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Discover historic wonders and modern delights guaranteed to enlarge your heart and expand your understanding of Canada and its people.
Veteran travelers Al and Sunny Lockwood share their adventures and misadventures on this scintillating cruise of exploration. Join them for an unforgettable journey through part of the largest country in the Western Hemisphere.
In "Cruising from Boston to Montreal" readers will:
- attend a rousing baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park
- learn Alexander Graham Bell's involvement with Canada's first airplane flight.
- visit the Prince Edward Island farm that was the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books.
- discover how lobster graduated from barnyard feed to gourmet fare.
- sail Canada's greatest waterway, the mighty Saint Lawrence River.
- view breath-taking cathedrals and romantic lighthouses.
- discover Halifax's heart-breaking connection with the Titanic tragedy.
- and much, much more.
This travel memoir will introduce you to the fascinating heroes, stunning beauty, and staggering tragedies that have helped shape Canada's Maritimes, Quebec City, and Montreal.
About the author
Al and Sunny Lockwood have traveled by foot, car, rail, air and cruise ship. They've camped in national parks, hiked mountain trails, photographed springtime flowers in Death Valley and wintry surf along the rugged beaches of Northern California.
They've watched July 4th fireworks over Lake Tahoe, explored the Taos Pueblo and ridden the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad through forests ablaze with autumn colors.
From North Carolina's Outer Banks to New Orleans' Burbon Street and Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, they love to wander and wonder and enjoy.
And everywhere they go, they capture unforgettable moments -- Al with his camera and Sunny with her reporter's notebook -- to share with their readers. Their work has been published in magazines and newspapers. It has been recognized with awards from the National Federation of Press Women and the California Newspaper Publishers Association,
Their first travel memoir, Cruising Panama's Canal, was a finalist in the 2014 National Indie Excellence Awards.
Their travel memoir, Cruising the Mediterranean, won the gold medal for adult nonfiction in the 2016 Wishing Shelf Book Awards, and was named the best nonfiction book in the 2016 Seven Sisters Book Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2017 Best Book Awards competition.
