Golfing and Exploring in Sault Ste. Marie

(Last updated August 2018.) Take any large map of North America and zoom in on the Great Lakes. That dot where Lake Superior, Lake Huron and Lake Michigan appear to converge near the Canada-US border? That’s Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario — my hometown. We were back recently for a family visit and to check out […]

Teeing It Up and Reeling Them In on Vancouver Island

(Last updated November 2022.) When I travel, I’m always on the lookout for authentic local experiences to mix with golf. So I was thrilled to discover that at Vancouver Island’s Campbell River, the self-proclaimed “salmon fishing capital of the world,” you can tee it up and cast your line all in the same day.

Pamper Yourself at Whistler’s Scandinave Spa

  Though thrilling, mountain golf can take its toll. After 18 holes at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club—playing our way up the slope of a mountain and through a challenging terrain of chasms, granite outcroppings, rushing creeks, and towering Douglas firs—I have to admit that my game was a little bruised and my body […]

Five Favourite Cape Breton Experiences

Despite my full rain gear, a steady cool drizzle and light Atlantic fog had me chilled to the bone after our golf round. Even a quick change of clothes and our rental car’s heated seats couldn’t stop the shivering. That’s how we ended up pulling in to the Wreck Cove General Store, on the famous Cabot […]