Yoho National Park is located in British Columbia just west of the Alberta border (operates on the Alberta time zone, MST). The park encompasses 1,313 km² of wilderness. It is most often visited along with stops in Banff or Glacier National Park. I’ve been fortunate to experience the park not once, but twice, on delightful day trips that left me longing...
The Icefields Parkway is perhaps the most famous drive in Canada and one of the most beautiful in the world. It is a 232 km (144 mile) stretch between two of Canada’s most popular National Parks, Banff and Jasper. In 2019 I drove the parkway from Jasper down towards Banff. Here are the five places we stopped along the way. We stopped at all these places in one...
If you have ever even remotely considered visiting Jasper National Park… DO IT! This place is currently #1 on my list of parks that I need to return to. My visit to Jasper was the first time I ever hiked up a mountain and I was in awe. Seriously, I think I said “wow, this is amazing” or “wow its so pretty” like 100 times a day. My visit...
I really began falling in love with hiking and spending time in National Parks during the time that I was living in Nova Scotia. I grew up going camping with my family in the summers and enjoyed being outside but living in Nova Scotia is when it really became a hobby and passion. When I moved there for a school co-op term I was living in a small town called Bear...
In 2017 I visited my first National Park, Fundy National Park in New Brunswick. I was travelling with my mom on a road trip headed East to Nova Scotia where I would be living for the next four months. I don’t remember if visiting the park was even on the original itinerary for the road trip but we stopped for a visit hoping to snag a last minute campsite...