Hiking in Canada: Gully Lake Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia

Want a great hike in northern Nova Scotia? Gully Lake Wilderness Area offers 25 kilometres of trails through gorgeous native hardwood and mixed-wood forest.   Gully Lake Wilderness Area is a 3800...

Hiking in Canada: Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, Nova Scotia

For an easy, delightful hike through diverse habitats in beautiful northern Nova Scotia, visit Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area, home to beaver and muskrat, as well as an abundance of waterfowl and ...

Hiking Wentworth, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia was ablaze with autumn’s glorious hues this past Thanksgiving Weekend. To earn – and the next day, to wear off! – our Thanksgiving roast chicken dinner, Vilis and I hiked in the ...

Butter Trail, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia: A Winter Walk

Blue sky. White puffy clouds. Ice-covered bay. All these enticed me to walk a few kilometres of the Butter Trail on a late winter afternoon six days before the spring equinox. The Butter Trail is a se...