Award-winning vineyards and superior golf—the irresistibly modern one-two tourism punch pioneered by California’s Napa and Sonoma valleys—has put British Columbia’s Thompson-Okanagan region on the radar of discerning travellers.
Swing Into Autumn Across Canada
August 31, 2012 by
Canada’s courses are at their most spectacular in the fall. From Newfoundland to Northern Ontario to British Columbia, five destinations perfect for savouring the sights and other opportunities of the season.
Golfing and Exploring in Sault Ste. Marie
August 27, 2012 by
(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 […]
In Praise of Predator Ridge Resort
August 26, 2012 by
(Last updated February 2024.) Canada is home to an exceptional lineup of golf resorts—from Cabot Links and Keltic Lodge Resort and Spa in the East to Fairmont Banff Springs and Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in the West. But one of my favourites, a place I’d visit every season if I could, is Predator Ridge Resort.
Cape Breton Golf Rides the Perfect Wave
August 15, 2012 by
Like the waves crashing against the shoreline at Cape Breton’s recently launched Cabot Links, golf’s hot spots come one upon the next. In their turn, the courses of Whistler, Prince Edward Island, Muskoka, Niagara, the Laurentians, the Alberta Rockies and more recently the Okanagan Valley have all been the toast of Canadian golf. Now, for […]
