by janecanapini | Jul 20, 2023 | Art, Ontario
This is the story of a waterfall, a famous painter, an unsolved art theft and an amateur artist who rediscovers her craft on the edge of a two billion-year old meteor crater. That description may read a bit like the plot of an Agatha Christie novel, but it’s all based on real places and real events. What may surprise you, however, is the location where this story takes place: Onaping Falls in Sudbury, Ontario.
by janecanapini | Jun 25, 2023 | Ontario
It was the best of jobs, it was the worst of jobs.
What am I saying? My ‘land reclamation’ job in Sudbury, Ontario during the summer of 1980 was the worst. Perhaps if I could have envisioned Sudbury now, and the global environmental success story it has become, instead of just suffering in the Sudbury ‘then’, it might have been different…
by janecanapini | Mar 29, 2023 | Accommodations, Ontario
To say that the owners have paid special attention to the details when they reimagined the historic Merrill House in Picton, Ontario, is a considerable understatement. Both Jordan Martin de Rosales and husband Evert Rosales de Martin have literally poured their heart and soul into this property – and it shows.
by janecanapini | Dec 4, 2022 | Ontario
From our vantage point in the cockpit of our sightseeing helicopter, it was easy to see why Gananoque, Ontario is known as the Gateway to the Thousand Islands. Stretched out below us along the St. Lawrence River was an archipelago of islands, some barely larger than a Toronto front yard, some large enough to be home to fairytale castles. But it turns out that Gananoque has as many stories as it does islands…