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Ontario Pow Wow Calendar: 2026 Edition
Culture, community, food, dancing, music, tradition, regalia—check out the 2025 pow wow calendar and discover where to celebrate this year.
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So blue you won’t believe your eyes.
By Virginia Marshall
2026 Triathalons
Swim, cycle and run your way to triathlete status at these Ontario events.
By Ian Merringer
Top 10 Facts About Lake Superior
Did you know these cool facts about this great lake?
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Ontario Motorcycle Events
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Gravel Grinders
Ontario’s best gravel riding events in 2026.
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By Mike Jacobs
Sudbury Festivals 2026
A guide to what's on this summer.
By Sudbury Staff Writer
The Wawa Goose
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By Algoma Staff Writer
Ontario Motorcycle Rentals
Get yourself a ride and hit the road!
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Renew Your Outdoors Card, Online!
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An Easy Weekend Guide to Manitoulin Island
Part of our “Easy Weekend Guides to Northeastern Ontario” series
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Your Guide to Six Mile Lake Provincial Park
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Crown Land Camping
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By Trish Manning
New Restrictions on What You Can Bring into Canada
Keep up to date with the changes.
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Fly Fishin' The Nipigon River
On the Headwaters of Lake Superior
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Spectres of the Past: A Ghost Town Field Trip
Follow this trail of abandoned communities on a road trip through the history of Northeastern Ontario.
By Andrew Hind
Eating Northern Pike
The Best Recipe to Cook This Fish
By Gord Pyzer
Experience Fishing in Northeastern Ontario
From the French River to Lake Temagami, these lodges, cabins, and guides in the Experience Fishing program make it easy to cast your first line, or reel in your biggest catch yet.
By Northern Ontario
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Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser is a writer, editor, filmmaker and musician based in Montreal. His book Wooden Stars: Innocent Gears, about the influential Ottawa rock band, was published by Invisible Publishing in 2013. Malcolm was Managing Editor of NorthernOntario.travel from 2016-2020. He is currently an editor with Montreal Review of Books and host of the What Is This Music?! podcast.

More Articles By Malcolm Fraser

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By Malcolm Fraser

Sex, Communists and Tractors

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By Malcolm Fraser

Mattawa's Sid Turcotte Park

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By Malcolm Fraser

The Ultimate Group of Seven Road Trip

See the inspirations for their greatest works.
By Malcolm Fraser
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