BBC’s Race Across the World stirs Canadian hopes of UK tourist boom
British viewers are showing an interest in travelling to Canada after launch of reality show’s third series
June 2022
From the Observer archive
Celebrating Canada’s 100th birthday, 1967
Cold winters, teenage sex talk, Toronto’s drink problem and quite a lot of gently sarcastic sneering. By Chris Hall
September 2020
A mountain of happy memories in British Columbia
Mount Robson is off limits for now – unless you live in this part of Canada – but the mere memory of camping and hiking among its lakes and wildlife makes our writer dance inside
August 2020
From the Observer archive
From the archive: sailing and moose tracking back in 1983
This is an epic adventure, 11 women canoeing for 40 days in the wilds of Canada
May 2020
The corner of Minnesota that’s there by mistake
Northwest Angle is a wedge of the US marooned in a lake and reached via Canada – remote and raw, with pleasures hard-won
Great explorers you’ve probably never heard of
Matthew Henson: the pioneering African-American Arctic adventurer
This multi-skilled explorer may well have been first to the North Pole – in 1909. What’s not in doubt is his resourcefulness and love of the Inuit
My dad's little piece of Wales in his Canadian lakeside cottage
The writer tells of tracing her father’s connection with a fellow Welshman who emigrated almost a century ago – and put down roots in Ontario
April 2020
Barefoot in the park: the joy of walking over rocks and roots
On moving to the Canadian Rockies, the writer barely left home for fear of bears, but overcame it by feeling the Earth beneath her feet
January 2020
I didn't want to fly – so I took a cargo ship from Germany to Canada
A slow boat across the Atlantic plus a scenic train home to Vancouver add up to a hugely enjoyable three-week trip
March 2019
Carnival time in Québec, Canada
Adventure travel book of the year: a canoe odyssey in the Yukon
February 2019
Indigenous culture, busy beavers and poutine: exploring Quebec in fall
The Quebec of our imaginations – all rugged beauty and rich food – does exist, although visitors need to get out of the cities
January 2019
Riding Canada’s Skeena train: from Jasper to the Pacific
One of the most quietly spectacular rail journeys in the world is also a lifeline for communities along its route. The author of a new book on remarkable train trips takes in the view
December 2018
Dancing with wolves (nearby): a wild New Year’s Eve in Canada
At an eco-lodge in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, New Year’s Eve is celebrated around a campfire, surrounded by snow, endless forest and wolves
August 2018
Summer on the lake: ‘It’s as Canadian as ice hockey’
In Canada, the summer ritual of decamping to the lakeside is passed down through generations – especially in Ontario ‘cottage country’, where our writer’s great-grandmother built a hideaway in the 1890s
July 2018
British Columbia road trip: the art of getting lost
This epic Canadian landscape is best enjoyed on a meandering, unplanned overland tour – in a Jeep with a bed on the roof
October 2017
Western Canada by train: Rockies on a roll
Robin McKie climbs aboard the Rocky Mountaineer for a feast of fine food and spectacular Canadian scenery
August 2017
Canada’s Haida Gwaii archipelago: kayaking to the edge of the world
Maudie’s Nova Scotia: exploring the landscapes that inspired Maud Lewis
