Nature Reserve activities in Canada
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Moose Cree Outdoor Discoveries & Adventures
Run by the Moose Cree First Nation, this outfit offers customized trips incorporating cultural activities (storytelling and traditional foods, for example), along with canoeing in summer and snowshoeing in winter. The friendly and laid-back staff will ask you two questions when tailoring your adventure: 'what do you want to experience?' and 'what are you not looking for?' From there, they can organize absolutely anything, just make sure to give them plenty of time. Prices vary greatly depending on whether you're one person or many, and whether you want a one-day island tour or a weeklong wilderness expedition. These highly recommended trips offer a unique opportunity to…
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Naturally Superior Adventures
Naturally Superior Adventures is based 8km southwest of Wawa. Its lodge quietly sits along Lake Superior between a craggy expanse of stone and smooth sandy beach. A day on the grounds is itself a memorable experience, as cool mists roll through in the afternoon and the evening sun gently melts into the lake. Naturally Superior guided day trips ($95) depart several times a week, while relaxed weekend kayaking trips ($350) feature an afternoon of instruction, a night at the lodge, and a night of beach camping while paddling on Lake Superior. These trips are suitable for total beginners. Intermediate paddlers can be outfitted with their own kayaks and canoes for $35 to $45…
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Caribou Expeditions
Caribou Expeditions is based about 34km north of Sault Ste Marie on the quiet waters of Goulais (goo-lee) Bay. Join the team of experienced nature-lovers on a variety of kayaking expeditions – from one day to one week – along the northern crest of Lake Superior. Canoe and kayak rentals are also on offer; there's even a whale-watching sea-kayak tour down the St Lawrence River in Québec.
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Delap's Cove Wilderness Trail
Over the North Mountain from Annapolis Royal, Delap's Cove Wilderness Trail lets you get out on the Fundy shore. It consists of two loop trails connected by an old inland road that used to serve a Black Loyalist community, now just old foundations and apple trees in the woods. Both the loop trails are 9km return.
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Antigonish Landing
A 4km hiking/cycling trail to the nature reserve at Antigonish Landing begins just across the train tracks from the museum, then 400m down Adam St. The landing's estuary is a good bird-watching area where you might see eagles, ducks and ospreys.
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Wild Women Expeditions
Wild Women Expeditions offers women an opportunity to explore the bush. During the summer, paddling trips and cycling tours meander through the dense wilderness areas of Killarney, Temagami, Mississagi and Manitoulin Island. Throughout the rest of the year, intriguing programming such as drumming, yoga and landscape painting is offered at the base camp, 45km west of Sudbury near Narin Centre.
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Lac des Nations
Further south, Rivière Magog flows into the pretty Lac des Nations, surrounded by a scenic paved trail perfect for walking, in-line skating and cycling (rentals available).
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Iqalugaarjuup Nunanga Territorial Park
Formerly known as plain old Ijiraliq Territorial Park, this tongue-twister of a park (the name means: 'the land around the river of little fish') is located 10km from town and is popular for hiking and berry picking. Near the Meliadine River's mouth are archeological sites where the Dorset people, who preceded the Inuit, used to live.
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