Alberta

When people think of rock climbing in the Canadian Rockies, places like Banff, Canmore, Lake Louise and Kananaskis Country come to mind. These are some great places to climb, to be…

Go Whitewater Rafting on the Athabasca River Whitewater rafting down the Athabasca River with Maligne Adventures was our favourite tour in Jasper National Park. We booked the Class 2+ Athabasca…

Lesser Slave Lake is the third largest lake in Alberta and a popular place for fishing, boating, swimming and sunbathing. The lake itself is surrounded by several campgrounds as well…

Apiaries in northern Alberta are highly successful thanks to the long summer days and the cool summer nights. The hives here produce staggering amounts of honey that are shipped domestically…

St. Isidore is a small francophone farming community in northern Alberta and the hometown of my father-in-law. His family, searching for a better life, moved their large family from Québec…

The Hoodoos are sandstone pillars topped by protective capstones. It takes millions of years for these pillars to form and every year wind, rain and snow slowly erode them away.…

About twenty years ago my family spent some time exploring various attractions around Drumheller, AB. It was such a memorable experience that I wanted to bring my own children here…

Bow Valley Campground is a popular camping spot for folks living in Calgary because it is a relatively shorts drive away. I have done a fair bit of camping between…

Why we were going to look at a lake was beyond my children. We live by a lake and we only look at it if we aren’t close enough to…