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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.
By Indigenous Tourism Ontario
Crown Land Camping
What it is and where you can camp in Ontario.
By Trish Manning
Ontario Motorcycle Events
Let's Ride!
By Mike Jacobs
Anishinaabe Stories
Learn about the Wendigo and Nanaboozhoo the Trickster.
By Josie Cormier
Visit Killbear Provincial Park
Everything you need to know to plan a trip to this idyllic park.
By Conor Mihell
2026 Triathalons
Swim, cycle and run your way to triathlete status at these Ontario events.
By Ian Merringer
Manitoulin Island Bluegrass in the Country
Live Bluegrass Fest from June 12-14, 2026
By Northern Ontario
The Agawa Rock Pictographs
Discover ancient Indigenous art on Lake Superior.
By Adam Leith Gollner
10 Reasons to *NOT* Travel the Lake Superior Circle Tour
Travel this scenic Northern Ontario tour at your own risk: no other destination will ever compare to this journey of a lifetime!
By Dan Bevilacqua
What You Need to Know about Ticks in Ontario
With the proper precautions, you don't have to let these creepy crawlies ruin your summer fun.
By Jake O'Flaherty
French River Canoe Tripping
Everything you need to know to explore this historic and wild waterway.
By Colin Field
The Ultimate Guide to Seeing the Northern Lights 2026
47 tips, tricks, and itineraries to help you see aurora borealis and plan your Northern Lights adventure.
By Northern Ontario
Ontario Motorcycle Rentals
Get yourself a ride and hit the road!
By Mike Jacobs
Northeastern Ontario Pow Wow Guide
Culture, community, food, dancing, music, tradition, and regalia—it's pow wow season!
By The Seven—Northeastern Ontario
Don't Miss this ATV Event!
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
By Mike Jacobs
The Red Top Motor Inn
A Landmark Restaurant and Motel in East Algoma
By Sandra J. Trainor
Ontario’s National Parks
Protected for posterity. And deservedly so.
By Ian Merringer
New Restrictions on What You Can Bring into Canada
Keep up to date with the changes.
By Erin Rody
Sleepless in Cedar Meadows: A Wolf-Watching Experience in Timmins
What it's like to spend the night in a glass cabin inside a timber wolf enclosure at Cedar Meadows Resort and Spa in Timmins, Ontario—Canada's most unique wolf-watching experience.
By Heidi Csernak
Beach Camping in Ontario
14 sandy places to pitch your tent and swim to your heart’s content.
By Marissa Evans
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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

Embracing the Drive from Winnipeg to North Bay

Rock stars and six-year-olds are remarkably similar as travel companions—needy, demanding, prone to sulking and tantrums...
By Malcolm Fraser

The Group of Seven's Favourite Landscape

North of Superior was the Call of the Wild
By Malcolm Fraser

Sex, Communists and Tractors

7 strange but true facts about the Group of Seven.
By Malcolm Fraser

Mattawa's Sid Turcotte Park

A flood can't keep this campground down.
By Malcolm Fraser

The Ultimate Group of Seven Road Trip

See the inspirations for their greatest works.
By Malcolm Fraser
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