Category: Destinations
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Camping, canoeing, and hiking in Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau
Location One more camping site was tested last summer in the Parc régional de la Forêt Ouareau. It is located 120 km north from Montreal, about 1h 30 min driving. We chose the Secteur de Conterforts site to stay. They have camping sites, lakes, canoe, and trails which exactly matched our goal. We spent 2 nights in this…
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Beautiful Mont Saint-Hilaire
One more beautiful destination not far from Montreal is Mont Saint-Hilaire. We had been visiting this place a few times starting from the time our son was 3 y.o. And almost every year later on – with our friends and their kids or with our son’s friends and their parents 🙂 “The Gault Nature Reserve, owned by McGill…
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5 beautiful hikes in Adirondacks for Canadian Thanksgiving.
These 5 hikes in Adirondacks offer beautiful views, challenging enough and at the same time doable as a family hike with kids. We would advise to make them with kids at least 6 or 7 years old. But it is possible that younger kids will make them as well. Just take your time and enjoy…
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5 short hikes in Adirondacks which offer beautiful views.
In this post, we will go over five short (less than 3 miles round trip) hikes in Adirondacks which offer outstanding views. And the best season, in our opinion, to enjoy these hikes is during the fall. Because the spring is usually muddy and still cold, so better to hike lower mountains. Cobble Lookout This…
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Hidden hiking gem close to Montreal – Mont Saint-Gregoire.
Mont Saint-Gregoire is literally a hiking gem and we often go there when we don’t have other ideas. It started when our son was just 4 y.o. and we were looking for an interesting hike not too far from Montreal. We found Mont Saint-Gregoire on Google maps and decided to hike it for the first…
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Family hike on Mont Ham.
Mont Ham was in our “hike to do” list for a while. And finally, we found a perfect time to make it – it was our last, 16th day of the road trip. Just before getting home 🙂 After 5 hours of driving and having 2.5 hours more to drive, we decided to consider this…