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Stack Académie Con & Tour

Stack Académie Con & Tour

Our Gang

  • Kerry Anderson (Con & Tour; arriving 30 Apr; departing TBC)
  • Clayton Baisch (Con & Tour; travelling with Joanne Panas)
  • Joseph Vanden Borre (Con & Tour; arriving 30 Apr; departing 10 May)
  • Daniel Thorpe (Con & Tour; arriving 30 Apr; departing 10 May)
  • Doran Ingalls (Con only)
  • Mark Simonitch (Con only)
  • Gene Buksa (Con & Tour — To Be Confirmed)

Convention: 1–3 May 2026

Location

Novotel Montréal Centre
1180, rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 1Z1

Phone: +1 866-246-9555
Link to:Registration Desk
Link for: Con Rate (Doesn’t currently seem to be working…).

Registration

Other Details

  • Volko Ruhnke, Guest of Honour, will be presenting new releases.
  • Mark Hinkle, New England Simulations, is showing a new Hell’s Highway.
  • Flea (“Bring and Buy”) Market is on Saturday (details to follow).

Games People Play

As we get closer to the date we can use this location to coordinate who’s bringing what games (as I assume luggage space will be limited for most of us.)

Tour: 4–10 May 2026

Participants

Morning of the 10th we check out of the Novotel and take their shuttle to Montréal-Trudeau International airport, where I have a rental car booked for pick-up at 09:00. Joseph and Me (Dan) are confirmed for the whole tour. Kerry is with us at least as far as Ottawa. Gene is our fourth if he can make it (TBC). Clayton and Joanne are renting their own car and making their own arrangements, but intend to visit the sights in Quebec City and Ottawa with us.

Organization

I'll coordinate car and hotel bookings for the tour, so we have a single point of contact, but this is more a group of friends taking a road trip together than a formal expedition. So, rather than setting a budget and paying up front, I propose we just pay our own meals and share of the gas and hotel expenses as we go. I'll pay for the rental car and divide the bill up on a per-day basis with the other riders. (Total is CAD $440 or about $110 to $150 each depending on how many participants we end up having for how long.)

Itinerary

Here is the current proposed itinerary. Note that Hamilton is off the tour as I received advice — given how much time we have — not to drive through Toronto ("The horror! The horror!"). In consequence, we have an extra day in Quebec City (a good thing) and more time in Ottawa. Kerry recently visited both cities and has kindly volunteered to be tour guide and keep us from getting too lost.

4–5 May 2026 (Monday–Tuesday): Quebec City, QC

Drive from Montréal to Quebec City (approximately 3 hours).
Stay two nights in Quebec City (hotel TBC).

  • Plains of Abraham Battlefield Park.
  • Wolfe-Montcalm Monument.
  • Musée du Fort.
  • Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury (Quebec City Armoury).
  • The Citadelle of Quebec / La Citadelle (Post French & Indian War; home of the Vandoos - Royal 22e Regt and their museum).
  • Walking tour of old downtown.

6–7 May 2026 (Wednesday–Thursday): Ottawa, ON.

Drive from Quebec City to Ottawa (approximately 4.5 hours).
Stay two nights in Ottawa (hotel TBC).

  • Walking tour of downtown Ottawa:
    • Rideau Canal,
    • Houses of Parliament,
    • Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
    • Cenotaph…
  • Canadian War Museum (in a new facility with good displays & collections).
  • Diefenbunker (Cold War museum in a four-storey underground bunker).
  • Canada Aviation and Space Museum (outskirts of town.
  • Natural History Museum?

8 May 2026 (Friday): Kingston, ON

Drive from Ottawa, following Rideau Canal Lock stations to Fort Henry (approximately two hours).
Stay one night in Kingston (hotel TBC).

  • Bytown Museum on Garrison Life.
  • Fort Wellington (restored War of 1812 fortress).
  • Fort Henry (best preserved British fort in Canada).
  • Royal Military College Museum.
  • Martello Turrets (War of 1812 lake defences.

9 May 2026 (Friday): Oshawa, ON

Drive from Kingston to Oshawa, ON (approximately 2 hours).
Stay one night in Kingston (hotel TBC).

  • Ontario Regiment Tank Museum (largest tank/AFV museum in Canada, with many runners).
  • National Air Force Museum of Canada.

10 May 2026 (Saturday) Return to Montréal

Drive from Oshawa to Montréal-Trudeau Airport (approximately 4.5 hours).

  • Tour ends with return of rental car at Montréal–Trudeau airport NLT 2:00 PM.

If anyone has any better ideas or suggestions for the tour, please let me know by email or by leaving a comment below. I'll keep updating this page as details change or firm-up, and will also be adding more info (and links) for the tour sights.

Looking forward to seeing all of you!
Daniel Thorpe
10 Feb 2026