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The trips you can’t plan from a search engine. One painter’s Ontario. A waterway traced lock by lock. The birthplace of Cirque du Soleil. Curated Canadian stories, mapped for the modern road-tripper — with interactive routes, stop-by-stop plans, and the places search engines miss.

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Interactive Route Guides

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Cirque du Soleil’s Quebec
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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Trent-Severn Waterway
A lock-by-lock guide to Ontario’s 386 km National Historic waterway — by boat, or visited town-by-town by car.

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Tom Thomson’s Ontario
The places that painted Canada’s landscape painter — Claremont to Canoe Lake, one small town at a time.

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Wellington County guide
Limestone gorges, Scottish stone streets, rich history, and a luxury hotel on the Grand River — two days west of the city.

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Stratford & Mennonite Country guide
Mennonite markets, artisan cheese, and the Stratford Festival — two days west of the city.

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Smith-Dorrien Trail Guide
Seventy kilometres of gravel road through the Spray Valley — the quiet way around the Rockies, with a famous afternoon tea in the middle.

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Kananaskis Country Guide
A slow weekend drive through Canada’s quietest Rockies, ending at the highest paved road in the country.

Themed collections

Top 10 Lists

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Top 10 Pubs in Alberta

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Top 10 Farmers’ Markets in Small Towns

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Top 8 Interactive Museums in Manitoba

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Top 10 Haunted Locations | Part 2

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Top 10 Haunted Locations | Part 1

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Top 5 Hidden Gems in Alberta

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Lake Louise : Why is It So Popular?

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Top 3 Restaurants In Baie-Saint Paul

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Top 3 Quebec Towns for Architecture Lovers

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Top 5 Oldest Buildings In Alberta

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Top 5 Towns in Alberta Worth Visiting

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Top 4 Atlantic Wonders

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Small Towns of Canada: What Makes Them Special?
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How We Developed Small Towns Project
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