Beaver Glen Campground – Waskesiu Lake – Prince Albert National Park – review

They may not have heard of Grasslands National Park and they may have reflexively cringed at the utterance of Pike Lake Provincial Park but there’s not a Saskatchewanian who doesn’t know Waskesiu and they unabashedly love the place.  Now that I too have visited this mythical vacationland in Prince Alberta National Park I fully understand, … Read more

Frenchman Valley Campground – Grasslands National Park – review

It is odd, though so very true, that we are often ignorant of that which is nearest us.  I grew up in a small tourist town in which the downtown is filled with small shops selling knickknacks and wares to busloads of tourists.  A great many people from all over Ontario and even Canada have … Read more

Canada’s Appalling Lack of Pride in Restaurant Names

This past summer (2015 for future readers) my wife and I packed up the kids and embarked on one of the great lost family rites of passage from the last century; the cross-country road trip.  We spent six weeks on the road with our little camper driving from Alberta to Ontario, touring around the childhood … Read more

Geography Lessons From The NHL

I was watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game when I was reminded of a perturbation that’s been eating at me for twenty years now.  Actually, that’s not true.  My kids were watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game because they are still young enough to find this game fun because they have no understanding … Read more