Fall Colors off the Beaten Track: Eastern Canada
Written By Tim Robin on Thursday 15 September 2011 | 01:49
Not far from New England, but far less famous (and less crowded) are the forests of Eastern Canada. Maples, birches and aspens start turning as early as mid-September in Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. This is one of the few places travelers can enjoy superb, leisurely viewing without driving themselves: Canada’s VIA Rail runs multiday fall-color train journeys eastward out of Montreal. Through mid-October, Holland America Line offers week or longer sailings from Quebec City that visit the beautiful Gaspe Peninsula and Saguenay Fjord, whose forests are seen by relatively few travelers. Fall foliage train trips, Fall foliage cruises
