Category: Parks

Tunneling Through the Canadian Rockies

When tourists drive the beautiful route taking them over Rogers Pass in the Canadian Rockies they probably don’t appreciate the problems caused to railway transportation by this mountain range. In 1883, Canadian Pacific Railway laid a single track that wound through the narrow Illecillewaet Valley and laboriously twisted up and […]

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Have ATV’s Stolen Our Peace and Quiet?

I have been camping for a lot of years. I remember fondly our early years. We cut our teeth with the old pyramid shaped tourist tent. It was quite an experience. It would hold 100 people, four at a time! It was also low to the ground, and we literally […]

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The Historic Town of Val-Jalbert

Along the beautiful shores of Lake St. Jean in the Province of Quebec there is a townsite hidden among the trees and hilly terrain. Development began at the beginning of the1900’s with the construction of a pulp/paper industry. The location of the mill is at the base of Ouiatchouan Falls […]

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Hotspot

Now Only $9.99 USD Contact SMASHWORDS to Purchase. The northwest comes alive beneath the creative hands of one of North America’s newest writers. James Stoness brings you the romance and excitement as could only have existed in the disaster of the Yellowstone Hotspot. When strong tremors rocked the surface of […]

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Canada: Beyond the Far Horizons

PDF If you wish to purchase a PDF copy, contact the author $4.99 USD To purchase, contact me at jstoness@kingston.net and I will set up a link on Dropbox. You will get a notice from Dropbox with the link. Click and you will get a PDF copy of the book. […]

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