Wild Jobs Part Twelve: Horse Rancher
“We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that so huge and powerful and intelligent an animal as a horse should allow another, and far more feeble animal, to ride upon its back.” ~ […]
Alberta Travel
The Highest Point Between the Rockies and Labrador
The Cypress Hills rise 600 metres above the surrounding prairies making it the highest point between the Canadian Rockies and the Labrador Peninsula on the east coast. The unique mix of climate, geography, and ecosystems create […]
Lethbridge Lineage: Southern Alberta’s Historic Fort Whoop-Up
Before there was an Alberta, before there were Mounties, there was a Whoop-Up! In 1869 two Montana fur traders, John J. Healy and Alfred B. Hamilton, traveled north to British/Canadian territory (formerly Rupert’s Land owned […]
Discovering The Devil’s Coulee
Warner is a sleepy little town about 280km southeast of Calgary. It is the home of the Devil’s Coulee Dinosaur & Heritage Museum, which showcases Canada’s first, and largest, dinosaur nesting site. The coulee, an important paleontological […]
Red Deer’s Roots: Alberta’s Historical Site Fort Normandeau
“The detachment of the 65th Rifles took Robert McClellan’s ‘hotel’, built in 1884, and fortified it. They cut loopholes in the walls, built a palisade of 10-foot logs set in a 2-foot trench, erected a […]
Why You Need to Visit Calgary, Canada
There really is no need to convince tourists to enter this precious pearl of a city. Canada already holds so much beauty it’s rather difficult to choose your next holiday vacation within the country. One […]
Off The Beaten Path
“It’s the journey, not just the destination.” ~Moose Trail Overland Mantra […]
A Truly Wild Experience
“The Smaller The Creature, The Bolder Its Spirit.” ~Suzy Kassem I found myself in a precarious situation, trying to keep the bike between me and the angry beast. No matter what I tried it just kept […]
The Sulphur Summit
Norman Bethune Sanson has likely summited Sulphur Mountain more times than anyone else. The former curator of the Banff Park Museum first climbed the peak in 1896 to record weather observations from an elevated position. […]
Five Tours That Will Show You A Whole New Side Of Calgary
As a local, sometimes it’s easy to let parts of your city go unnoticed. Whether your eyes are always glued to the ground as you quickly walk through downtown, or if you never stray from […]