- Canada’s West Coast Trail
- Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy
- The iconic canoe
- Wilderness first-aid training

This issue features the Vancouver Island’s West Coast Trail, trip on Lake Superior for mother and son, paragliding in Eastern Europe, maple cured salmon, rise of a pop star, plus much more.

FEATURES

26_WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
An eight-day trek along Vancouver Island’s scenic and thigh-burning-West Coast Trail.
STORY: IRENE BUTLER

33_CHANGING TIDES
In Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy, our writer discovers the world’s highest tides, some of its oldest fossils and the remarkable people who call the area home.
STORY + PHOTOGRAPHY: ANDREA GRANT

42_SUPERIOR’S SECRETS
Lake Superior offers up its legends and wonders to a mother and son who brave the waters of a memory-making trip.
STORY: LIZA FINLAY
PHOTOGRAPHY: NAOMI FINLAY

IN EVERY ISSUE

5_MAIL STOP
Your letters answered

9_TRIPPING
Nothing says “Canada” like the iconic canoe

11_ON THE FRINGE
The world’s smelliest places, a Maldivian land grab, tequila diamonds and green energy, disco-style; plus, a gripping 19th-century must-read

12_HEALTHPOST
Wilderness first-aid training to get you out of the woods alive. Plus take our quiz to test how you would survive in the wild

16_THRILLSEEKER
Spiral dives and stomach flips-paragliding in Eastern Europe

18_GOING HARD
As warm weather arrives, B.C.’s slopes become the arena for its hottest extreme sport, downhill mountain biking

21_GOURMET DU MONDE
Our maple cured salmon soothes all that ails

24_MEC’S THE TRAVELLER’S EDG
Tips from and for world trekkers

53_SHUTTERSTOP
Hitting the streets to capture the most dramatic cityscapes

56_TRAVEL CARES
Amid the violene of Sudan, War Child Canada offers former child soldiers training, rehabilitation and, more importantly, hope

58_WRIGHT OF WAY
An award-winning film documents the rise of a pop star through an Afghani television show

82_BACKPACKERZ BUZZ
News from Hostelling International