Traditionally considered to be a classic "outing with the kids," apple picking is fun for really big kids, too (I happen to fall into the second category). The perfect place is only a half hour drive from Montreal, right next to Oka Park (for those of you who are familiar with its pristine beaches).
Saint Joseph-du-Lac is a town completely devoted to planting, growing, cultivating, juicing, and baking apples. In short, everything to do with apples except picking them - that you have to do yourself...
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Judging from the 6 or 7 buses of Japanese tourists
armed with tripods and zoom lenses that could launch
canonballs I saw unloading beside Lac des Sables, the
Laurentien mountains (a.k.a. les Laurentides) of
Quebec possess fall foliage that draws a very
international crowd.
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There are two important things I learned from my recent whale-watching trip. One: whales come in all sizes, mostly smaller than you think. And two: whales are not dolphins!
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Part of the Eastern Townships, Magog is a small
village on the shores of Lake Memphremagog. It's a half
hour from the Vermont border, and about an hour (and a
century or so) away from Montreal.
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