Showing posts with label Highway 400 North. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Highway 400 North. Show all posts

Monday, April 02, 2012

Spring Romantic Getaways-April Romance North of Toronto GTA

April Travel in Ontario

Featured April getaways include a selection of resort destinations north in cottage country. As the spring Canada Blooms show winds down, and after the cottage-home shows debut the mood for a romantic or adventure getaway takes over.  Spring Getaways in Ontario will be blooming in a variety of destination areas from Lake of Bays, Algonquin to Muskoka, Collingwood and Midland, and North Bay.

Road Trips North in Ontario


Easter falls during the first weekend in April. Consider a spring road trip or drive north. Spring in Ontario Canada is unique for its beauty, wildflowers, and return of many species of birds, the beginning of fishing season, romantic getaway weekends and the golf season. 

Wildlife viewing is at its best before the foliage fills the forest floors.

Ontario Provincial Flower "The Trillium" is a Spring Flower

Trilliums in Bloom
One of the first signs of spring is the number of spring flowers that begin to bloom, even before all of the snow melts. It is good luck to make a wish when you see your first spring wildflower. You make the wish for someone else, and all the joys of spring will go to both you and the person you wished for. The Province of Ontario has their official flower the Trillium. The Trillium grows wild and is predominant throughout the woodlands and forests north of Toronto. This is a truly remarkable flower, mostly white in colours but with hues of purples and pinks with the odd pure purple coloured Trillium..

Friday, April 22, 2011

Highway 400 To Ontario Lakes and Cottage Country

Road Trip North Via Highway 400
Find a number of quick links to Ontario attractions, hotels, resorts, inns, events and festivals easily accessible off of Highway 400.
At the junction of Bayfield Street in Barrie and Highway 400, one can look south east and see Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe. The further north one travels, more lakes appear. For example the 400 runs just East of Georgian Bay (Lake Huron). Travellers can see Georgian Bay at Waubashene, and the Trent Severn Waterway at Port Severn.
in reference to:
"King's Highway 400, commonly known as Highway 400, historically as the Toronto–Barrie Highway and colloquially as the 400,"
- Ontario Highway 400 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (view on Google Sidewiki)

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Plan your Winter Outdoor Ontario Outings

SNOW SHOEING ON A SUNNY DAY
NORTH IN ONTARIO

Winter Carnivals highlight the months of January and February. Check the January events and festivals and plan your winter vacation north in Ontario's Cottage Country via Highway 400 North to Highway 11, Highway 60, or Highway 26.

Winter sports for kids and family resort destinations can be found with a selection of Ontario outdoor winter adventure packages or a more relaxed winter family getaway.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Barrie Kempenfest Long Civic Holiday Weekend Update 2011

July 29-August 1, 2011.  An Ontario Top 100 Festival

If you are traveling north of Toronto via Highway 400 on the Simcoe Day Civic Long Weekend make sure you stop in at Kempenfest just off Essa Rd. at Lakeshore Drive in Barrie.   See Kempenfest In the news.   Barrie's magnificent waterfront is on display with a jurried arts and craft show considered by many to be Canada's best arts & crafts show of the summer season.  Combine the show with a little antiquing...for families there is a midway, beaches for the kids, great food and music all weekend long.


Barrie Area Accommodation: Links to area hotels, resorts, inns. Barrie Attractions: Links to Barrie area attractions, museums, galleries, kids fun and more Barrie Beaches Waterfront: Some of Ontario's best beaches on Kempenfelt Bay Lake Simcoe.
Lake Simcoe: One of Ontario's largest lakes and favourite resort destinations north of Toronto.

Kempenfest is celebrating 40 years