Locally Inspired
Ontario’s Highlands attracts the change makers, trailblazers, explorers, sustainable thinkers, and ambassadors. These are the locals who are exploring their communities and sharing with others their favourite outdoor adventure spots, go-to restaurants to dine in, and best places to stay the night.
They are inspiring others to explore the Ontario’s Highlands’ region from a local perspective.
Read more Locally Inspired storyteller’s stories below, and travel Ontario’s Highlands' region like a local, instead of a tourist.
Inspired by Ontario's Highlands
From the rushing waters of the Ottawa River to the endless forests of Haliburton Highlands, Ontario’s Highlands’ rugged terrain entices the intrepid with calls to adventure and the introspective with the serenity of natural surroundings. A former geologist turned ice cream maker, Laurent Coulibaly, is one visitor who answered Ontario’s Highlands’ call.
Inspired to Connect with Nature
It is Ontario’s Highlands’ pristine wilderness, abundant wildlife, and phenomenal vistas that call to naturalists like Bob Volks, issuing an unspoken invitation to wander and reconnect with the beauty of nature. The innocence of Ontario's Highlands, the immense biodiversity found in its lakes, rivers, creeks, and forests, inspired Bob to settle here and open a business.
Inspired to Grow
Akos Asare knows firsthand that good things grow in Ontario’s Highlands – the entrepreneur launched a small-scale, high-yield and sustainability minded micro-urban farm, Re.Planted in the small community of Deep River, and is setting an example for the potential of sustainability in urban and suburban spaces.
Inspired to Explore
The wilds of Ontario’s Highlands don’t just call to people like Melissa Tong, they shape them. Melissa is a true trailblazer, an explorer of Haliburton Highlands’ wild spaces – a wanderer of its meandering rivers, deep, quiet lakes, and trails untrodden.
Inspired to Ride
Born and raised in the small community of Eganville, Chris Hinsperger has been exploring the backroads of Renfrew County and Ontario’s Highlands since he first put feet to pedals and pushed off into the world.
