In a land of a 1000 lakes and waterways you can bet that North Bay can pull off one of the best canoe races in the country! Since 1976, the North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority has been doing just that. The Mattawa River Canoe Race is a tradition that has...
In North Bay, Ontario winter is the season when the landscape is transformed by a glorious blanket of deep, sparkling snow. Where full days are spent under clear, blue skies cross country skiing along snow laden forest trails and by day’s end, you have that feeling of...
Just 3 hours North of Toronto, the provincial capital of Ontario, sits North Bay. A city nestled between Lake Nipissing and Trout lake and surrounded by snow-covered trees bursting with opportunities for winter adventure. When you arrive you will find a myriad of...
Smooth roads with fever cars, a 70-meter escarpment, rugged singletrack trails and endless gravel country roads make North Bay Ontario the gateway to epic cycling adventures. So get your ‘summer’ bikes out and follow these four easy steps to tune up...
As winter’s frozen landscape takes hold in North Bay, Ontario a transformation has happened in the bike community – the long-awaited switch from mountain bike to fat bike. With glorious, long winters and heaps of snow, some local cyclists log more kilometers on...
A welcome cool crisp air has settled over North Bay, Ontario and with it the change to another spectacular season marked by a kaleidoscope of colour, cozy knits and delicious harvest fare to warm the belly. North Bay sits in the transition between the Northern...
North Bay’s event calendar is exploding this summer with exciting high performance cycling events attracting elite and amateur athletes from across the province. On the Civic Holiday Weekend, July 30-August 1, 2022, North Bay rolls out the red carpet to show cyclists...
What is it about falling water that draws us in? Science will tell us it’s the negative ions released when water molecules collide that fill the air and create a biochemical reaction that literally makes us feel happier. For me, it’s the seeking that makes me happy....
The splendor of a November hike with the backdrop of a golden tamarck stand Long after the first frost has singed the tender greens and felled the flaming red leaves off the maple trees, a second insurgence takes hold in our northern forests that transforms nature’s...
The 7 best scenic lookouts in North Bay and beyond It’s hard to narrow down the best trails-with-a-view when hiking in North Bay. Surrounded by a 70-meter escarpment in the heart of the rugged Canadian Shield, on the edge of the Laurentian Mountains and...
