A Tour Guides Guide

A Tour Guides Guide

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A Tour Guides Guide episodes

  • Juneau, Alaska - If You Only Have One Day

    So you're going on a cruise to Alaska. What can you see and do with only one day in Juneau. A Tour Guides Guide has all you need to know to make the most of your Alaskan Cruise Vacation. This is a revised file replacing the one with technical difficulties. Thank you for your patience while I fixed the error.

    12 min
  • Whitehorse, Yukon - If You Only Have One Day

    Your in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and you only have one day to see the best the city has to offer. Whether you here as part of your Alaska cruise or as an independent traveler exploring the Arctic, A Tour Guides Guide has you covered with a one day comprehensive itinerary to make the most out of your day.

    13 min
  • Yukon Adventure with Mosaic Earth Travel, Part 1

    If you are looking for the perfect small group bus tour of the Yukon Territory then Mosaic Earth is for you. I recently traveled with Founder and CEO Pam McGarel to Whitehorse, the Southern Lakes and Kluane National Park on their Yukon Explorer tour. This is my feature interview with Pam from the Southern Lakes Resort on beautiful Lake Tagish.

    14 min
  • The Pig War

    British Columbia in 1859 and just south of Vancouver on San Juan Island an American potato farmer shoots a British Pig. How did this turn into a major international event? In this episode of A Tour Guides Guide we have a look and the last Canada - United States border dispute.

    Photo by Dan Renco on Unsplash

    11 min
  • Victoria, BC - The Ghost of Fan Tan Alley

    Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is a fascinating place and the best part is Fan Tan Alley. It is a narrow alley only three feet wide at the entrances and it's said that cold breeze that sometimes rushes past you, might be a ghost.

    11 min
  • Georgia Engelhard, She Climbs to Conquer

    Beginning in the 1920's Georgia Engelhard would spend the better part of 25 years climbing the mountains of the Canadian Rockies In British Columbia and Alberta as well as the Purcell and Selkirk Mountain ranges.  And she did it while wearing pants shattering the norms of female mountaineering in the Victorian era.  


    9 min
  • Kicking Horse Pass and James Hector

    When you travel into the Canadian Rocky Mountains you cross the Continental Divide between Golden, British Columbia and Lake Louise, Alberta by traversing the Kicking Horse Pass National Historic Site of Canada.  In this episode we find out how Kicking Horse Pass, river and canyon got such a unique name.

    9 min
  • Whistler, BC - If You Only Have One Day

    Explore Whistler, British Columbia with me.  Whether you take a guided tour or choose to drive the Sea to Sky Highway there is so much to see and do.  From the Sea to Sky Gondola to the Peak to Peak Gondola, waterfalls, mountain ranges and the Britannia Mining Museum and British Columbia Railway Museum.  Let me help you make some memories if you only have one day in Whistler, BC.


    17 min

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Let's visit the Canadian Rockies, plan that Alaska cruise with help on what not to miss in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Sitka and Icy Point Strait. Explore great cities like Vancouver, Seattle,…