Looking for some ideas where to go for a week w/ kids (8 & 11) -- interested in hiking, whitewater rafting, biking, etc. Live in Boston and would like to drive in less than 8 hours or so. Have already done Acadia and Mt. Tremblant....thinking maybe Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, but not sure where.
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My first recommendation would have been Cape Breton Nova Scotia including the National Park, Cabot Trail, etc. but it's a good bit more than an 8 hour drive. Still, it's spectacular, so if you want to consider it, here's a few links:
http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/cbreton/index.aspx
http://www.freewheeling.ca/adventures/NovaScotiaCapeBretonMultisport.html
http://www.pedalandseaadventures.com/cabot_trail_selfguidedtour.html
Another thought - in Ontario - north of Toronto and west of Ottawa and closer to your 8 hour criteria (maybe 9 to 10 hours) a combination trip could be:
- Algonquin Provincial Park. Lovely huge wilderness area with hundreds of lakes, excellent hiking trails, bike trails, kayaking/canoeing, great wildlife viewing. Links:
http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/algo.html
http://www.algonquinpark.on.ca/mustrails/biktrail.html
- White water rafting on the Ottawa and/or Madawaska Rivers:
http://www.owl-mkc.ca/
Book well ahead for the rafting. In fact I would suggest booking accommodations, especially for summer weekends, well ahead too.
Mat54: Thanks much. I've heard great things about Cape Breton -- however, with the Maine-NS ferry now out of service, I think it's just a little too long in a car to get up there. Sounds wonderful though.
Lincoln: I probably wasn't entirely clear with my second suggestion. Algonquin and the White Water Rafting, although not in the same location, are about a 1 to 2 hour drive apart (so you could either stay in one location and day-trip, or follow up several days in Algonquin with a night or 2 at one of the OWL sites).
Another destination for a day or 2 in the same general vicinity is the Barron Canyon River section of Algonquin Park (accessed from a different point in the park than the main "Highway 60 Corridor" which I had been thinking of in my original recommendation). Check out:
http://www.algonquinbound.com/?gclid=CISfuvTp8qECFRRM5QodSyuXog