Canada
KEY:
(no asterisks) = if you can't find anything else, it's there and okay, unless otherwise noted
* = recommended
** = highly recommended
OOB -- Out of Business, just a fond memory
ALBERTA
**WATERTON (1996)
**Kilmorey Lodge-- best hotel value in town; good food, pub
**Waterton Pie Shop-- excellent pasty lunch
**Prince of Wales Hotel-- dominating view; worth a walk through; good high tea
**International Boat ride to Goat Haunt, MT-- well worth the scenic trip; good hiking trail to Kootenai Lakes (we saw moose at the lakes)
**LAKE LOUISE VILLAGE (2002)
**The Station Restaurant-- in the old train station
**Poppies Restaurant-- in the Chateau
*Lake Louise Inn-- nothing special, but a good value for the area; good restaurant, too
*Agnes Lake Teahouse-- a great hike
*JASPER (2002)
**Fiddle River Restaurant-- excellent seafood
**Villa Caruso-- extensive menu, well prepared
*Lake Louise Inn-- nothing special, but a good value for the area; good restaurant, too
*RADIUM HOT SPRINGS (2002)-- neat pool CRANBROOK
*Heidi's-- good German food
BRITISH COLUMBIA
*VICTORIA (1992)
*Prior House B&B-- 604-592-8847
ONTARIO
**NIAGRA-ON-THE-LAKE (1993)-- pretty, unique living-history village
*Keily House Inn-- 416-468-4588
**Angel Inn-- great pub w/strong local brews; been in Peter's family over a hundred years
BILIND RIVER (1993)
*Carlos' -- great breakfast spot
*Old Mill Motel -- next to a raging river
QUEBEC
**QUEBEC CITY (1998, 2011) -- fairy-tale like city, very European feel; dominated by the Le Chateau Frontenac hotel
*Chateau Bellevue-- prime location; 800-463-2617
**Auberge Place de Armes -- nice hotel, tremendous location
**L'Entrecote St. Jean-- good restaurant, unique steak frittes specialty, 1011 Rue St. Jean
*Casse-Crepe Breton -- awesome lunch spot, on St Jean
*Bistro Plus -- a less touristy, cheap dive bar on St Jean, if so inclined
**Bistro Le Figaro-- very good restaurant, french cuisine; 32 Rue St. Louis
St. Alexandre Pub -- somewhat stale from what I had remembered; ditto for St Patrick's pub
**MONTREAL (2011)
**Auberge du Vieux-Port -- fantastic hotel in the heart of the old port; awesome rooftop bar; on Rue Commune
**Vieux-Port Steakhouse -- really good for such a huge, touristy restaurant
*Jardins Nelson -- wonderful garden setting; live jazz
**Creperie Suzette -- their pure maple syrup made me a fan for life, on St. Paul Street
**Olympic Village -- take the Metro for a visit; the Observatory Tower is unforgettable
*Ca Roule -- bike rentals, ask for the "refurbished" for a good deal, 27 Rue de la Commune Est
**Lachine Loch canal bike path to Parc Renee-Levesque
*L’Uisine spaghetti -- just okay
*Fast Fou Bar -- great pommes frittes, on Rue Commune
NEW BRUNSWICK (2011)
ST LEONARD
*Daigle Motel and Diner -- the only game in town, but really good
*GREAT FALLS -- yes, the falls really are "great"
*HARTLAND -- the world's longest covered bridge; say no more
**HOPEWELL ROCKS -- walk on the ocean floor at the site of the world's highest/lowest tides, on the Fundy Bay coast
**ALMA
**Parkway Village Inn -- seaside motel and restaurant; lobster dip to die for
*ST MARTINS -- look for a roadside trailer serving the best lobster rolls
**Fundy Bay Parkway & Trail -- private fee park; spectacular 10 mile trail is mostly high above the beautiful coastline, can be hiked or driven
ANTIGONESH -- if you can't make Cape Breton; kind of a pretty college town
Clayborn Hotel -- overpriced
Boston Pizza -- only place to get a late meal
EDMUNDSTON
*Le Deck restaurant
NOVA SCOTIA (2011)
*INVERNESS -- on the famed Ceilidh Trail scenic drive
*Inverness Beach Village -- kind of an RV park with modular cottages; kind of neat in the off-season at least
*Hoff Pub -- nice view, good pub food
*Coal Miners Cafe -- good breakfast spot
**CAPE BRETON NATIONAL PARK
**Skyline Trail hike
**Cyburn Valley Trail for mountain biking
**Freshwater Lake trail for hiking or biking
**INGONISH BEACH -- as pretty as it gets
**Keltic Lodge -- not cheap, but an awesome setting, fantastic fine dining, cool pub; one of the nicest places I've ever stayed
*BADDECK
**Inverrary Resort -- reasonably priced, with a great waterfront restaurant and great pub on-site
*SHERBROOKE
*Island View -- good lunch spot
**HALIFAX -- Pt. Pleasant Park has wonderful bike and hiking trails near downtown
*Halifax Citadel Hotel -- well situated near Argyll St, decent place for a highrise, good value on Hotels.com
*Triangle Ale House -- often has live music, good "craic"
**Five Fishermen Restaurant -- good lobster meal
**PEGGY'S COVE -- stunning
*Sou Wester restaurant
*HUBBARDS
*Trellis Cafe
*LUNENBURG
*Smuggler’s Cove Inn
*Old Fish Factory