Waiting For Whales At Cape Spear Lighthouse
At the most easterly point of land in Canada, people come to watch and wait.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2022 4:55am
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If Keji's Ancient Rocks Could Talk
Barefoot, we carefully step onto a slate outcrop along the shore of Kejimkujik Lake and start looking for ancient Mi’kmaq images carved in the soft rock.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 1st, 2022 2:45am
Trails I've Hiked: Shadow Mountain Lookout
On the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park, where the Colorado River drains out of Shadow Mountain Lake and heads down a short course to fill Lake Granby, is a path that leads to the shoulder of Shadow Mountain. There, in an opening in the piney forest, stands a fire lookout built in the 1930s.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 28th, 2022 2:30am
Learn-To-Camp Sessions On Tap In Newfoundland
Two Parks Canada spots in western Newfoundland are hosting free learn-to camp sessions this summer. Port au Choix National Historic Site will run the program Aug. 6-7, while Gros Morne National Park will offer it Aug. 13-14.
- By NPT Staff - July 27th, 2022 2:45am
Where Mi'kmaq, Acadian, French And British Cultures Converged
In a quiet patch of forest just off Skmaqn Trail and not far from eroding cliffs overlooking Charlottetown Harbour, Lucas Milligan waits patiently in a clearing beside a wigwam and a wigwam in progress. The Parks Canada heritage presenter is here to explain the Mi’kmaq connection to Skmaqn—Port-la-Joye—Fort Amherst National Historic Site, and that story usually starts with a translation of the word that’s pronounced Ska-MAA-kin.
- By Jennifer Bain - July 26th, 2022 2:45am
A Literary Pilgrimage To Prince Edward Island
Fact blends with fiction as I meander down Lover’s Lane in the literary heart of Prince Edward Island, tracing the steps of author Lucy Maud Montgomery and her globally adored fictional character Anne Shirley, she of the spunky disposition and signature red braids.
- By Jennifer Bain - July 25th, 2022 2:45am
Oak Fire Next To Threaten Yosemite National Park
A wildfire burning about a dozen miles west of Yosemite National Park is pumping huge clouds of smoke into Yosemite and raising concerns that it could threaten the park in the coming days.
- By NPT Staff - July 24th, 2022 3:19pm
Fort Larned's Dark Chapter
A billiards table offering one of the few respites from the daily hardships endured by soldiers on the frontier in the wake of the Civil War could not temper the racism that some white troops harbored against their Black peers.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 24th, 2022 1:42pm
Trent-Severn Waterway Starts To Finalize Its Management Plan
The Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site — one of nine heritage canals managed by Parks Canada — is working on its new management plan.
- By NPT Staff - July 21st, 2022 2:45am
Is The River Of Grass Actually A River?
In the late 1940s, Marjory Stoneman Douglas poetically labeled the Everglades a “River of Grass” in her renowned book. This brings up an interesting question: Is the River of Grass a river or just a poetic name?
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 21st, 2022 2:30am
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