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Canadian waterfall ice – the early days 1983. | heavywhalley

It was a unique trip and Canada is a wonderful country. When we arrived there were about 90 ice climbs in the Guide when I went back 25 years later,there were ...
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Sanctuary family fun
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Marc Lemire and his wife Debbie Lemire enjoy their first cross-country ski at the Upper CanadaMigratory Bird Sanctuary on Saturday. " So far, so good," said Debbie about the skiing and trails. By ERIKA GLASBERG EGLASBERG@STANDARD-FREEHOLDER. ...
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Pendrel and Smith honored for 2011 accomplishments
Cyclingnews.com
Mountain bike athletes dominated the 2011 Canadian Cyclist of the Year awards, with world champion Catharine Pendrel taking two awards and downhill World Cup professional Steve Smith earning the men's title. The 15th annual edition of the awards set ...
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Cold, Arctic air hangs over Toronto
CP24, Canada
Cold, Arctic air is going to hang over the city all day, so people should bundle up when they headoutdoors. Environment Canada is predicting a high of -12 C with wind chills as low as -25 in the morning. The city issued the extreme cold weather alert ...
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Clear cutting plan not so clear cut
CTV.ca
Tucker and the Sustain K-Country group just built several additional trails in the area this past summer with the assistance of Alberta Parks officials. ...

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Highlight our capital as a unique cycling destination
Ottawa Citizen
Gatineau Park has a 90-km network of trails for both recreational mountain biking and for thrill riders on the extreme trails near Camp Fortune. There is a public bike-rental system, a bike-equipped transit system and dozens of self-guided and ...
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Chasing mountains
BCLocalNews
A longtime member of the Oceanside Running Club, Ross competed for Team BC at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in 2010 and helped the women's team to a silver medal. In April she was the fourth-fastest Canadian woman at the Times Colonist 10K, ...
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Quebec offers gems in culture
Toronto Sun
Just outside old Hull is Gatineau Park, with a network of parkways, 200 kilometres of maintained trails for cross-country skiing, the summer estate of former prime minister Mackenzie King. and some of the most colourful fall foliage in eastern Canada. ...
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A welcome from Glacier and Mount Revelstoke National Parks Superintendent ...
Revelstoke Times Review
Originally referred to as the Dominion Parks Branch, today, Parks Canada is recognized as a leader in conservation and education, and provides inspiring visitor experiences in some of the most magnificent and significant places on the planet. ...
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 Outdoor adventures can be affordable
Montreal Gazette
By MAX HARROLD, The Gazette August 6, 2011 Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and there are special events in many of the 42 national parks, 167 national historic sites and four national marine conservation areas. ...
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Guidebook describes trails on Gulf Islands
MetroNews Canada
VICTORIA - Hikers have plenty of options in the Gulf Islands — everything from "gentle walks through exquisite old-growth forest to rugged (treks) with breathtaking views," writes Charles Kahn in "Hiking the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. ...
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Final pieces of Happy Valley up for grabs
Calgary Herald
Erik DeWiel and Chris Seger have their own little idyllic hideaway right in the heart of Calgary - a piece of land that was the last of the former Happy Valley, the area now just west of Stoney Trail and south of the TransCanada Highway. ...
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Cabin users can still ride ATVs
TheChronicleHerald.ca
All-terrain vehicle use is also forbidden except on corridor trails negotiated between the Department of Environment and the ATV Association of Nova Scotia. ...

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Guided Outdoor Adventure Trips Designed for Families - Kayaking, Biking, Hiking and Wildlife Sightings in Nestor Falls.
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Equine Canada Reaches Settlement
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By Julie Cull The Joint Steering Committee (JSC), comprised of representatives of Equine Canada, provinces and territories participating in Equine Canada programs, and non-participating provinces and territories, has concluded negotiations and has ...
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City park shining from years of polish
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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale gets a tour around Margaret ... and running along the trails throughout Corner Brook when she visits. ...

Whose quality of life?
Telegraph-Journal (registration)
Ride a bike on these trails 20 minutes in any direction, and the city sinks away to open fields and hiking trails. Lead singer Bono and bassist Adam Clayton of U2 perform during the U2360 Tour. New Brunswick also offers its residents urban quality of ...
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Runman: Brookvale Ultra Trail Marathon 2011
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Three reasons to trek to Quttinirpaaq: Canada's northernmost park
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One popular trip involves hiking between Lake Hazen and Tanquary Fiord – a difficult, 130-kilometre grunter, but one that places your feet on a land filled with rich rewards. Remnants of pre-Inuit peoples provide cause for legitimate wonder how anyone ...
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Marking 100 years of peaks and valleys
Edmonton Journal
... or putting 20-kilogram packs on their backs and hiking up mountainsides. They tend not to be birdwatchers. Nor do they fly-fish or cross-country ski. The reality of this cultural shift came to light several years ago when Parks Canada officials at ...
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Roth rising to the top in Canadian cycling
Waterloo Record
In 2002, he landed a spot on the national team. Switching from mountain biking to road cycling helped Roth, now 28 and living in Cambridge, make a career out of cycling. “At the time (I started racing) mountain biking was more popular,” he says. ...
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Kouchibouguac National Park offers perfect spring adventure
Times and Transcript
With so many projects waiting to get started, the prolonged gray and wet outdoor conditions can result in people simply staying inside. But since we are conditioned to burst at the seams at this time of year - largely due to the pent-up energy we have ...
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Officials try to head off ATV tragedies
Calgary Sun
With thousands of ATVers expected to hit the trails over the May long weekend, ... said Cal Rakach, president of the Alberta Outdoor Coalition.

Access to river valley trails, parks a big bonus
Edmonton Journal
Nearby Hermitage Park has walking and cycling trails, man-made lakes, fishing, ... The project is covered under the Alberta New Home Warranty Program. ...

New Victoria Park Fall Fest will have old county fair feel
London Free Press
Some non-traditional fun will also be included, such as rock climbing. ... 1 Hillier is promoting Canada's Biggest Party (www.canadasbiggestparty.com) as a ...

Islands of serenity
Wavelength Magazine Online
BC Marine Trails Network Association director Mick Allen paddles late in the day near Prevost Island. Parks Canada has played a critical role in the ...

Heavy snowpack blamed for delays re-opening campgrounds, off-road trails
Calgary Herald
And the province is considering a suspension of the off-road trails on forestry land use areas during the Victoria Day weekend. Omar McDadi, a spokesman for Parks Canada, said several campsites, trails and day spots are sure to be closed during the ...
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Explore Northern British Columbia
Vancouver Sun
The vi ews along this trail are spectacular. Explore the alpine meadows in Babine Mountain Provincial Park and stay the night in an authentic backcountry cabin. For more information on planning your own adventure to Northern BC, ...
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Walk of gratitude raises awareness of organ, tissue donation
Your Ottawa Region
“I've been sitting a lot for the last four months for school,” he said with a laugh, as he finished off a meal at a fast food restaurant in Carleton Place, having hiked down the Trans Canada Trail from Stittsville on May 6. Joya left Parliament Hill on ...
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Burloak Canoe Club pays tribute to David Smyth
InsideHalton.com
Michael said Oldershaw went even further and has arranged with Canadian Blood Services to have a cheek swap clinic during August's National Kayaking Championships in Welland, Ont., in Smyth's honour. “They're going to get the attendees from all over ...
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Heritage Park Historical Village Opening Weekend
Global Toronto
Once through the gates, Heritage Park's friendly, costumed interpreters and roving townsfolk bring western Canada's distinctive history to life. Follow our roving street performers throughout the Park or take a break in the Canmore Opera House and ...
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Make the most of summer in Saskatoon
StarPhoenix
Your visit will also be enhanced by exploring the city's many must-see attractions, including the newly-renovated Wanuskewin Heritage Park, the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo, the Mendel Art Gallery, Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Meewasin Valley ...
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Outdoor Recreation Council nmaes B.C.'s top endangered rivers. By Contributed - Keremeos Review Published: May 10, 2011 3:00 PM ...
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Clark's Toyota Five-Mile Road Race goes Saturday
Journal Pioneer
This run is part of the PEI RoadRunners Club Points Series, ... and covers sections of the Linkletter Road, Confederation Trail and Kinsmen Road. ...

1812 plans ramp up
Niagarathisweek.com
Jim Hill, superintendent of heritage for the Niagara Parks Commission, said the event is the largest recreation in Canada. “Every August we blow up a National Historical site,” he said. “It's not often you hear that.” Hill said the event will recreate ...
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Fort York bridge: It's more about city-building
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Never mind that this is a key bicentennial project planned to mark the anniversary of the War of 1812 — a fight in which Canada was successfully defended ... 

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The popular Whopper Dropper mountain bike trail behind the Burger King in ...
The Burnside News
The recent announcement that BANC Developments will be proceeding with plans to develop the remaining 200 acres of Bayers Lake Park came as bad news to mountain biking enthusiasts in Halifax. Over the years they have developed an extensive systems of ...
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FINAL Alberta Outdoor Adventure Guide App
from partner organizations such as Ducks Unlimited Canada and Alberta Fish and Game Association. Features of the Alberta Outdoor Adventure Guide app include ...
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Where's the downtown?
reddeeradvocate.com
... downtowns for an audience from various Alberta municipalities Thursday at the ... noting Red Deer is known for its parks and trails, proximity to lakes, ...

Last of the longriders works his wonders with ornery horses
Montreal Gazette
Guy says he's ridden more than 10000 kilometres as one of Canada's few remaining longriders. REGINA — Joe Guy is not your average Joe. Your average Joe does not spend months at a time travelling cross-country on horseback, sometimes taking cover in ...
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One, that neither Kimberley nor Cranbrook be required to provide liability insurance listing the Trans Canada Trail network as a named insured; ...
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Image via Wikipedia Group's dismay as land 'left to rack and ruin'
Whitby Today
ParticipAction, which is a charitable horticultural scheme for people with ... Barrie Shade, chairman of the ParticipAction committee, said: “It was a shock ...

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This trail will be a print and web guide to Prince Edward Island's market ready heritage and cultural tourism product. The Arts & Heritage Trail will be ...
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Every spring, it's litter, litter everywhere
Charlottetown Guardian
... up litter and issue a challenge to their classmates to help clean a mile of the Confederation Trail have shown good stewardship and good citizenship. ...   

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U.S. knowledge of Canada lacking
Windsor Star
On the same question about Canadian geography, 57 per cent of those surveyed ... "I think we need to make the War of 1812 more of an opportunity to explore ...

A classic hike in the Rockies
Banff Crag & Canyon
It's Pole's job, after all, as the author of Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, to know a thing or two about the trails in these mountains. Now in its third edition, the hiking book has changed a bit since its first year in print in 1994. ...
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Atlantic Paddling Symposium - May 20-23, 2011 - Rapid, The ...
Guinness Book of World Records Canoe & Kayak Chall. ... 2011 Canadian Rafting Championship; Saturday, June 11, 2011 - Sunday, June 12, 2011 ...
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Weir and Moeschler team up for BC Bike Race
Cyclingnews.com
In 2010, the pair competed in the French Enduro series and the Trans-Sylvania Epic mountain bike stage race. "My quest to be more like a Canadian has been ongoing," said Weir. "This seemed to be a real fast way to imbed some Canadian skills and long ...
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Home | Cyclemeisters Presents — 2011 Canadian XC MTB Championships
Welcome to the homepage for the 2011 Canadian National Mountain Bike Championships. For the second year in a row the very best athletes in Canadian mountain ...
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                                           Image via WikipediaFrom the backcountry to the front driveway
Calgary Herald
From urban driveways to backcountry trails, rugged pickup trucks and off-road-capable SUVs are as common in Alberta as snow in May. ...

Town Committee Formed To Help Recreation Needs
Fairview Post
... council on a broad range of planning for trails, open spaces, parks, sport fields, ... We are also reviewing reports from Alberta Recreation and Parks ...

The heart of vroom!
Calgary Herald
It wasn't until a young Phillips visited friends in small town Alberta that he ... the interchange at Crowchild and Glenmore Trails and the Saddledome. ...

On kids' time in B.C.
Surrey Now
Teens can try rock climbing, rappelling and mountain biking, ... and water during the Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition. ...

Rempel wired for golden season
Niagarathisweek.com
The Fenwick native snagged first place at the 2011 OFSAA cross country championships in November by running three-kilometres in just ten minutes and 48 seconds. She went on to compete at the Canadian National Cross Country Championships and earning a ...
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Parks Canada Warns Of Campground, Trail Closures
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Parks Canada is warning that some campgrounds and trails won't be opened in time for the May long weekend this year. Damage from winter avalanches, a heavy snowpack and cold spring weather are being blamed. Kicking Horse campground in Yoho National ...
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The great western ale trail
Vancouver Sun
Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest, Morrison's first book, is primarily focused on Oregon and Washington states, but she also includes a chapter on British Columbia with sections describing Vancouver, the Sea to Sky Corridor, Vancouver Island and the ...
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Trail tour to stop in Brockville
Brockville Recorder and Times
Barr said this is the first time the group is taking a major cycling tour outside of Quebec and she credits positive comments about the Great Waterfront Trail Tour for raising interest in coming to Brockville by their cycling counterparts in the ...
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May or 's Report
Caledon Citizen
Our Caledon Trailway, part of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT), travels through the villages of Palgrave, Caledon East, Inglewood and Cheltenham, to just west of Winston Churchill Boulevard in Terra Cotta. The TCT is the world's longest and grandest trail, ...
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Time to talk
Gander Beacon
“The potential for the ATV and snowmobiling industry in central Newfoundland and Labrador is unbelievable. Can you imagine having a trail around Gander Lake ...       

       

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                                          Image via WikipediaNo shortage of fun along Bay of Fundy
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The Fundy Trail — which runs between St. Martin's, NB, and Fundy National Park — offers visitors lots of opportunities to experience the bay from scenic vistas, as well as excellent driving, biking and hiking routes. In St. Martin's you can see the ...
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Outdoors: The history of ATVs, part two
The Sudbury Star
Two years later, the third North American (and first Canadian) manufacturer came on board with Bombardier ATV releasing the Traxter. This model was built with a step-through, making it easy to get on and off the quad. With the large number of farmers ...
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The slaughter of 100 sled dogs in Canada has re-energized efforts by some animal activists to ban or boycott dog sled rides, a popular activity among ...
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Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canada's parks
Vancouver Sun
It's the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Parks Canada -the world's first national park service. Celebration events include a Learn to Camp experience and Parks Day (July 16) with free entry, special events and activities at Parks Canada ...
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Rotary Club of Barrie - TransCanada Trail
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