This guide was updated in July 2016. Situated near the tip-top of the Panhandle, Canadian sprang up in 1887 around the river that it’s named for, which early explorers assumed was so far north that it must flow into Canada. It’s been a railroad town and a shipping town, a rowdy saloon town and a temperance town (it’s been dry since 1903). It’s still an oil and gas town, a rodeo town, a football town, and an “ecotourism” town. But above all, it’s a small town, and a lovely one at that. As I detail in my July 2015 column, Canadian has just enough of everything but not too much of anything, which makes it an ideal place to while away an unhurried weekend. Diverse…The post Trip Guide: Canadian appeared first on Texas Monthly.