Author: JStoness
The Frontenac Axis of Eastern Ontario
Random acts of geology create some of our most scenic landscapes. In Eastern Ontario there are over 1000 islands in the midst of the St. Lawrence River. Typical Pond in the Frontenac Axis Thousands of tourists flock there for a boat ride through this scenic region, and hundreds of people […]
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Zoo Sauvage de St. Felician
When was the last time you roamed in the woods hoping you could see some wild life but didn’t? Now is the time to place yourself among about 1000 wild animals on their own stomping grounds? Contented black bear Although many of us have never heard about it, the Zoo […]
Read MoreTaming the Beast from the Outhouse
Taming the Beast from the Outhouse © James Stoness I’m sure a few of you old timers can relate to this story. When I was a wee lad, if I had to go, I walked across the yard to a little building by the back fence. It was a building […]
Read MoreRails to the Klondike
In the summer of 1896 a prospector named Skookum Jim discovered gold in Rabbit Creek which runs into the Klondike River, in Canada’s Yukon. The claims were registered at a camp called Forty Mile, because it was forty miles from Dawson on the Yukon River. Tour Train at Skagway Miners […]
Read MoreA Treasure in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Îles de la Madeleine A friend told me about his visit to the Îles de la Madeleine while camping in Prince Edward Island. I had never heard of the place and it seemed as if he was talking about a nearby island, but the more he talked the more interested […]
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