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Four easy steps to tune up your bike this Spring!

Four easy steps to tune up your bike this Spring!

With smooth roads with fewer cars, a 70-meter escarpment, rugged singletrack trails and endless gravel country roads, North Bay in the province of Ontario, Canada is the gateway to an epic cycling adventure. With temperatures rising, the days quickly growing longer and spring fever hitting hard, cyclists are itching to get back out on the trails! Before you hastily hit North Bay’s outstanding trails network, take time to properly tune up your summer ride

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Fat Biking: A Gear Guide for Beginners

Fat Biking: A Gear Guide for Beginners

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 their...

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Agriculture & Farmstands are in Full Swing

Agriculture & Farmstands are in Full Swing

The face of Canadian agriculture is changing, and it’s definitely for the better. Small farms with younger farmers at the helm are increasing in numbers across Ontario, and many are choosing the north to establish their farming enterprises. With a healthy biodiversity supported by close proximity to wilderness and conservation areas, the north offers unparalleled beauty, affordable land and a rich culture – crucial elements for a healthy agricultural system. There are many reasons to farm in the north, and the community you’ll find here is one of the best!

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10 Fun Things to do in North Bay

10 Fun Things to do in North Bay

article updated: April 2023 While I love a good Top 10 list, gathering a definitive list of must-dos for the city of North Bay was definitely a challenge. For the best, most top, funnest things to do, I did what any smart traveller does: I asked the locals.  So here...

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North Bay’s 5 Best Road Rides

North Bay’s 5 Best Road Rides

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...

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Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

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...

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Winter Produce at the North Bay Farmers’ Market

Winter Produce at the North Bay Farmers’ Market

If you know the Northern seasons, you may assume that the quick drop in temperatures in the early fall would mark the end of the growing season for regional farmers. But vendors at The North Bay Farmers' Market know how to meet the year-round demand for fresh and...

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Kate Pace Way

Kate Pace Way

The Kate Pace Way is a paved pathway that connects North Bay's Waterfront with the neighbourhoods and green spaces at the south end of the city. The trail was also recently designated as part of the Voyageur Cycling Route with cycling connections to other provincially...

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