What do protected parklands and conservation areas mean to Canadian tourism?
Greg Girard with his day pack in Nova Scotia (Photo courtesy Canada eh Travel & Adventure)
Everything! Tourism in Canada is highly dependent on our parks and conservation areas. We would even go as far to say that our protected parks and conservation areas in Canada are the foundation of a successful future in tourism for Canada....
Gratitude for Gaff Point: A winter hike
Gaff Point, NS (Photo by Amanda Cashin Photography)
The natural undisturbed beauty of Nova Scotia is alluring for many. Visitors are drawn to the vast ocean views, long sandy beaches, and pristine forests. Yet on more than one occasion, when people arrive they are quick to cut down trees and build...
At home on the tundra: Why I fell in love with the Arctic landscape
Dundas Harbour (Photo by Carolyn Mallory)
If you’ve never had the opportunity to visit the Arctic tundra, perhaps your first moments will compare to mine. When I stepped off the plane in Iqaluit, Nunavut in 1999, I knew immediately that I would call this place home. The landscape...
Still waters: A photographic landscape study
Carl Zeiss sonnar lens (Photo by Mohylek, Wikimedia Commons)
Pontederia cordata, commonly known as pickerelweed, is an aquatic plant native to the American continent. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina....
Journey to Canada’s Middle Earth: My first trip to Darkwoods
Ladies of NCC's BC Region: Linda Hannah, Trish Blackstock, Hillary Page and Nancy Newhouse. (Photo by NCC)
My bonus this fall was my first trip ever to Darkwoods with the ladies of CanRock: not a rock band at all, but instead the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC’s) Canadian Rockies Program (Nancy Newhouse, Hillary Page and Regional...
10 items to pack when exploring Canada's protected lands
Greg Girard with his day pack in Nova Scotia (Photo courtesy Canada eh Travel & Adventure)
Imagine Canada's protected ecosystems as a very large fine art gallery with nature's works on public display 24/7. Visitors to an art gallery follow a set of unwritten rules based on a mutual respect between the works of art, the patrons and the...
