Travel + Leisure

This Tiny Village in the Canadian Rockies Has Hundreds of Miles of Hiking Trails, Turquoise Lakes, and 1,500 Square Miles of Wilderness—and No, It's Not Banff

Here's how to plan the perfect trip to Kananaskis, a small mountain village in Alberta, Canada, according to someone who has been visiting for 25 years.
The Washington Post

Canada’s forests may be burning faster than they can grow back

Hundreds of wildfires are burning in Canada — and they could change the way the country looks. Scientists say the blazes could transform parts of the Canadian landscape, as more intense and more ...
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This Canadian Mountain Town Sits Inside a National Park—With Glaciers, a Dark Sky Preserve, and One of the Country’s Most Photographed Lakes

Jasper, Canada, is the perfect four-season destination. Book a room at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, which sits on the shores of Beauvert Lake. Gaze at thousands of stars and the arm of the Milky Way in ...
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Canadian forests are more prone to severe wildfires in recent decades

Climate change is driving more intense wildfires in Canada, according to a new modeling study, with fuel aridity and rising temperatures amplifying burn severity, particularly over the last several ...
Vail Daily

Canadian company uses drones to replant forests decimated by East Troublesome Fire

In late May, a global forestation company traveled to a fire-scarred landscape in Grand County with new technology that could help restore the forest. In 2020, the East Troublesome Fire tore through ...
Reuters

Jasper town fires extinguished, Canadian officials defend forest management practices

July 29 (Reuters) - Parks Canada, the federal agency managing the country's national parks, on Monday rejected criticism that it left the town of Jasper vulnerable to wildfires by not removing more ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the Breathtaking Landscape Paintings Inspired by the Boreal Forest, From Europe to North America

What do the landscape painters of Canada and northern Europe have in common? Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the Northern ...
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This Canadian Mountain Town Sits Inside a National Park—With Glaciers, a Dark Sky Preserve, and One of the Country’s Most Photographed Lakes

Book a room at Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, which sits on the shores of Beauvert Lake. Gaze at thousands of stars and the arm of the Milky Way in Canada’s second-largest Dark Sky Preserve. Look for ...