Accessible Parks for Fall Foliage Viewing

Evenings are cooler and the days are shorter but there is still time to enjoy the outdoors in all it’s glory before the more dreary days of late autumn arrive.  This is a spectacular season and fall foliage tours are booking up as we head into the peak time in Eastern Canada for autumn colour.  Whether traveling by rail, bicycle, car or motor coach, Canada’s display of fall leaves is a perfect excuse for a small adventure before the winter cold and snow have many seniors more home-bound.

Many of Canada’s national parks have accessible trails that not only allow a wheelchair to pass but also provide a wider, smoother path with a lower incline which may be easier for those who can walk but find stairs and steep hills a challenge.  To learn more about accessible facilities, trails and services in Canada, visit Parks Canada at http://www.pc.gc.ca .

Best Places to See Fall Foliage

• Algoma Central Railway’s Agawa Canyon – Sault Ste. Marie
• Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C.
• The Cabot Trail – Nova Scotia
• Algonquin Provincial Park, Nipissing, Ontario
• Confederation Trail, P.E.I.
• Laurentian Mountains, Quebec
• The Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
• Fundy Coastal Drive, New Brunswick
• Humber Valley, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
• Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba
• Niagara Parkway, Ontario
• Qu’Appelle River Valley, Lumsden, Saskatchewan
• The Rocky Mountains, Alberta
• The Eastern Townships, Quebec
• Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

Best viewing is generally the last two weeks of September and first two weeks of October

Source:  Huffington Post Canada