Tag Archives: Canada

February Is Library Lovers’ Month

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Brian D. Butler

Here at Travel Between The Pages World HQ we are big time library supporters, so we are all in on Library Lovers’ Month. This February we will be randomly posting on some beautiful institutions that don’t get the attention that … Continue reading →

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Questions of Travel

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

There are too many waterfalls here; the crowded streams hurry too rapidly down to the sea, and the pressure of so many clouds on the mountaintops makes them spill over the sides in soft slow-motion, turning to waterfalls under our … Continue reading →

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Without Libraries What Are We

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Montreal-based Instagramer Olivier Martel Savoie has been traveling the world for the last two years visiting libraries and taking terrific photos with just his trusty iPhone. His series #olive_libraries covers beautiful institutions from Budapest to Boston. “Without libraries what have … Continue reading →

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Montreal in History

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Here in the New World we tend to forget that we too have a history. Montreal, one of my all time favorite North American cities, was founded in 1642. In the run-up to next year’s 375th anniversary celebrations, Montreal tourism folks … Continue reading →

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Whiskey War

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Brian D. Butler

Since 1933, Canada and Denmark have been waging a quiet cold war over a desolate island in the far Arctic—really. The grim, barren 1.2 square kilometer rock has no apparent resources or value. But Hans Island is situated smack in … Continue reading →

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Winter Therapy

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

This time of the year, most folks in the northern hemisphere could do with a little “luminotherapie”; and none more than the residents of chilly Canada. Impulse is a fabulously fun interactive art installation in the heart of Montreal made … Continue reading →

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Canadian Secrets

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

Recently photos of the newest variant of the official Canadian passport have been popping up around the web. The colorful documents incorporate optical variable ink that only reveals hidden features under UV light. Hopefully, U.S. passport designers will take note. … Continue reading →

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Free Beer in Europe

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

The recently revived tourism campaign I Am Canadian wasn’t created by Tourism Canada, but instead is the work of Molson Brewery, Canada’s oldest beer maker ( and second oldest business after the famed Hudson Bay Company). Molson’s clever, but self-promotional, … Continue reading →

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Lost Rivers

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

“Once upon a time, in almost every city, many rivers flowed. Why did they disappear? How? How could we see them again? This documentary tries to find answers by meeting visionary urban thinkers, activists and artist from around the world.” … Continue reading →

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Encouraging Entropy

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Way back on August 27, 2010, we posted a story on a marvelous bibliographic installation in the woods of Quebec, Canada titled Jardin de la Connaissance. This joint project by artist Rodney Latourelle and landscape architects 100 Landschaftsarchitektur involved stacked … Continue reading →

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