By SHANNON KELLY
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (Photo: Chris Boris)
From Atlantic to Pacific, a dozen of the best places across Canada to tuck into local lobster, oysters, mussels and fresh fish. (more…)
By SHANNON KELLY
Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (Photo: Chris Boris)
From Atlantic to Pacific, a dozen of the best places across Canada to tuck into local lobster, oysters, mussels and fresh fish. (more…)
Surfer in Tofino. Photo by Steve Tannock.
For surfers, the ultimate surf vacation—or surfari, if you will—includes digs within walking distance to the ocean, so you can take advantage of great surf the moment it happens.
By Kat Tancock
Best known for its temperate rainforest, Tofino is, logically, also known for its rain: it receives an average of 324 cm (10½ feet) every year.
Rather than try and fight the climate, the veteran Wickaninnish Inn, sequestered on a private section of Pacific oceanfront, embraces it.
Chesterman Beach. Photo by James Wheeler.
Vancouver Island’s 124-km Pacific Rim Highway is one of Canada’s great drives. (Get the map.) Along the way, you motor along past beautiful lakes, lush evergreen forests and rainforests, ending up in the beach capital of western Canada—Tofino. The drive can take two hours, or several days if you make leisurely stops along the way. (more…)
Photo: James Wheeler
By Tim Johnson
A place where the mountains meet the sea, Vancouver Island’s beauty is known the world over. At times wild and untamed, the Island can be equally refined and sophisticated as well as quirky and interesting. Traversing the two-lanes that link British Columbia’s capital with its best-known surf town is a pleasurable experience—especially if you make time for lots of stops along the way. (more…)