Ontario, Canada's Far North

Imagine a European country that stretches from Nice, France to Stockholm, Sweden. That will give you an idea of the size of the province of Ontario, Canada. And Ontario has a world of activities waiting for you. You can canoe on one of its 600,000 lakes or 60,000 miles of rivers or take a walk — one in every 10 square miles is a wilderness park. Meet the Mennonites, the Scots, the cosmopolitan Torontans — they’re all in Ontario.

On today’s pod cast I’m traveling to Ontario’s Far North. Located on the Moose River on the southern tip of James Bay the island of Moose Factory is 1,000 miles north of Toronto and a world apart. In this relative isolation the Cree and the MoCreeBec First Nations people have struggled to keep their culture alive.

We’ll meet and learn about the First Nations people and stay in their ecological and culturally friendly resort lodge. For more information on Ontario's Far North visit the NortheasternOntario.com. For more information on Ontario go to OntarioTravel.net. Watch for my Ontario’s Far North adventure on Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope on PBS and public television stations nationwide. Follow these links on Travelscope.net to buy a DVD, watch clips from the show or stream the show on Amazon.