Travel

Just three hours flight from New York City and you’re in an area of thick forest and pristine rivers. The Gaspe Peninsula is considered to be the heartland of Acadia, an area that stretches from the eastern Canada provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to the lands known as the Gaspe.

The Native American man known to Canadians as ‘Grey Owl’ had done various jobs to make a living, including fur trapping in his youth.

There are dozens of taller waterfalls in the world (Niagara ranks 50th), but in terms of sheer volume Niagara Falls is unbeatable: more than 1 million bathtubs of water plummet over the edge every second.

The first Calgary Stampede was held in 1912 and was attended by 75,000 people – 14,000 more than the population of Calgary then.  Twenty thousand mounted Indians rode in the inaugural parade and encircled the entire city with their teepees.