At 8:00 am the “Skeena” pulls out of Prince George heading westbound along the Nechako River and into the bush of northern British Columbia.  The rail line here moves between forests, farms... Read more ]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:05:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/VIA-TO-THE-WORLD-S/2009/04/18/TORONTO-ONT-TO-JASPER-AB.html April 15, 2009

We wake just after daylight and find that we are now in a land of spring snow, still frozen lakes and scattered cottages.  We go through communities like Capreol, Gogama and our scheduled... Read more ]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:30:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/VIA-TO-THE-WORLD-S/2009/04/16/MONCTON-N-B-TO-TORONTO-ONT.html April 11 – 13, 2009

For the next three days all our attention is on the Men’s World Curling Championship.  There are games to watch, autograph sessions to attend and of course there is the famous “patch”... Read more ]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:18:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/VIA-TO-THE-WORLD-S/2009/04/12/JASPER-AB-TO-MONCTON-N-B.html The next leg of our journey takes us from Jasper, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario on Via's "Canadian" line.  This train starts in Vancouver but we are joining it at Jasper.  The "Canadian" is the longest of... Read more ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:25:00 EST http://www.canadatravelblog.ca/VIA-TO-THE-WORLD-S/2009/04/06/TERRACE-B-C-TO-JASPER-AB.html Welcome to our blog.  Our names are Ray and Shirley.  We live in northwest British Columbia and are taking our very first train trip.  In case you were wondering about the blog title, we are taking the... Read more ]]>