I Backpack Canada

Month: September 2011

  • Photo Du Jour: Algonquin Park’s Autumn Reflections

    I recently finished a trip throughout the Algonquin Park, a beautiful and historical provincial park that has been named a national historic site. The history in the area is well worth a post on its own, and while I have started it, I am far from finished. I’m still on the road at the moment,…

  • Get Fast & Geeky with Segway Tours in Toronto

    Rain causes a lot of sports & activities to cancel. Baseball, Football, Soccer, Barbeques, and outdoor music festivals are all prey when it comes down to the mighty talons of an extremely soggy day. I feared that my recent trip with Segway Of Ontario would surely be amongst those victims. Little did I know how…

  • Westbound to Ontario and Saskatchewan

    This weekend I won’t be featuring a Photo Du Jour nor a Travel Video. Breathe…I know. It sucks! But please, hold back those tears. I have a good reason. On Wednesday I fly out of Halifax for the next leg of my Canadian travels, and I’ve got some serious packing and preparation to do. I’ll…

  • Sunday Canadian Travel Video – The Surf Lifestyle in Tofino BC

    I’ve been on a real west coast stint as of lately with Fridays photo of Vancouvers Skyline and countless posts in the last couple months about British Columbia. So just to be consistent, I’ve decided to share a video by Tourism Canada of one of my favourite locations in Canada. Tofino is a surf town…

  • Photo Du Jour – Downtown Vancouver Skyline

    Since starting I Backpack Canada in 2009, I’ve had the opportunity to see some extraordinary places and meet countless other travel writers and bloggers. The community and sense of “family” that’s developed around the travel blogging industry initially caught me by surprise. It has now become my go-to when I have questions regarding everything from ethics, photography…

  • Product Review: Travel Underwear with Pick-Pocket Prevention

    Product reviews are gradually becoming something I look forward to. I get a kick out of trying the latest outdoor and travel related gizmos and gadgets. Whether it’s the latest travel app on the iPhone, a camping blender for my friends at Outdoor Informer, or most recently, gotch. Technically boxer-briefs, but you read that right.…

  • Photo Du Jour – Kalamalka Lake in the Okanagan Valley

    I love coming across locations in Canada that break my preconceived ideas of what Canada “looks like”. It’s all too easy to sum up Canada as a big giant nation with mountains, lakes, some arctic regions, a few prairies and a whole bunch of trees. However, there’s many places across Canada that defy that notion.…