North Bay’s 5 Best Road Rides

Cycling, Guide, Outdoor Adventure, Spring, Summer

Discover urban trails, provincial parks, and historic communities in the north’s friendliest city for cyclers!   The Near North is full of interesting landscapes, fascinating history, and unique communities. North Bay’s most experienced riders, known informally...

North Bay’s Legendary Waterways

Guide, Outdoor Adventure, Spring, Summer

Modern-day adventurers can’t help but be captivated by whispers of the past with each paddle stroke along the Nipissing passageway. This legendary water highway that includes Lake Nipissing, La Vase Portages and Mattawa River is steeped with a rich history of...

Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

Outdoor Adventure, Spring

Spring has arrived in North Bay and the trickle of birds arriving will soon turn to a flood by early to mid-May. Of the 500+ species of birds in Ontario, over 300 of them have been seen in North Bay. Since North Bay has lakes on both its east and west boundaries many...

How You Know Spring Has Sprung in North Bay

Guide, Outdoor Adventure, Spring

There are few delights finer than a beautiful spring day after a long, dark and cold winter. As nature turns her focus to replenishing the life cycle of flora and fauna, there are many subtle, but fascinating changes happening all around us – you just need to look...

Forest Talk Radio: Come and Listen To The Forest

Arts & Culture, Fall, Guide, Outdoor Adventure, Spring, Summer

Surrounding North Bay, Nipissing is forests, trails, lakes and waterfalls. We have so many outdoor spaces to discover and explore. Laurier Woods Conservation Area (co-owned by North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority and Friends of Laurier Woods) is just one of these...

Starry Nights in North Bay

Outdoor Adventure, Winter

Cover photo courtesy of Liz Lott (2018 Ice Follies site-specific work by Aanmitaagzi of Big Medicine Studio on Nipissing First Nation) The night sky has always been a source of wonder and mystery. Since the beginning of time, stargazers have imagined captivating...

How to Wear Winter Layers: A Guide to Staying Warm in the North

Guide, Outdoor Adventure, Retail, Winter

When it comes to enjoying all the outdoors has to offer in the winter only trust a Northerner! In Ontario’s Gateway of the North winter is a lifestyle embraced with vigour by those of us that share Elsa’s enthusiasm for the frozen world around us. What is our...

Top 7 Winter Trails to Visit Over the Holidays

Outdoor Adventure

Staying home over the holidays doesn’t need to mean stay indoors. This holiday season it’s more important than ever to spend time outside and find solace in Mother Nature’s gift … wrapped in a blanket of snow. We are truly blessed in northern Ontario to never be far...