Make Prince Albert the base of operations for your next hiking expedition. Just minutes from the city are countless hiking and mountain-biking trails, well cut into the largest contiguous forest area in Canada – the boreal. Rolling hills and majestic shorelines greet visitors to any of the many parks surrounding the city. Bring your camping gear, you’ll want to spend a night listening to the loons and wolves over your own misty northern lake.

Geographically, northern Saskatchewan has its own unique set of characteristics. The surrounding forest erupts from the jackpine sand of an ancient seabed - a thick mass that continues, relatively uninterrupted, to the leading edge of the Canadian Shield just a short drive to the north. There are sand hills, eskers and cliffs, river valleys, shorelines and creek beds filled with flowers and wildlife. No matter what season you visit, the siteseeing opportunities are second to none.

• Nesbit Pond