Carol Patterson

Carol Patterson is an award-winning freelance travel writer based in Calgary who roams Canada’s back roads looking for wildlife. She has contributed to many national and international publications including CanGeoTravel, WestJet and BBCTravel. She’s written several books on ecotourism and how to balance commercial success with space for critters. Carol was made a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2017 for spreading the word about Canada and it’s landscapes.

St. Eugene Resort Helps You Learn More Than a Fifth Grader About Canada’s Indigenous History

Carol Patterson British Columbia, Canada, News & Reviews December 12, 2019

I ran screaming across the lawn at British Columbia‘s St. Eugene Resort, my lungs burning as my shriek faded away. Surely I had recreated a strength-training feat of a Ktunaxa warrior. “Nope,” smiled Jared Teneese – coordinator for Ktunaxa Nation’s Traditional Knowledge and Language ...Read More

Getting Saucy at Grand Velas Riviera Nayarit Resort’s Se Spa

Carol Patterson Mayan Riviera, Mexico, News & Reviews, Spas November 14, 2019

Instead of eating Mexican mole sauce – a flavourful combination of chillies, nuts and chocolate – imagine covering your body with it in a luxurious spa treatment that smells like chocolate and leaves you as limp as a tissue caught in a rainstorm. At ...Read More

Unraveling Ghostly and Natural Mysteries in Canmore

Carol Patterson Alberta, Canada, News & Reviews October 23, 2019

Fancy yourself a CSI fanatic or a devourer of mystery novels? Then you’ll love unravelling the mysteries to be found in Canmore and area during October when crowds are gone, and hotel rates drop. By day, you can witness one of the planet’s most ...Read More

The View Is White (and Green) at This Pop-up Lodge in Churchill’s Polar Bear Territory

Carol Patterson Canada, Manitoba, News & Reviews August 19, 2019

People have heard of pop-up restaurants and pop-up boutiques but a pop-up lodge in Canada’s backcountry? That’s what happens each fall when Frontiers North Adventures (FNA) hauls its Tundra Buggies (think school bus crossed with dump truck) into the path of hungry polar bears ...Read More

It’s Never to Late (or Too Early) to Become a Citizen Scientist at Ontario’s Pinery Provincial Park

Carol Patterson Canada, News & Reviews, Ontario July 1, 2019

By Carol Patterson Pinery Provincial Park is one of Ontario’s busiest and has one of Canada’s best citizen science programs to add fun and meaning to a weekend of camping, hiking or biking. But beware, there’s an ulterior motive. “I want to turn people ...Read More