We visited both national parks as a side trip from our stay in Banff National Park in Alberta. To see both parks comfortably, we needed to be lucky enough to get a campsite at McLeod Meadows Campground in Kootenay National Park. And we did.
McLeod Meadows Campground offered us not only the last available spot, … Read more “Kootenay & Yoho National Parks in British Columbia”
We arrived in Banff National Park at the end of the Canada Day long weekend, so on the way from Calgary to Banff we saw a traffic jam of more than 50 km on Trans Canada Hwy 1, fortunately in the opposite direction.
So we were even more excited that we managed to book two nights at the Two Jack … Read more “Banff & Jasper National Parks in the province of Alberta”
Waterton Lakes National Park was originally supposed to be on our fall itinerary. But a combination of circumstances, and especially the weather, caused us to include it in our wanderings at the end of June. We set off towards it with the risk of not finding a place to camp due to the long weekend and Canada Day holiday. … Read more “Waterton Lakes National Park in the province of Alberta”
We used to say that our biggest boss, by far, is the weather. It changed our travel plans many, many times. And so it was in the case of Lake Superior Provincial Park. We had planned to walk a few hiking trails in its territory, but the high temperatures and humidity literally drove us away. We are not fans … Read more “Pukaskwa National Park in Ontario”
After visiting the national and provincial parks of Quebec, we headed east again. Our destination was Kouchibouguac National Park. It was the seventh national park in Canada, out of a total of 37, located in the Provinces and Territories of Canada.
The name Kouchibouguac comes from the Mi’gmaq language and means “river of long tides”. It is the Kouchibouguac River, … Read more “Kouchibouguac National Park in the province of New Brunswick”
