Travel

When I was a girl, I was intrigued by the idea of the "courier des bois" - French Canadian canoeists, woodsmen, trappers and traders of the late 17th and early 18th centuries-who paddled the rivers from New France westward across the continent.

After daffodils and tulips fade in the fields surrounding the North Fraser Valley hamlets of Agassiz and Harrison Mills, blossoming orchards take their turn, carpeting the side roads in a blizzard of pink and white petals.

Perhaps unknown to Lord Maeda Toshiie and his entourage at the time, his arrival to Kanazawa castle in 1583 would lay the ground work for what is now known as the bustling, modern day city of Kanazawa.

The walk to Camp Nou stadium is less a stroll than a pilgrimage.

Story and photos by Yuko Iwanaga It might seem strange to drive two whole days from the corridor to ski-tour in Sierra Nevada when the beautiful Coast Mountains tower above us.

While the Japanese city of Kyoto was unaffected by the recent earthquake and tsunami, I can't help wondering if the ancient capital hasn't changed just a little since those terrible events. I'd visited the city of 1.

If you're the kind of traveller who doesn't like to retrace your steps, B.C.'s network of circle routes is for you.

Spring fever has hit Whistler and the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival is back for its 16th year. In honour of the event, Pique's Travel and Adventure section is staying here, and taking a trip to the only place worth going: up our mountains.

Frozen in their final, ghoulish postures they stared, unseeing from behind glass cases.

Snowshoers make tracks in ancient forest