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The historical, offbeat, or humorous origins of more than 1000 communities. Revised and expanded, it includes populations, locations, major events, and famous people. A great travel companion in the car.

The hikes featured are the best of what can be seen surrounding the townsite of Banff in Canada's Banff National Park. The best trails, their length, elevation, features and estimated hiking times are included.

Come explore rural routes less travelled with the A Day in the Country Tour Guidebook to Waterloo County, the first in a series dedicated to country leisure and pleasures. Donna Carpenter, author of the popular Daytripper series, acts as your guide to shopping, dining, and outdoor activities throughout this culturally rich region of Southern Ontar …

The canoeing heritage of two great barrenlands rivers is best recounted in the words of the many paddlers who paused, on the banks of the river, to write a few lines recording their trip and their thoughts. This book offers history and emotion; here is the feeling of the barrenlands canoeing experience. It will also serve as a useful reference for …

A timeless collection of Newfoundland images from one of Canada's finest photographers. Majestic oceanside cliffs and weathered fishing boats, fog-shrouded meadows and sun-dappled villages, chapels and taverns, signs and citizens -- John de Visser has captured the essence of Newfoundland in an affordable softcover edition.

This book describes 29 inns, Ontario's best. Some inns offer luxurious accommodations, with a full range of recreational facilities, others are more humble but perfect as a home base for exploration of the surrounding region.

These enormously popular volumes are the most engrossing and encyclopedic guides available. Combining easy-to-understand natural history, amusing trivia, thoughtful observations, and little-known folklore — about plants, animals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, the day sky, the night sky, and the ground we walk on — Up North and Up North Again …

Follow the author on foot, horseback and by canoe on 37 outings across southernmost Alberta. Learn more about the seven ecosystems that range from the desert-like grasslands of the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Written in an informative style, this book has much to offer the inquisitive explorer.