Sonya Richmond

Eating Our Way Across Eastern Canada on the Trans Canada Trail: Our Favourite Local Foods Must-try local Canadian foods from the East Coast Canadian Foods from Atlantic Canada that appear on many 'Top 10' lists include poutine, bannock, butter tarts, Canadian bacon, Nanaimo bars, lobster, and fresh salmon. Experiencing local cuisine by tast...

Ontario Pilgrimage Staycation Sudbury Camino Backpacking and Camping Hiking Northern Ontario Sudbury Camino  - While there are a number of Canadian Caminos and trekking routes across the Atlantic region and Quebec it is also wonderful to find that there are pilgrim routes in Ontario...

Ontario Staycations and Backpacking Adventures Canadian Caminos along the Trans Canada Trail Ontario Caminos - While there are a number of Canadian Caminos and trekking routes across the Atlantic region and Quebec it is also wonderful to find that there are pilgrim routes in Ontario along the Trans Canada Trail!At the time of writing, there ar...

Camino Rando Quebec Canada Chemin du Quebec Canadian Caminos and Backpacking For those hikers and pilgrims in the world seeking Canadian Staycations and Quebec Caminos – 2021 was a Holy Year.  Holy years are not annual, and in fact only occur when the feast of Saint James (July 25th) falls on a Sunday or when designated by the Pop...

Pilgrimage across Prince Edward Island Canadian Camino  Prince Edward Island Camino de la Isla - After trekking across five varying pilgrim routes including the Camino Frances, Via Podiensis / GR65, and the Caminho Portuguese, we began exploring what pilgrimages were possible to trek here in Canada. As we had trekked across Spain, Portuga...