Category: Family Friendly Adventures
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Kids’ Station Children’s Museum in Plattsburgh.
This spring we had a chance to visit Kids’ Station Children’s Museum in Plattsburgh, NY. On the way to museum. Dana had an exam which took two days, so we traveled to Plattsburgh twice with one week interval. I didn’t want to risk, so instead of driving back and forth the same day, we decided to…
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Things to do with kids in winter near Montreal – La Goudrelle sugar shack.
Cabanes à sucre (sugar shack) It was a maple season and Quebec is famous as a supplier of about 80% of the world’s maple syrup production. On top of that Quebec is a home to hundreds of the best cabanes à sucres (sugar shacks) in the world. We’ve never visited sugar shack before and I am happy…
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Zoo Granby in winter.
What normal Canadian family could do in beautiful winter day when outside is -20 C? Exactly, they could visit a Zoo 🙂 . We’ve never been in Zoo Granby before, especially in winter. A little bit cold, but interesting experience 🙂 . Our friends invited us to visit this place in advance. Of course as…
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Where to ski in Quebec – Bromont.
Bromont City. Bromont is the city located on the same highway 10 as Orford, but closer to Montreal. The city gets it’s name from Mont Brom, which is a favorite destination for downhill skiers in winter, mount bike and water slide lovers in summer. Ski resort. Ski Bromont has 141 trails which cover 3 mountains:…
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Where to ski in Quebec – Mount Orford
Orford Township. Orford Township is located on the highway 10 between Montreal and Sherbrook, in Memphremagog area of Eastern Townships. This area is an exceptional nature playground thanks to Mont-Orford National Park, which was created in 1933. In winter Mont-Orford ski resort attracts skiers and snow-shoe hikers. In summer people could enjoy the hikes of…
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Where to ski in Quebec – Mount Sutton.
The Town of Sutton, Quebec. The Town of Sutton is bound to the south by US border. Town’s large area is surrounded by mountains. The highest summit is Round Top, which has an elevation of 962 m. This mountainous area offers many attractive activities: downhill, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing in winter; hiking and treetop adventure…