Urban Explorations in Canada
The urban explorations we offer in Canada are exclusive archaeological journeys into urban spaces and tours of revitalization initiatives as well as urban development successes. These excursions involve an anthropological approach to themes such as urban rejuvenation, disasters, aboriginal demography, indigenous and non-indigenous urban adaptations, social, cultural and economic development; as well as well as contemporary placemaking.
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Anatomy of a Boomtown/Railway Town (Canada/Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba)
Regina, Saskatchewan
From $ 25.00 CADConvert CurrencyBoomtowns, railway towns and cities are settlements whose economies depend on the local railway, but this definition only skims the surface of how life unfolds in and around these communities. Come and experience on the ground, with an archaeologist, the ...
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Back Alley Safari for Students in the Great Plains: archaeology in Western Canada
Saskatchewan Towns and Cities
From $ 25.00 CADConvert CurrencySocial Studies teachers are often looking for activities they can do outdoors with their students. This is the perfect opportunity for them to learn about achaeology and the significance of the built environment in Great Plains towns and cities, along the...
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Back Alley Tour in Canada: tracking human mobility, landscape perception
Saskatchewan / Canada
From $ 25.00 CADConvert CurrencyRegina's lanes and back alley buildings merge to create back alleys, an untapped resource of the urban tourism potential. Our city has the good fortune of possessing an elaborate network of back alleys. To most city dwellers, back alleys are for garbage...
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In the late 18th Century, British parliament structured its recently conquered North American colony into two distinct Provinces, Lower and Upper Canada. Lower Canada would retain the essence of what had been Nouvelle-France east of the Ottawa River, whe...
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Champlain Riverboat Cycling Cruise Quebec - Montreal
St. Lawrence River, Quebec
From $ 1,470.00 CADConvert CurrencyFirst Nations had named it the “river that walks”. The St. Lawrence River, major waterway that ranks among the most majestic in the world, has always played a fundamental role in the history of Canada and Québec. Samuel de Champlain officially assigned th...
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Departures
- Sep 18 - Sep 24
- Sep 25 - Oct 1
- Oct 2 - Oct 8
Montreal Lock Keeper's Riverboat Cycling Cruise
Montreal, Quebec
From $ 1,865.00 CADConvert CurrencyFounded in 1642 on a large island in the middle of the mighty St. Lawrence River, Montréal has developed into a fascinating city over the centuries. The economic hub of Québec, and home to dozens of prominent cultural events, Montréal delights in its past...
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National Capital Riverboat Cycling Cruise, Montreal - Ottawa
Montreal, Quebec & Ottawa, Ontario
From $ 1,995.00 CADConvert CurrencyThe National Capital Tour explores two of Canada’s most beautiful cities, Montreal and Ottawa. Linking those two cities will be a bucolic interlude made to fit a spring cycling excursion and leave you with enough energy to join the celebrations in Canada’...
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Departures
- Sep 11 - Sep 17
St. Lawrence Riverboat Cycling Cruise in Quebec
St. Lawrence River, Quebec
From $ 1,995.00 CADConvert CurrencyThe Du Roy Tour, which winds along the St. Lawrence River, will take you into the pays des Patriotes before continuing along Chemin du Roy, which was the first road to link Montréal and Québec City, thereby allowing the delivery of the Royal Mail to Montr...
