Active
See below for a list of excursions of this travel styleDo you like feeling like you are accomplishing something special? Do you enjoy going off the beaten path? Active leisure trips combine elements of adventure, nature, and cultural tourism. They involve travellers at a more active physical level, with an emphasis on low-impact, responsible tourism practices. The use of professional natural and cultural heritage interpreters, as well as wilderness guides confers the experience a more immersive character.
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View whales, muskox, foxes, arctic birds in the High Arctic! The summer of 2009 will see the tenth season at Cunningham Inlet on Somerset Island, Nunavut. Constructed and first opened in 1992, this is the most northerly remote lodge in the world....
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The Churchill River is unique in its form. It is a series of lakes joined by rapids or falls. Flowing over the Precambrian Shield, it passes through a forested landscape of rock outcroppings and muskeg. The many lakes making up the Churchill are......
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The Fond du Lac River flows across northeastern Saskatchewan through picturesque gorges of sandstone and conglomerates of the Athabasca group. These sandstones are Precambrian-aged rocks dating back to about 1.7 billion years ago. Many of the rapids......
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The Cree River flows from Crethon Lake north into Black Lake up the middle of Northern Saskatchewan. The Cree River was largely ignored by canoeists until the past 10 years. Now many groups a year paddle down the river. In spite of this, you rarely......
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Bloodvein River is a pristine river on the East side of Lake Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada, with no logging roads nearby. Many native locals and tourists enjoy canoeing and fishing in this river, often a priceless adventure in the heart of the boreal......
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The MacLennan Lake area is a relatively small region, only about 30 kilometres square. Yet it contains hundreds of lakes that are connected with short portages. The water in these island filled lakes is crystal clear. The shoreline is either rugged......
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The Pigeon River is one of canoeing's finest whitewater rivers. It carves a boisterous course through the Canadian Shield, a vast expanse of land characterized by granite islands, sweeping forests, and waterways unchanged since the glaciers retreated......
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Oregon’s Central Cascade range features a high desert climate with a striking landscape of snow capped volcanic peaks, blue alpine lakes and forests of lodge pole and ponderosa pine. Best of all, this area also hosts a beautiful trail system. ...
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First 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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Claybank Brick Plant and the Missouri Coteau: the Making of a National Historic Site
Southern Saskatchewan
As we leave Regina, you will see the Dirt Hills in the distance. It is clearly visible as a section of hummocky moraine area made up of glacial debris that was formed either along a large ice-front or around masses of stagnant ice. From the top you stand ...



