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Darren Park’s Cod-au-Gratin

Not Fancy, But a Boatload of Fun

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
The road to Cox’s Cove (a half hour from Corner Brook) ends in a riot of old sheds, wharves and shacks next to a pebble beach lined with orange fishing...

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First Little Lyford Pond, a popular brook trout fishing pond at Little Lyford Lodge and Cabins in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness region.

The North Woods, Properly Managed

  • By Shelley Cameron-McCarron
  • Photography By Rob Burbank
  • Header photo by Dennis Welsh
Just after dawn one morning in Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness region, Rob Burbank was paddling across a pond to spend a morning fishing when he spotted a moose...

New Brunswick Offers...

  • By Sandra Phinney
  • Photography By Bistro 33
  • Header photo by Acadian Sturgeon
The first time I had a taste of “le ploye,” was in Edmundston, NB. (Think buckwheat pancake smeared with butter and a glob of brown sugar or maple...

The Mighty (and Serene) Miramichi

  • By Janet Wallace
  • Photography By Janet Wallace
We float down the river, no need to paddle for stretches at a time as our kayaks are carried along by the gentle current. Tiny sandpipers skim across the...

Magdalen’s Herring Smokehouse

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
Felix Arseneau, my young tour guide at Le Fumoir d’Anton on Isle de la Madeleine, the archipelago of seven islands between Newfoundland and Prince Edward...
John Gillis heading out to get oysters.

The Great Autumn Feast

  • By Janet Wallace
  • Photography By Janet Wallace
Our autumn is amazing. Forests put on dynamic displays: the view changes daily with green replaced by crimson and golden leaves. Stark, flat fields of...
Urban Deli muffaletta sandwich

Forged by Fire

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
“On this site in 1897 nothing happened,” reads a weathered plaque on a red brick wall in downtown Saint John, New Brunswick. This is such a storied city with...
A dish of freshly made beans and pulled pork at the Agricola Street Brasserie, part of the Local Tasting Tours in Halifax.

  • By Sandra Phinney
  • Photography By Sandra Phinney
It’s 11 a.m. and I’m rushing into the Rodd Grand Yarmouth, just in time to join the Yarmouth Foodie Tour where I’m greeted by our exuberant tour guide, Carole...

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
Like so many Atlantic Canadians, I grew up in a fishing community, the son, grandson and nephew of fishermen. And yet, I was into adulthood before I ever...
One of the many iconic lighthouses on Prince Edward Island

  • Photography By Bigstock/vladikpod
  • Header photo by Bigstock/onepony
Long before there were trains, planes, or automobiles, explorers and settlers to this land traveled by ocean from one locale to another. Start your own...
The Swan, as seen from Tim Doucette's Deep Sky Observatory in Quinan.

  • By Sandra Phinney
  • Photography By Tim Doucette
  • Header photo by Brenda Tate
There’s nothing quite like sitting in the Sky Circle at Keji, gazing upwards as a bazillion stars strut their stuff. If you’re lucky, a park interpreter will...
Alex Reid teaches rock climbing in Rockwood Park.

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
“That thing costs as much as my car,” says Wanda Hughes of Go Fundy Events, a tour company in Saint John, NB. She’s talking about one of two bright yellow...
James Power, Manager at Raspberry Point Oysters

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
Country musician Stompin’ Tom Connors may have made PEI famous for potatoes with songs like “Bud the Spud,” but on the Island variously dubbed “The Garden of...
The incredible views from the verandah of our rustic cabin in Fundy Park.

  • By Janet Wallace
  • Photography By Janet Wallace
  • Header photo by Parks Canada/Scott Munn
I love camping, or parts of it at least, such as falling asleep to the sounds of mating frogs and wind in the trees. Waking in the night, I am captivated by...
Interpreter Gilbert Landry playing Lucille Theriault making Pet de Soeurs or Nun's Favourite at Historic Acadian Village.

  • By Darcy Rhyno
  • Photography By Darcy Rhyno
Acadian New Brunswick wears its heart on its collective sleeve—and on its mailboxes—and in face paint during Tintamarre, the noisy August 15 festival… and in...
Conquering Franey.

  • By Shelley Cameron-McCarron
  • Photography By Shelley Cameron-McCarron
What’s it like to sleep in an 18th century fortress; cook and crack into lobster fresh from the sea on a beach over the Gulf of St. Lawrence; hike the iconic...

  • By Jodi DeLong
  • Photography By Monique D’eon
  • Header photo by Unsplash/Lance
Yarmouth, NS pharmacist Mathieu Maltais likes to be busy. Not only does he own a thriving pharmacy, featuring a gift shop and florist, in the heart of...