Ontario Traveller Reports Articles
Ontario, Canada – October 1999What Horrors Hide in the Ottawa Valley???(Aside from the marauding Liberal caucus)
Since it’s near Halloween, this article is about the scariest place in all of Ontario: the Ottawa Valley!
Man-eating bears! Polish vampires! Gawking Francophones! Gigantic sea-monsters! Drugged-out hippies! Radioactive rhubarb! Deadly bacteria! All 100% true! (with just a bit of my characteristic hyperbole).
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Ontario North Shore, CanadaThe North Shore, an often-misconstrued notion of huge waves off Hawaii,
represents an almost endless wilderness in Northern Ontario. It is the
topside of Lake Superior, stretching from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay. Even by Ontario standards, this area represents a huge playground for outdoor enthusiasts of all types.
Tradition dictates that I must [...]
About an hour’s drive east of Toronto is the lovely old-fashioned town of
Cobourg. This thriving community is full of unexpected delights and has one
of the nicest waterfronts that I have seen anywhere. As a Torontonian, I’m
not used to thinking of Lake Ontario as swimmable, but this stretch of the
lakefront is so enticing [...]
