UNESCO World Heritage Site #123: Historic District of Old Quebec
From the World Heritage inscription: Québec was founded by the French explorer Champlain in the early 17th century. It is the only North American city to have preserved its ramparts, together with the numerous bastions, gates and defensive works which still surround Old Québec. The Upper Town, built on the cliff, has remained the religious [...]
Question & Answers #5
It has been a long time since I’ve done a Q&A, so I figured now would be a good time to take a break from my photo editing and answer some questions. Questions came from my Facebook Page and from Twitter. Photography I had several people basically ask the same question. Dana Byers, Lou Lauer, [...]
UNESCO World Heritage Site #122: Miguasha National Park
From the World Heritage inscription: The palaeontological site of Miguasha National Park, in south-eastern Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspé peninsula, is considered to be the world’s most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period known as the ‘Age of Fishes’. Dating from 370 million years ago, the Upper Devonian Escuminac Formation represented here [...]
This Week In Travel – Episode 64
This week’s guests are Kara Williams of TheVacationGals.com and PracticalTravelGear.com and Trey Ratcliff of StuckInCustoms.com. Subscribe on iTunes | Become a Fan on Facebook | Download the iPhone app | Download
UNESCO World Heritage Site #121: L'Anse aux Meadows
From the World Heritage inscription: This archaeological site at the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland contains the excavated remains of an 11th century Viking settlement consisting of timber-framed turf buildings (houses, workshops, etc.) that are identical with those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland at the same period. The [...]
