8JtiJ6o2B4kT6kYNjLtkdy5FVETJYm5CycFm_4mEo9GMqXzOKZHldS7CGfk5swHKae3DpwV2ukO7laiQBIKY1mij9yMi8qprKKp1a_9RqUR6EsqfpB_R/s5152/Elora-ON-MillHotel.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0bUkcYVtlZsf2UJQAIbMfAu05-HgCG0NN417cLTPDr8RB3Kgu4Se9IpOmO91pp8O5ABF8JtiJ6o2B4kT6kYNjLtkdy5FVETJYm5CycFm_4mEo9GMqXzOKZHldS7CGfk5swHKae3DpwV2ukO7laiQBIKY1mij9yMi8qprKKp1a_9RqUR6EsqfpB_R/s320/Elora-ON-MillHotel.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>The first visitors to the area were Roman Catholic missionaries who arrived in the 1600s. They attempted to turn the Indigenous People into Christians. The first British early settlers came in 1817. The Elora Mill – a five-story grist mill was built in 1832. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9_Ra27CI87YtqxRgG6J4tHV_qToQ-ko8RcWEdPD1wS2b4QELHNhsCyJfPTnE-7g3wrrBS854pO98uekjddOFTXuCj3SHuD5x-38mhlzZG4J9euAvMNZFvGyMsdU5hyte4GUygA_KVZYznlSijWsI-IdWtvWwsoKVvEfsW9wwAB6fceUltNtQhvfu/s4801/Elora-ON-Waterfall-GrandRiver.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3553" data-original-width="4801" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9_Ra27CI87YtqxRgG6J4tHV_qToQ-ko8RcWEdPD1wS2b4QELHNhsCyJfPTnE-7g3wrrBS854pO98uekjddOFTXuCj3SHuD5x-38mhlzZG4J9euAvMNZFvGyMsdU5hyte4GUygA_KVZYznlSijWsI-IdWtvWwsoKVvEfsW9wwAB6fceUltNtQhvfu/s320/Elora-ON-Waterfall-GrandRiver.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>In the 1970s, it became the Elora Mill Inn. After a 27 million renovation, the <b>Elora Mill Hotel and Spa </b>opened in July 2018 and featured 30 rooms and a restaurant, and was voted the #1 spa and wellness destination. Besides this luxury gateway and spa with its scenic views are several cozy <a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/644891557788296430" target="_blank">Bed & Breakfast</a> places and Inns, inviting you to stay longer in Elora.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpuzHs_aTPd6ZjXJ_0CNCrwwKiLTCOVz54tAUwqYe6aKA0dZo6-2ApBlP9iOSFnWJ7prGZGizZMwqougULpmPBQCYjYAlu3vGKm_s3UxDbIa5W_p4Z3O3L3qyorCnvA3OOwhlqQtK5DR12EpqRXO3iKlxvhewvq7mr43YesDV7QVxWUuPQ7h05FIB/s667/Elora-ON-Boats-RiverWalk.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpuzHs_aTPd6ZjXJ_0CNCrwwKiLTCOVz54tAUwqYe6aKA0dZo6-2ApBlP9iOSFnWJ7prGZGizZMwqougULpmPBQCYjYAlu3vGKm_s3UxDbIa5W_p4Z3O3L3qyorCnvA3OOwhlqQtK5DR12EpqRXO3iKlxvhewvq7mr43YesDV7QVxWUuPQ7h05FIB/s320/Elora-ON-Boats-RiverWalk.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>Stunning clifftop views and smooth hills, 19th–century architecture homes, beautiful gardens, and lots of charming little coffee and ice cream shops and restaurants, most with additional outdoor seating and local galleries and stores are inviting visitors.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTi5Ym5DezZc_hySzRG9BF_-miwW6_q_b8MWgRxy3AFoeyYO03sPXKII3B_OXYSsXp6jxXqXoeoUQtXnP1oWhX-58TJahIs5T9Vsu6CdE4E5pCdzzOHuBXybVuqtX1RSc8kP5BDd3il_XcDKatMqyO7NJmO1ZjmVY3hukiKqHnrxy6nNrttTm-GySS/s5152/Elora-ON-Outdoor-Restaurants.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTi5Ym5DezZc_hySzRG9BF_-miwW6_q_b8MWgRxy3AFoeyYO03sPXKII3B_OXYSsXp6jxXqXoeoUQtXnP1oWhX-58TJahIs5T9Vsu6CdE4E5pCdzzOHuBXybVuqtX1RSc8kP5BDd3il_XcDKatMqyO7NJmO1ZjmVY3hukiKqHnrxy6nNrttTm-GySS/s320/Elora-ON-Outdoor-Restaurants.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>For me, the most exciting natural wonder is the <b>Grand River Gorge</b>. To get to these wonderful overviews down to the very steep gorge, take a leisurely walk from downtown via James St and Henderson St. Walk from Victoria Park towards the "Lover Leap" and overhead the Irvine Creek all the way to the David St bridge.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AdTsm8mrq-zSuOA8Vgi4nxaEOqfD8aX5KYfWB6zZNtithURobSCK-_DDnKzkDX4tINAhWUiDJYyElDqIJsBuHegW3sMH0obaYt1Y4anbkucgyjYp9rqgiqFXolguGRAfUE5V6j_zKedFyg9VYGcnnjgLyXAnVmxDUK90SKa2RPBHl-UYOCiQB-Yl/s667/Elora-ON-Gorge2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AdTsm8mrq-zSuOA8Vgi4nxaEOqfD8aX5KYfWB6zZNtithURobSCK-_DDnKzkDX4tINAhWUiDJYyElDqIJsBuHegW3sMH0obaYt1Y4anbkucgyjYp9rqgiqFXolguGRAfUE5V6j_zKedFyg9VYGcnnjgLyXAnVmxDUK90SKa2RPBHl-UYOCiQB-Yl/s320/Elora-ON-Gorge2.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>Several picnic tables and benches invite for a stop under shade trees or to play on the lawns of <b>Victoria Park</b>. The best time for a quiet and peaceful visit to the Elora Gorge Lookout is early during weekday mornings - at least in the summer.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaEaRFNF9P-63JnctpX5TV6kwKztXm8VYLhkzQ-vo9gdIA3fZBmWQ9sqX9c2rA1Wp-KAybDJbFKSHpcA0WQsYyCQ-2lTQ3sAFKsYkFReUaYEQWUH-BR3v_zJKv7ACK1KPkZxKntr6-kLQ7QnFRQg1Nj3ThozjDOKlkX6Rgq-usHNHYj7tNUcvqVyz/s667/Elora-ON-Gorge.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaEaRFNF9P-63JnctpX5TV6kwKztXm8VYLhkzQ-vo9gdIA3fZBmWQ9sqX9c2rA1Wp-KAybDJbFKSHpcA0WQsYyCQ-2lTQ3sAFKsYkFReUaYEQWUH-BR3v_zJKv7ACK1KPkZxKntr6-kLQ7QnFRQg1Nj3ThozjDOKlkX6Rgq-usHNHYj7tNUcvqVyz/s320/Elora-ON-Gorge.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><p><b>Riverside trails</b> with safety barriers and scenic overlooks provide hikers with stunning views of the water far below where kayakers and tubers make their way through the rapids. The <b>Elora Gorge Conservation Area</b> (including a campground) surrounds the Grand River gorge with its 22-meter high cliffs, riverside trails and camping, and kayaking and tubing on the rapids. The gorge is pretty steep and makes for stunning views with the Grand River cutting through it. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4w_-oiDUfWHKSxOnNtTv7csL9yQz0WIIscPfx2WO6IjAgraJKxgX7y8LbPz4ofsEJ5P9HGGG560mFM3rpJ3KU_WUOQgJ8IK7A5KLRmKsUH13kTaWc-ZT3D4uFVA2580pWuygz5-WQ6oUrlgYu6Zyt8yDniph8SoWnIsoKdY425q5oSXf4xqFio4_/s667/Elora-ON-BoatRentals.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT4w_-oiDUfWHKSxOnNtTv7csL9yQz0WIIscPfx2WO6IjAgraJKxgX7y8LbPz4ofsEJ5P9HGGG560mFM3rpJ3KU_WUOQgJ8IK7A5KLRmKsUH13kTaWc-ZT3D4uFVA2580pWuygz5-WQ6oUrlgYu6Zyt8yDniph8SoWnIsoKdY425q5oSXf4xqFio4_/s320/Elora-ON-BoatRentals.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Tour the 100-acre conservation area and nearby trails and a 20-meter waterfall. Local outfitters provide all you need for tubing, paddle-boarding, camping, hiking, swimming, and canoeing adventures on the Grand River — you can even zip-line through the abundant foliage. The <a href="https://elorapaddlecompany.ca/" target="_blank">Elora Paddle Company</a> on Mill Street rents out canoes and kayaks. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wjc4TOjlpd9-XYilrJo5gbAYgpVw4YZ88LHxVEfWCD0bQACkaTOJfSh0vSEBu5DEUHKKnQvq5CcQUfiXg_fiFSGP8DtaPqEP1D1AgyknWetUpPDDipbVSllZkaD5nZEnj4wf1_8Tj-T7_9bIXWq6Kd3XxytGiGgYduAQtm_kzKGOX761fZ-2lWFV/s5152/Elora-ON-Downtown-ParkChairs.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wjc4TOjlpd9-XYilrJo5gbAYgpVw4YZ88LHxVEfWCD0bQACkaTOJfSh0vSEBu5DEUHKKnQvq5CcQUfiXg_fiFSGP8DtaPqEP1D1AgyknWetUpPDDipbVSllZkaD5nZEnj4wf1_8Tj-T7_9bIXWq6Kd3XxytGiGgYduAQtm_kzKGOX761fZ-2lWFV/s320/Elora-ON-Downtown-ParkChairs.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>The <b>Cataract Trailway</b> is the route of a former 47-kilometer railway and links two rivers, following the old Canadian Pacific railroad bed. It runs through rolling countryside east of Elora, through the historic community of Fergus, and past Belwood Lake to the Forks of Credit Provincial Park at Cataract. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKoSlEQh8oXpzpVIsYRig5yyRXjii7GDl03yJSO3dAKIvH-_kV-RO-IpACOVGXjXGDXO1h9fj7hlVnW0173OHvPNRDTLzjwCn5m12EfD36MIVxu-V67YoMRdwlkN-n-ispNnVeg34CkROlToAhQKHfnZkao8vUhUvuX6IA3IGc0h8QYXw4vHWT6QO/s5152/Elora-ON-Downtown-Door-Deco.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKoSlEQh8oXpzpVIsYRig5yyRXjii7GDl03yJSO3dAKIvH-_kV-RO-IpACOVGXjXGDXO1h9fj7hlVnW0173OHvPNRDTLzjwCn5m12EfD36MIVxu-V67YoMRdwlkN-n-ispNnVeg34CkROlToAhQKHfnZkao8vUhUvuX6IA3IGc0h8QYXw4vHWT6QO/s320/Elora-ON-Downtown-Door-Deco.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>Don't miss to visit the <b>Saturday Farmers Market</b> in Bissell Park and on Sundays the <b>Flea Market </b>on Geddes St, right downtown. A one-minute drive or a ten-minute walk brings visitors from downtown to the <b>Grand River Casino</b> if gaming is your thing.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuffSXXQKneHRHfbAxNUD7jmAIDX5QXUSTAQ0AFy8YALgOC2Lykh30R6_TgdHT85o1-CgH7s0IDz3mOpLhmxffRZB7833eXvj2ubNfbYuQmj6E3pFNkGY4_zC2wwsGZXDv4oXSWjFYunMlxj8JbZYU91rhJWW19PUtC5nR_Kw0RqPVlnVOYp3pU_k/s5152/Elora-ON-FarmersMarket.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuffSXXQKneHRHfbAxNUD7jmAIDX5QXUSTAQ0AFy8YALgOC2Lykh30R6_TgdHT85o1-CgH7s0IDz3mOpLhmxffRZB7833eXvj2ubNfbYuQmj6E3pFNkGY4_zC2wwsGZXDv4oXSWjFYunMlxj8JbZYU91rhJWW19PUtC5nR_Kw0RqPVlnVOYp3pU_k/s320/Elora-ON-FarmersMarket.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>The <b>Elora Center for the Arts</b> is located in a restored, three-story limestone school house, just steps from downtown and across from the Grand River and Bissell Park. It has a main gallery space where artist exhibitions are featured ongoing throughout the year. A second gallery and artisan shop features unique and affordable handmade and artist-designed pieces. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXJVs6E_MFC3gXllO62aWhcFieiiGTqtTqt9VFN4mCEBziDD9dplidfLBqyPngbsfBvSjfI2_Y2yLTq8RfRGKt5OXFZcUxSyR07aQDerYPQAW3ga37To74fxvG0AmtZUEzWPJqt5oBym8ibzJbyU7qD_cN2MOEzHoyoYPTWc_wY6tudpJfcdabJKr/s671/Elora-ON-Art.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXJVs6E_MFC3gXllO62aWhcFieiiGTqtTqt9VFN4mCEBziDD9dplidfLBqyPngbsfBvSjfI2_Y2yLTq8RfRGKt5OXFZcUxSyR07aQDerYPQAW3ga37To74fxvG0AmtZUEzWPJqt5oBym8ibzJbyU7qD_cN2MOEzHoyoYPTWc_wY6tudpJfcdabJKr/s320/Elora-ON-Art.JPG" width="238" /></a><br /><br /></div><p><b>Elora Quarry Conservation Area</b>: This two-acre limestone quarry (Elora's former building material) is encircled by magnificent cliffs up to 12 meters high. There is a myriad of bicycle paths along the Grand River. Equally relaxing is a tour through the downtown heritage core with its tree-lined quiet roads and beautiful residential homes.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9UjBOya4DMYjkJgtduEFRDc7hm5a-6WuFXfD40q2TqggW59n6gxxJlC0samy6YyKbNJRoctyrFPzfbtGBzGDz1Uv6RDCcTWu2GVItGHlINkvnzx0guITZDpEzZ7Umbf4r6WTXQoY8O490lo13IDn06cUq38PUUQu8xlKgGzDe0fWQjHLPk8NuTi1/s5047/Elora-ON-HeritageHome3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3742" data-original-width="5047" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9UjBOya4DMYjkJgtduEFRDc7hm5a-6WuFXfD40q2TqggW59n6gxxJlC0samy6YyKbNJRoctyrFPzfbtGBzGDz1Uv6RDCcTWu2GVItGHlINkvnzx0guITZDpEzZ7Umbf4r6WTXQoY8O490lo13IDn06cUq38PUUQu8xlKgGzDe0fWQjHLPk8NuTi1/s320/Elora-ON-HeritageHome3.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><br /></div><p>A train runs in one hour from Toronto to Guelph, but you would have to wait for the bus to Elora. Coming from Toronto, there is a bus - also a slow connection - to Guelph and then another bus or a taxi to Elora. Parking is free on all city streets. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiT6zsIxYGxY0NaO8Z-LGXxSoMS_Eg3kkmX0vrjwFUnFT87AIQhnQP_JHYnhWGS2bU_GRumYs8MIGFxsq0eqzL15pPkAo2cYA_5xzW2EO4txdYUCyo75QuUPivoz3TydmgTn6iJa9Cvi1EXl0Ay7BBomGuzcOdl-d9AySYPZ6pL41OEP4H-sMQkuM/s667/Elora-ON-WineBar.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiT6zsIxYGxY0NaO8Z-LGXxSoMS_Eg3kkmX0vrjwFUnFT87AIQhnQP_JHYnhWGS2bU_GRumYs8MIGFxsq0eqzL15pPkAo2cYA_5xzW2EO4txdYUCyo75QuUPivoz3TydmgTn6iJa9Cvi1EXl0Ay7BBomGuzcOdl-d9AySYPZ6pL41OEP4H-sMQkuM/s320/Elora-ON-WineBar.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeUPy-Nl8mMNbVaG_062G50epACEyqsd4twggAFiMyWVxfCZnZsQAMIJGNx_LXc9eRYXqVQn5M3I311_sJWNWbwalT8-EQhxh6RFf4v3bELpV9SQ7dPukqsHWWmCWEQ8PJxhTmkyvBg4yDZjWBTiTrIVLR89gtEmRYcH0-ptqR6Ri1uD8VM6VOo6m/s667/Elora-ON-AirB&N-ChurchSquare.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeUPy-Nl8mMNbVaG_062G50epACEyqsd4twggAFiMyWVxfCZnZsQAMIJGNx_LXc9eRYXqVQn5M3I311_sJWNWbwalT8-EQhxh6RFf4v3bELpV9SQ7dPukqsHWWmCWEQ8PJxhTmkyvBg4yDZjWBTiTrIVLR89gtEmRYcH0-ptqR6Ri1uD8VM6VOo6m/s320/Elora-ON-AirB&N-ChurchSquare.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /><br /><span><i><a href="https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/644891557788296430"><b>https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/644891557788296430</b></a></i></span></div><p><b>I spent several weeks in this area and in the lovely town of Elora and was smitten by the friendly folks, the stunning heritage architecture, and the well-designed and cared-for lush gardens around every building. Glad I discovered this gem of a town in Ontario. Elora is one of the best places to see fall colors in Ontario due to the abundance of leafy trees, especially Mape trees. </b><b>A visit in fall is on my bucket list! 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WzMAZPXgW2w/S04_shkjCWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/oRPc4qidDwculwN-DZKe-sl3YIXNyX5nACPcBGAYYCw/s451/AirlineAlpen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="451" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WzMAZPXgW2w/S04_shkjCWI/AAAAAAAAAD0/oRPc4qidDwculwN-DZKe-sl3YIXNyX5nACPcBGAYYCw/s320/AirlineAlpen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>OPEN LETTER to Michael Rousseau Air Canada CEO</b></p><p><b>Bonjour M. Rousseau,</b></p><p><b>I am a former commercial pilot, now turned travel writer, and also have been flying on hundreds of airliners for more than 50 years and I am now in my seventies. I can't imagine that you train your pursers to behave to your passengers this way, touching them inappropriately during a flight. At least I have never watched or experienced this by a female purser. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Flight AC832 19:30 (YUL) to Brussels, arriving at 08:10 Tuesday 20 Jul 2021 - Seat 29D (28C on my boarding pass).</p><p>A male purser touched me inappropriately on my butt, in a humiliating, sexist, and chauvinistic way to tell me to buckle up. He could not know if or not I was buckled up as I had a blanket over me. I was sleeping after a very long day (about 19 hrs on my feet) and was glad to have a 3-seat row to stretch out. At around 11 pm (EST) I awoke when I felt hands on my body. </p><p>Both his colleague and the customer service purser (head purser?) declined to tell me his name, but it was the older one of the two male pursers on this flight.</p><p>However, this was not the first incident of this kind, I experienced the same on an Air Canada flight (which was on October 13, 2020). So, to me, it seems like it is either the same person or this behavior is "company policy". </p><p><b>If a male passenger would do this to Air Canada female pursers, he would be arrested and charged, or the flight would be diverted and the person kicked out of the plane.</b></p><p>Why does the inappropriate behavior of your pursers have not consequences? His male colleague whom I asked for the name found it quite ok... And why is it that you know the names of your passengers, but the passengers may not know the names of your employees?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Why I won't fly in the future with Air Canada anymore? </b></p><p>This was not a single incident, last month I wrote already to you when one of your call center's employee screamed and yelled at me on the phone. You never bothered to answer... And this after I waited for two hours until "Amalia" or "Amelie" answered my call. She also made an error in my booking that caused a disruption/confusion on my flight on July 19th from Montreal to Brussels. Only because I had my laptop with me and could prove that I had a flight confirmation and even an email that same day to check-in online, plus my Visa card receipt, could I catch that flight at the last moment. Sure enough, your Air Canada ground staff blamed me for the error until she saw the proof!</p><p>Another female purser humiliated me on a March-18th, 2020, flight home from Frankfurt to Montreal. I had booked this flight long before the Covid lockdown. By chance, it was the second-last flight before Canada closed air traffic due to Covid, and it was fully packed. I sat on an aisle seat and a mask-less passenger across me was coughing the whole time. I asked a purser if they can't do anything, like handing a mask to her as I do not want to be infected with Covid. The purser looked at me in a derogatory way and said: "That's your own risk, why do you fly at all?" It sounded to me like "Why do you fly at all with Air Canada?" Shortly after that, the passenger had suddenly a mask over her face...</p><p><b>Instead of slighting me, the purser could have said: "I understand your concern, let's see if we have a spare mask for this passenger" or something like that. Why are Air Canada employees so mean, impolite, and vulgar to their passengers???</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Money and Time Lost</b></p><p>Due to untrained/less knowledgeable Air Canada employees, I lost a lot of money and time. For example: Last September a flight from Halifax, NS, to Frankfurt, Germany (with a stop in Montreal) in the evening was canceled and bounced to an early morning flight, taking off at 6 am in Halifax. At that time I was living 200 km from Halifax (in Antigonish) and no bus or train, or even a friend/relative would have been able to drive me at 2 am to Halifax to check in at 4 am. </p><p><br /></p><p>I called as I had booked for an evening flight and Air Canada had canceled it (NOT me!) - to offer to board in Montreal as I was there two days earlier. This way, Air Canada could have sold the morning flight to someone else and I could have boarded in Montreal. I talked with three different agents, and they all declined and said that I need to get a new ticket for a flight Montreal-Frankfurt and charged me an additional $160. Only later in Frankfurt, I learned at a German Air Canada service counter that it was not true and the evening flight cancelation was done by Air Canada and I should be reimbursed. </p><p><br /></p><p>On another transatlantic flight, arriving late morning in Montreal in March 2020, I was booked on a connecting flight to Halifax at 5 pm! I hang around at the airport and found out that there was a flight three hours earlier to Halifax, which was not even half booked. But it was too late! When I boarded and placed my small handbag into the overhead bin of this Montreal-Halifax flight, my fingers almost stuck: The handle was so filthy, it felt like it had not been cleaned for months. And this in times of Covid! It was just disgusting...</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I Have Had Enough!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>These are only a few examples of how I have been treated as a customer by Air Canada. My decision to avoid your airline in the future might not come as a surprise... During the last two years, I had only one single positive experience when I met a very nice person from your company on the phone. The rest was only frustration, anger, and lost time/money. </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Please retire this chauvinistic purser from flight AC832 and spend some (or better a lot of ) money on customer service and training - instead of fat bonuses to CEOs. After all, we are the customers who pay for this all - and want to be treated with respect and politeness. I will warn everyone and tell my experiences with your companies' employees. Word of mouth - or word of the mouse - is often mightier! </b></p><p><br /></p>Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-34845757257904874422020-07-13T14:45:00.003-07:002020-07-13T14:45:40.642-07:00Photo Impressions from the Rockies in AB & BC<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Once we can travel again... </b><br />
<b>Being a </b><a href="http://www.freelancewritingjobs.ca/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">freelance</a><b> travel writer and seeing Canada and other parts of the world requires a lot of hard work and creativity, but it certainly can be done. Many writers have chosen to become <a href="https://www.worldpackers.com/articles/top-digital-nomad-blogs" target="_blank">digital nomads</a>. They are pros at making a full-time living while traveling permanently. </b><br />
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Writing about your travel experiences is obvious, and probably the most attractive way to earn an income as a location independent freelance writer. Travel journalism has experienced rapid growth as a result of booming worldwide travel, and the growth of online travel media. However, travel writing is highly competitive and requires patience and dedication to make a living out of it. Here are the most important tips before going location-independent:<br />
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The lifestyle will not suit everyone. If you are not willing to leave your comfort zone or the safety (and some would say benefits) of your friends, family, or full-time job, then it’s probably not for you. But if you want to challenge yourself, experience different parts of Canada or the world, and live an extraordinary life, then why not take the leap?<br />
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<b>Where to Find Writing Opportunities Online</b><br />
Earning money online is not that easy, and a location independent freelance writer must actively find and create work opportunities. Working as a freelancer is like owning a small business and it’s up to you to market yourself to clients. The good news is that there is plenty of writing work available on the internet – some well paying and others not so much. Find magazines and websites that relate to those subjects (not only travel media outlets). If the content of the site is supplied by a range of contributors, email them and suggest an article you would like to write.<br />
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<b>Read the Recommendations of Travel Editors</b><br />
For a good overview of what editors recommend how to sell travel related articles and posts, check out the list of the "Lost Girls World".<br />
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BootsnAll editor, Katie Hammel<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/02/write-for-bootsnall/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/02/write-for-bootsnall/</a><br />
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New York Times’ deputy travel editor, Monica Drake<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-new-york-times-intransit-blog/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-new-york-times-intransit-blog/</a><br />
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The Expeditioner’s founder and editor-in-chief, Matt Stabile<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-expeditioner/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-expeditioner/</a><br />
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Galavanting‘s managing editor, Joseph Hernandez<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-expeditioner/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/03/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-expeditioner/</a><br />
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Travel Belles’ publisher and editor, Margo Millure<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/04/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-travel-belles/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/04/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-the-travel-belles/</a><br />
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Go NOMAD‘s general edit Max Hartshorne<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/05/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-gonomad/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2011/05/pitching-101-how-to-write-for-gonomad/</a><br />
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Travel Agent senior editor Joe Pike<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2012/02/pitch-travel-agent-magazine/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2012/02/pitch-travel-agent-magazine/</a><br />
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Recommend‘s managing editor Paloma Villaverde de Rico<br />
<a href="http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2012/03/how-to-pitch-recommend/">http://www.lostgirlsworld.com/2012/03/how-to-pitch-recommend/</a><br />
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<b>Learn the Techniques to Write for Newspapers/Magazines</b><br />
Write newspaper-style: the inverted pyramid. This means writing the conclusion first, details later. GoodDocuments.com gives these tips: “Write with the “punch line” first, starting with the conclusion, rather than building up. One way to learn to write this way is to write the section first with all the details, and then go back and start it with a lead sentence or two.”<br />
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<b>Edit, Edit, and Edit Even More! </b><br />
Use free editing tools such as EditMinion or PaperRater, besides using Grammarly for US English pieces. Read your article the next day again, get the help of a beta-reader if possible to have another opinion on your article before you send it off to the editor.<br />
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Carefully read the last ten (or more) issues of these freelance writing travel websites and magazines before you pitch. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can read lots of magazines and newspapers for free. Study their submission guidelines carefully. Find out who is the current editor and send your pitch directly to him or her. Use their name in your salutation. No one wants to be titled "Hey"...<br />
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<b>Don't forget:</b><br />
<b>English language media outlets are covering not only America but half of the world: Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Canada, etc. Make sure you also pitch to the English-speaking media outside of North America!</b><br />
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<b><br /></b> <b>Freelancing Platforms</b><br />
Elance, Freelancer, and oDesk: tick some boxes for "freelance writing looking for work". Setting yourself up requires minimal investment, clients are already on the site looking for writers, and the platforms handle the financial transactions. However, these are ultra-competitive platforms, and it’s often a race to the bottom in terms of pay as they are chock full of (mainly ESL) writers who are willing to work for peanuts. Consider them only a plan B or C to supplement the income that you derive from other sources. The ProBlogger Job Board is also a popular place to pick up freelance writing gigs (and also lousy paid).<br />
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Well-Paying Magazines and Newspapers<br />
Most periodicals have a travel section. Consider writing for these magazines with enormous readership numbers (Resource: Alliance for Audited Media), such as:<br />
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Huffington Post (43 Million/month)<br />
Salon.com (7,7 Million / month)<br />
Travel & Leisure 950,000 magazine readers/month<br />
Delta Sky Magazine over 5 Million Readers/month<br />
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Wikipedia provides a list of American and International magazines and their paid yearly circulation:<br />
AARP The Magazine 21,931,184<br />
Better Homes & Gardens 7,624,505<br />
Reader’s Digest 5,241,484<br />
Good Housekeeping 4,396,795<br />
National Geographic 4,001,937<br />
People 3,690,031<br />
Southern Living 2,824,751<br />
O, The Oprah Magazine 2,417,589<br />
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The National Trust Magazine, UK 2,043,876<br />
Mathrubhoomi, India 1,600,000<br />
India Today 1,100,000<br />
Australian Women’s Weekly, 470,331<br />
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<b>Best Paying: In-Flight Magazines</b><br />
Airline magazines represent a real opportunity for freelance writers. Despite the current contractions in the airline industry, in-flight magazines still attract many readers, and they are mostly written by freelancers. The best thing about writing for in-flight magazines is that each one is different. Some of them – such as Sky for Delta Airlines – feature restaurant reviews, fiction stories, regular columns, and technology articles - in addition to a cornucopia of other topics. Other in-flight magazines are focused primarily on travel, with in-depth articles on interesting destinations.<br />
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Travel pieces are a staple of in-flight magazines, but only when showing the culture and feel of the place. Airline publications also contain articles on technology, business, sports, and food, as well as lifestyle trends. Some in-flight magazines feature celebrity profiles, fiction, humor and many have regular columns.<br />
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Air Canada<br />
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British Airways<br />
<a href="http://www.bahighlife.com/">http://www.bahighlife.com/</a><br />
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Cathay Pacific<br />
<a href="http://www.bauermedia.com.hk/">http://www.bauermedia.com.hk/</a><br />
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United<br />
<a href="http://www.hemispheres.com/">http://www.Hemispheres.com</a><br />
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WestJet<br />
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SkyWest (SkyWest Airlines)<br />
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Hana Hou! (Hawaiian Airlines)<br />
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A comprehensive list of 101 in-flight magazines from Air Arabia to Wizz Air can be found here (many with links directly to the magazine’s website):<br />
<a href="http://www.itravelnet.com/travel-directory/inflight-magazines/">http://www.itravelnet.com/travel-directory/inflight-magazines/</a><br />
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<b>Write eBooks and Paperbacks</b><br />
Another way to earn money from writing while being location independent is publishing e-books. Become an authority in something and write a resource guide or ‘how-to’ book. People respect authorities and will buy books from them if it contains valuable information on a relevant topic.<br />
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The benefits of e-books are that each of them generates a small passive income for years to come. Once a book is published it requires little input - other than being on social media and post snippets of your book and the sales link to it. Another great option is to post short, enticing blog articles, also with a link to your ebook or paperback. <br />
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Or you buy Google ads: You might have heard that Google processes over 40,000 search queries every second on average! There is barely a better place to invest in advertisements. I am talking about pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. Her is how it works:<br />
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If the keywords you have chosen match what people search for, your paid ad appears next to or above organic Google search results. When people click on the ad, they will reach your website to learn more or they will order products or services. You can test the keywords and phrases using WordTracker, Overture Keyword Selector, or Google AdWords Keyword. Google AdWords allows you also to target specific geographic locations.<br />
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<b>Use Your Blog as Portfolio</b><br />
A personal blog is a popular pursuit for location-independent freelance writers. In a world where there are more freelance writers than writing assignments, an online profile adds important credibility to you as a writer. Blogs are simple to create. WordPress.org and Blogger are two popular platforms. Choose a title, layout, and start writing entries.<br />
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Finding topics to write about shouldn’t be a problem for a professional writer. A blog is a great way to showcase your stories, articles, and examples of your writing. If you are emailing newspapers, websites, and magazines with story ideas, or contacting potential clients for writing assignments, it is important to show them examples of your work.<br />
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Don’t forget to edit your blog articles as carefully as the pieces you write for sale!<br />
Blogs can be monetized, such as through Google’s Adsense, Amazon, BlueHost, and other affiliate links, or selling a product, although don’t expect large earnings soon. Monetizing a blog requires lots of time and steady work.<br />
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<b>Location Independent</b><br />
If you are a location independent freelance writer then you can work from anywhere with a decent WiFi connection, but pick an inexpensive place to start. “Find your best place to live, work, and play” The <a href="https://nomadlist.com/" target="_blank">Nomad List of Cities</a> - including many Canadian cities - is a great resource as it breaks down costs and quality of life in a simple table. This will help you budget for your first few months.<br />
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Although one of the biggest fears of becoming location independent is money, it is often cheaper than staying at home. In many nomad hot spots, you can live a great life for less than $900 per month. By choosing an affordable place to base yourself initially, you don’t need much money to start a nomadic lifestyle – just a plane ticket, a reliable laptop, and enough savings for three months or so for living expenses. After all, part of the journey <a href="http://www.freelancewritingjobs.ca/" target="_blank">involves making money</a>.<br />
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<b>Apply for Free Writer Residencies</b><br />
Most writer's residencies are located in Western Canada. Think Alberta, British Columbia, and even the Yukon. Some of these free residencies are even offering fellowships or even travel grants. Duration is between two weeks and three months and is granted every year. So, if you missed this year's deadline, apply later for the following year. Here are some examples of residencies you might consider for application:<br />
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<a href="http://www.kalwriters.com/residency/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.kalwriters.com/residency/</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.stegnerhouse.ca/grantinfo.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.stegnerhouse.ca/grantinfo.html</span></a><br />
<a href="https://www.kogawahouse.com/wp/about-the-house/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.kogawahouse.com/wp/about-the-house/</span></a><br />
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<b><br />House Sitting</b><br />
Don't overlook "<a href="https://www.housesitterscanada.com/" target="_blank">House Sitting</a>" for free stays (including internet) at private homes. This can be one week, one month, and even longer. Your chores might be taking in the mail, watering the house plants, or walking the dog while the owners are on vacation or away for business.<br />
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Networking and meeting people are crucial in making it as a location independent freelance writer. If you make the effort to meet people, you’ll come across many potential friends and mentors from all walks of life who might give advice and direct you toward work. Try working at least some of the time in co-working spaces, and attend e-business meetings (most Nomad cities have both). You get to know the area, meet with locals, and cook your own meals.<br />
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<b>Whether you are a writer, IT specialist, graphic designer, or an editor, it’s possible to remove yourself from fixed-location work and become location independent, without reducing your income. Many writers enjoy a better quality of life than had they chained themselves to one location.</b><br />
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<b>More Resources:</b><br />
<a href="http://boostblogtraffic.com/write-for-magazines/">http://boostblogtraffic.com/write-for-magazines/</a><br />
<a href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/magazine-writing.htm">http://money.howstuffworks.com/magazine-writing.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Magazine-Writer-from-Scratch">http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Magazine-Writer-from-Scratch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/writing-for-magazines/">http://www.dailywritingtips.com/writing-for-magazines/</a><br />
<a href="https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/5844/">https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/5844/</a><br />
<a href="http://goinswriter.com/how-to-get-published-in-a-magazine/">http://goinswriter.com/how-to-get-published-in-a-magazine/</a><br />
<a href="https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/writing-freelance-for-magazines/">https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/writing-freelance-for-magazines/</a><br />
<a href="https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/smart-authors-get-paid-for-marketing-their-books/">https://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/smart-authors-get-paid-for-marketing-their-books/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A <a href="http://www.hellobc.com/thompson-okanagan/regional-geography.aspx">hidden gem</a> that even many Canadians have never visited: the Okanagan Valley with it's dry, semi-arid climate, reminding me of Northern Italy. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hills and mountains around the 135 kilometers long Okanagan Lake are dotted with vineyards, rose gardens, and apple orchards. Winter temperatures go rarely into the minus degrees, yet there are skiing areas within an hour driving distance. The <a href="http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/story.html?id=f8d104e8-9497-4850-a913-e07ae63a0578">Southern Okanagan Valley</a> is the only desert-like place in the whole of Canada. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Okanagan is for Wine Lovers</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hundreds of <a href="http://www.winebc.com/discover-bc/okanagan-valley">wineries</a> invite visitors for tastings, many have even cozy outdoor restaurants or patios and nothing is more relaxing than to sip a glass, overlooking the surrounding wine fields, orchards and golf courses and watching the sailboats on Lake Okanagan. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sailing is the Preferred Outdoor Sport</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marinas in the Okanagan are full of boats, many have long waiting lists and sailing the lake is a popular past time. Non-sailors can book a boat with skipper for sightseeing or a <a href="http://sailingokanagan.com/">romantic Sunset Tour</a>. The Okanagan Lake cruising region offers some of the best inland sailings in BC with excellent winds and clear blue skies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Floatplane Tours from Kelowna Harbour</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At Hart Aviation you can experience the excitement of a floatplane or seaplane sightseeing tour over the breathtaking beauty of the Okanagan and its surrounding mountains, glaciers and alpine lakes. I chatted with the pilots about their Floatplane training classes and they mentioned an offer of a <a href="http://www.air-hart.com/tours/fly.php">Fly n' Dine</a> Tour to the Lake Okanagan Resort where you will enjoy the three-course "Wine Country Escape Meal". After your wonderful meal, you can relax while traveling from the Lake Okanagan Resort to Kelowna in a stretch " Black Tie Limousine". A special evening for sure! </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Golfers Paradise</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am getting the impression there is a <a href="http://www.golfkelowna.com/golf-courses/">golf course</a> on every hill around the huge lake. Next to sailing, the best outdoor fun in the Okanagan seems to be golfing. Amazing how many new golf courses are still built. Each of them seems to compete not only with their greens but also with their clubhouses and restaurants with other golf clubs in the area. Kelowna alone has over 20 golf courses, and many more are located around the whole Okanagan Valley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Now, that it is almost November, the Roses and other Summer flowers are still in full bloom, even so, the tree leaves are slowly changing colors. But I can hike in a short-sleeve blouse in the warm sun. Yes, the Okanagan is a hiker's paradise too, among many other sports- and countless event offers. A perfect holiday destination for year-round pleasure - also I would not come here in Summer: it's just too hot then!</b></span><br />
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Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-46437099355098648912019-12-09T00:50:00.001-08:002019-12-09T00:55:16.725-08:00Fall Impressions from the Maritimes<br />
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For many, fall is the most photogenic season of the year in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI. The Maritimes usually enjoy a long and colorful autumn season - often until Christmas.<br />
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The photos here have been taken mostly on the South Shore of Nova Scotia - in early December!<br />
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Usually, during the third week of October, the reds will be at their peak in the Maritimes, and this is probably the most glorious time for visitors. Earlier than this, there will still be a delightful mixture of greens among the reds, oranges, and yellows.<br />
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Gathering twigs of winterberries, seagrasses, bearberries, black huckleberries, hawthorne, and elderberries, together with some pine twigs make for lovely winter decoration.<br />
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Create a lovely centerpiece for the dining table or place them in pots or window boxes and let the birds nosh on the berries during wintertime.<br />
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<br />Doris-Maria Heilmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538282947101136140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504091003881490459.post-75311850966000041622019-06-30T16:49:00.002-07:002019-07-01T12:30:24.626-07:00Canada's Most Beautiful Gardens <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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This turn-of-the-century Edwardian style mansion, which is on the St. Lawrence River in Brockville, Ontario makes an incredibly interesting visit. The building and its surrounding grounds demonstrate what the utmost in privilege and wealth could afford at the beginning of the last century.<br />
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Built between 1899 and 1901, at a then-staggering cost of $100,000, <a href="https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fulford-place" target="_blank">Fulford Place</a> was designed by the prestigious American architect William Fuller for his millionaire client, George T. Fulford. He was a Canadian businessman who made his fortune selling "Pink Pills for Pale People." This medicine, the rights to which Fulford purchased in 1890 for $53.01, was essentially an iron supplement and was touted as a cure-all for many ailments including, "rheumatism, heart palpitations (and) all forms of weakness in male or female."<br />
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He was also a local alderman, a Liberal senator, and philanthropist, friend to politicians, royalty and foreign dignitaries. His international connections and influence allowed him to hire the best professionals and craftspeople to construct his 20,000-square-foot, 35-room mansion on prime waterfront property.<br />
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The elaborate 10-acre property gardens were originally laid out by the design firm of Frederick Olmsted, the landscape architect responsible for both New York's Central Park and Montreal's Mount Royal. Two sections of the original landscape, including an Italianate garden and a lawn parterre have been restored to the original Olmsted design.<br />
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Homemade lunch and afternoon tea are served where the original laundry room was once. The delicious homemade afternoon tea (consisting of a choice of finger sandwiches, savories, and sweets) and friendly service will make you feel like we were eating in our great-aunt's summer kitchen. With only six tables, the room is small but, during warm weather, the tearoom extends onto the covered porch.<br />
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Stroll the city's historic district, there are also walking tours from the tourist office, including the lovely area around the Courthouse. Don’t miss the charming Brockville Museum, and browse the shops along King Street. Discover lovely specialty stores, pubs and enjoy the amazing British tea and coffee houses in this Canadian gem of a historic town before you head down to the waterfront.<br />
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designed to introduce visitors to the shoreline delights of Brockville, the seaway and the eastern sector of the Thousand Islands (which number closer to 2,000. Run by 1000 Islands Cruises, the Brockville-based river tours (there are also tours run out of other communities upriver) come in a variety of possibilities, from one-hour sightseeing outings to relaxing, attractive sunset dinner cruises. Discover treed islands and lovely lighthouses or shoreline mansions. It’s a great way to spend an afternoon. Bring a jacket or sweater, it's considerably cooler on the water.<br />
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<b>Find out more about Brockville, Ontario</b></div>
<a href="https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fulford-place">https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fulford-place</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brockvilleriverfest.ca/">http://www.brockvilleriverfest.ca</a><br />
<a href="http://www.1000islandscruises.com/">http://www.1000islandscruises.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.brockvilletourism.com/">http://www.brockvilletourism.com</a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockville</a><br />
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<b>To find more Canadian Travel Destinations visit also:<a href="http://a-happy-traveler.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> A Happy Traveler</a></b></div>
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Riders can start or stop anywhere along the 475 km route (or for the most ambitious, ride from end to end). With 1,100 signs along the way to keep you from getting lost, the Greenbelt Route is a world-class cycle tourism offering taking residents through Ontario’s protected Greenbelt.<br />
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The Greater Niagara Circle Route is a 140 km loop taking riders from the shores of Lake Ontario to the shores of Lake Erie. Cycle along the Niagara River and through the quaint countryside. Riders pass through former battlefields, scenic vistas and must-experience attractions including wineries, culinary hot spots, Niagara Parks’ attractions and the Niagara Gorge.<br />
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The Oak Ridges to Lake Loop is a 201 km loop through Northumberland and Peterborough, with some of the most scenic cycling and taste of place culinary experiences in the region. Stop at the Canadian Canoe Museum, enjoy fresh baked foods at Pastry Peddler, or take a break on the Beach at Bond Head.<br />
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Rice Lake Ramble is a shorter 74km loop for riders looking for a shorter excursion in Northumberland. Take a stroll in Peter’s Woods Provincial Nature Reserve, the sole-surviving Oak Ridges Moraine ‘old growth’ forest in Ontario. Other stops along the way include Hillview Haven Estate, the shops and galleries of downtown Alderville, and the Cobourg beach and pier.<br />
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For a true Greenbelt experience, the Village Roundabout loop in York is a 59 km route almost entirely in the protected beauty of the Greenbelt. Riders can spend the weekend in the countryside and enjoy a day-long ride with stops at Cold Creek Conservation Area, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, and downtown Kleinberg.<br />
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For a shorter ride that still offers a challenge, the Credit River Ride is a 30 km loop in the countryside, with stops in Inglewood, downtown Belfontain, the Cheltenham Badlands and Spirit Tree Estate Winery. To the South the Leather Town Spin in Halton offers 38 km on quiet and well paved rural roads, passing bountiful farm fields, lush forests, and a variety of wetlands.<br />
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The Greenbelt Route has something for every rider, and with thousands of points of interest available to add to any route. You can customize your trip to get the most out of your time in the Greenbelt. To complete your journey in the area, consider staying with a local host and book accommodation at a Greenbelt Bed & Breakfast with the help of <a href="http://bbcanada.com/">BBCanada.com</a>.<br />
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<b>Read More:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.greenbelt.ca/">http://www.greenbelt.ca/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.canoemuseum.ca/">http://www.canoemuseum.ca/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pastrypeddler.ca/">http://www.pastrypeddler.ca/</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.ontariobybike.ca/great-places-to-cycle">https://www.ontariobybike.ca/great-places-to-cycle</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwest_ontario">https://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/southwest_ontario</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/niagara_falls_and_wine_country">https://www.bbcanada.com/ontario/niagara_falls_and_wine_country</a><br />
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“A direct descendant of the famous tree, grafted from a branch of the original Golden Spruce, onto Sitka Spruce rootstock. Because this tree was grafted from a lower branch of the original tree, it lacks the hormone needed to make one branch turn upwards to form a dominant vertical “leader”. Therefore, it can only form a bush, rather than the typical triangular shape of normal trees. To our knowledge, this is the oldest surviving direct descendant of the original tree”, as described by the Horticultural Garden.</div>
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More than 3,000 years ago, <a href="https://us-keepexploring.canada.travel/things-to-do/quick-guide-aboriginal-tourism-bc" target="_blank">Indigenous peoples</a> of the coast of British Columbia developed artistic traditions that are heralded throughout the world for their imaginative and stylistic qualities. The masks and totem poles of the Northwest Coast Aboriginal art powerfully impacted the work of major American abstract artists. It gave rise to a revival of craftsmanship on the NW Coast over the past thirty years and shaped the work of contemporary native artists. Visitors will be introduced to the Northwest native art here:<br />
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Just stepping out of an airplane at YVR, one will discover an impressive public collection of native art. Exhibits display more than 180 sculptures, carvings, masks, poles, panels, paintings and weavings in the international terminal. YVR's art exhibitions are located throughout the airport.<br />
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<b>Vancouver’s Stanley Park</b><br />
There are nine totem poles in Totem Park, just off the seawall at Brockton Point, carved between 1955 and 2009 by some of the province's most influential carvers. The totem poles represent a variety of First Nations, from the killer whale and Thunderbird of the Chief Wakas Kwakiutl pole to Norman Tait's Nisga'a beaver crest pole and Bill Reid's Haida mortuary pole.<br />
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The MOA, on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, is the premier place to view Northwest Coast art and artifact collections. MOA initiated native carving programs in the 1950s, restoring old poles and creating new ones. Don't miss the stunning yellow cedar carving The Raven and the First Men by Haida artist Bill Reid, depicting the Haida creation story.<br />
<a href="http://www.moa.ubc.ca/">http://www.MOA.ubc.ca</a><br />
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<b>Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Center </b><br />
This museum in Whistler joins the two First Nations in the region under one roof, with traditional art, craft and artifacts including cedar baskets, button blankets and massively carved spindle whorls depicting the history of weaving here. The SLCC Café features First Nations cuisine, from venison chili to bannock panini sandwiches.<br />
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The provincial museum in Victoria has a large collection of carvings, masks, artifacts and both historic and contemporary poles, some inside the museum building, some outdoors in Thunderbird Park.<br />
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This national historic site is another recreated village, complete with carved poles and longhouses, displays of carving and weaving, and tours for the public.<br />
Tsimshian First Nations have occupied this site for more than 10,000 years. Kitselas Canyon is a stretch of the Skeena River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.<br />
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A living museum and cultural center, this historical First Nations village in Hazelton is open for tours with local guides. Complete with several longhouses with decorated house fronts, totem poles, and artifacts, it offers a glimpse into early Gitxsan village life.<br />
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In Prince Rupert, you can see the work of many contemporary Haida and Tsimshian carvers, both in the stunning longhouse museum overlooking the waterfront and on street corners throughout the city. It's here you'll find original poles carved by important artists like Freda Diesing and Dempsey Bob. Visitors are met with the scent of cedar and the beauty of Northwest Coast architecture. The massive cedar posts and beams are set off by large works of glass art.<br />
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She came to paint the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr" target="_blank">totem poles</a> of the northwest coastal people nearly a century ago.<br />
The tradition of carving survived, despite nearly a century of suppression. In 1884, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald banned the potlatch feasts and dances, the center of the coastal peoples' unique social and legal system. Many poles were removed, toppled, even burned, and the skill of carving such ceremonial articles all but disappeared. By 1951, when the ban on the potlatch was finally lifted, only a few carvers remained.<br />
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<b>History of Indigenous Art</b><br />
The history of Indigenous art in Canada begins sometime during the last Ice Age between 80,000 and 12,000 years ago. To date, however, the oldest surviving artworks are datable to the last 5,000 years. First Peoples of the West Coast did not see Europeans until the late 18th century. Decorative and representational carvings from the earliest periods have been found in the Lower Fraser region of British Columbia by archaeologists through excavations. The development of Indigenous art in Canada may be divided into three distinct periods: <b>prehistoric art</b> (much of the art has been lost), the contact, or <b>"historic" art</b>, and <b>contemporary native art.</b> Read more about the native art of the NW Coast:<br />
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<b>Olympic Installations </b><br />
Artist Dean Heron's art was selected by the Vancouver Olympic Committee for the Cypress Mountain Olympic venue. His massive installation – painted across 20 canvases and representing a huge snowboard decorated with historic paddle designs – is a permanent fixture at the ski resort which hosted 2010 Olympic freestyle and snowboard events.<br />
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<b>Explore the work of Northwest Coast Native American Indian Artists </b><br />
such as Bill Reid, Robert Davidson and Coast Salish and other First Nations. Don’t miss to visit Vancouver's most famous spot for First Nations art shopping and a must-see for any visitor to Vancouver, the two Coastal People Fine Art Galleries that are specialized in museum-quality, handcrafted artwork by aboriginal artists from B.C.'s Northwest Coast. <br />
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The province of British Columbia is home to the highest diversity of First Nations societies in Canada, each with its own language, traditions, and history. Aboriginal cultures are increasingly accessible to visitors, with growth in everything from Aboriginal-owned art galleries and cultural centers to First Nations-operated wilderness treks, wildlife viewing tours, and cultural experiences.<br />A growing number of Aboriginal-owned tourism operators are also encouraging visitors to enjoy BC's wilderness, wildlife, culture, and history from a First Nations point of view. Experiences range from paddling a traditional ocean-going canoe to seeking out the mysterious Kermode (Spirit) bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, from watching a dance performance to joining a generations-old purification ceremony.<br />
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Coastal Peoples Gallery<br />
<a href="https://coastalpeoples.com/">https://coastalpeoples.com/</a><br />
Native Artists' Biographies<br />
<a href="http://www.hills.ca/Native-artists-biographies-19.html">http://www.hills.ca/Native-artists-biographies-19.html</a><br />
Hill's Native Art Gallery Nanaimo<br />
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Dog owners get their pets almost daily or twice daily outside to enjoy the sunshine and lush greenery - or let the cat out of the house. However, according to a study published earlier this year in the journal <i>Environmental Research</i>, walking across the lawn might actually be dangerous to your pet's health (and maybe yours too).<br />
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People usually wear clothes and shoes outside – dogs don't. So whatever collects on their feet and fur outdoors stays there until the next time they get a bath - or until they lick their paws!<br />
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<b>Chemical Flea/Tick Control Products contain pyriproxyfen as well!</b><br />
The new Advantage® and K9 Advantix® are probably good examples of the direction these products are headed – Bayer added another pesticide into the formula.<br />
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With 44,000 reported adverse reactions including 600 deaths in 2008 – which represented almost a 60 percent increase over the prior year: the risks of these products are too great to warrant routine, monthly use.<br />
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Not far from the "border" to Alberta, adjacent to the famous Banff Ntl. Park, and close to the Trans-Canada Hwy, one can almost miss this hidden gem.<br />
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I stayed overnight in Field, in a classic 50s lodge, and admired the grandiose mountain scenery in the morning, and watched a bunch of snowshoe hikers who started their ascent into the April day.<br />
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It means "wonder" and "awe" for a reason: There are 28 mountain peaks, rock walls, and lots of stunning waterfalls. I was glad to travel the area in April, as the mountains looked gorgeous with their snow caps.<br />
I also saw the sign "Kicking Horse Pass" when traveling east towards Lake Louise, but only later I learned what the funny name means. During a 1858 expedition to the West, one of the participants was kicked in the chest by a horse. He named the nearby mountain pass "Kicking Horse Pass" and the name stays forever. What I missed on this trip where the breath-taking Wapta Falls in the area, just an easy 40-minute hike from the pass away.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">The Canadian Tulip Festival is a celebration of the return of spring, with over a million tulips in 50 varieties blooming in public spaces across the National Capital Region. And it's a celebration of the friendship with the Netherlands.<br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>How it all Began: </b><br />Ottawa, Canada’s capital, gave a safe haven for the members of Holland’s exiled royal family received during World War II, and Canadian troops also played a role in the liberation of the Netherlands. Even a Dutch princess - Margriet - was born in Ottawa, and setting the flag of the Netherlands on Parliament she was technically born on Netherland's soil. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">In 1945 Princess Juliana of the royal family of the Netherlands gifted 100.000 Tulip bulbs to Ottawa. Tulips in Ottawa have grown to become a symbol of peace, freedom and international friendship. Since then each year, the Dutch Royal Family and the Dutch Growers Association each send 10,000 more tulip bulbs to Ottawa.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 24px;">The highest concentration of tulips can be viewed in the flower beds of the Commissioners Park, on the banks of Dows Lake, where 300,000 flowers bloom.</span></div>
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