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Thousand Islands National Park
In Mallorytown, the Thousand Islands National Park preserves a gentle green archipelago, consisting of over 20 islands scattered between Kingston and Brockville. A walking trail and interpretive center allow visitors to learn more about the lush terrain and resident wildfire. Over
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Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre
The flat, sandy soils of northern Norfolk County between Port Dover and Port Stanley provide ideal growing conditions for alternate crops – what used to be a strictly tobacco-growing area now also supports hemp and ginseng fields. For a sniff of old ’baccy, take Hwy 3 inland to the
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Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Get the flock over here and look out for some foul play at this nature reserve. With more than 260 bird species calling the sanctuary home, youre assured of meeting some feathered friends. Its a peaceful place, with walking paths and benches to observe the residents. There is a sm
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Norstead
Cant get enough of the long-bearded Viking lifestyle? Stop by Norstead, just beyond the turnoff to the national historic site. Its a recreation of a Viking village with costumed interpreters (more than at LAnse aux Meadows) smelting, weaving, baking and telling stories around real
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Royal Botanical Gardens
Canadas largest and most spectacular botanic gardens comprise over a thousand hectares of trees, flowers and plants, including numerous rare species. Theres also a rock garden, an aboretum and a wildlife sanctuary with trails traversing wetlands and wooded ravines. From June to Oct
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Fort William First Nation
Mt Mackay rises 350m over Thunder Bay, offering sweeping views of the region’s patchwork of rugged pines and swollen rock formations. The lookout is part of the Fort William First Nation, and reveals its most majestic moments in the evening when the valley is but a sea of blinking
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Canadian Broadcasting Centre
Torontos enormous Canadian Broadcasting Centre is the headquarters for English-language radio and TV across Canada. You can peek at the radio newsrooms anytime or attend a concert in the world-class Glenn Gould Studio. Be sure to check out the CBC Museum with its fantastic collecti
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Ahousat
Situated on remote Flores Island and accessed by tour boat or kayak, Ahousat is the mystical location of the spectacular Wild Side Heritage Trail, a moderately difficult path that traverses 10km of forests, beaches and headlands between Ahousat and Cow Bay. Theres a natural warm sp
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McNabs Island
Fine sand and cobblestone shorelines, salt marshes, abandoned military fortifications and forests paint the scenery of this 400-hectare island in Halifax harbor. Staff of the McNabs Island Ferry will provide you with a map and an orientation to 30km of roads and trails on the islan
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Georges
On the parks northeastern edge, on Ave du Parc, this statue draws hundreds of revelers every Sunday for tribal playing and spontaneous dancing in what has been dubbed Tam-Tam Sundays (tam-tams are bongo-like drums). Its nothing less than an institution. If the noise doesnt lead you
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Cree Cultural Interpretive Centre
Located in Moose Factory, this center features indoor and outdoor exhibits of artifacts, including bone tools, traditional toys, reusable diapers and dwellings from the precontact era. Youll learn about pashtamowin, or what goes around, comes around – the Crees version of karma, if
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Bear River First Nation
Bear River First Nation is a five-minute drive from the heart of town: turn left after crossing the bridge, then take a left where the road forks. In a beautiful building, with a wigwam-shaped foyer, the Heritage & Cultural Centre offers demonstrations of traditional crafts and
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Bata Shoe Museum
Its important in life to be well shod, a stance the Bata Shoe Museum takes seriously. Impressively designed by architect Raymond Moriyama to resemble a stylized shoebox, the museum displays 10,000 pedi-artifacts from around the globe. Peruse 19th-century French chestnut-crushing cl
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Spadina Quay Wetlands
A former lakeside parking lot has been transformed into the 2800-sq-meter Spadina Quay Wetlands, a thriving, sustainable ecosystem full of frogs, birds, fish and butterflies. When lakeside fishers noticed that northern pike were spawning here each spring, the city took it upon itse
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Whytecliff Park
Just west of Horseshoe Bay, this is an exceptional little waterfront green space. Trails lead to vistas and a gazebo, from where you can watch the Burrard Inlet boat traffic. The rocky beach is a great place to scamper over the large rocks protruding from the beach. Its also one of
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Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Site
About 100km northeast of Windsor, before Chatham, is Uncle Tom’s Cabin Historic Site. Uncle Tom was the fictional protagonist and namesake of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852, based on real-life hero Reverend Josiah Henson. The 5-hectare site displays articles rela
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Institut des Sourdes
The little silver-plated cupola of the Deaf and Dumb Institute has reigned over the Plateau since 1900. An earlier building was built on clay, a problem typical to the area, and the soft ground gave way. The architects didn’t take any chances the second time around and the newer ve
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Grand Manan Historical Museum
This museum makes a good destination on a foggy day. Its diverse collection of local artifacts provides a quick primer on island history. Here you can see a display on shipwreck lore and the original kerosene lamp from nearby Gannet Rock lighthouse (1904). There is also a room stuf
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Upper Waterton Lake
Visible all over town, this is the deepest lake in the Canadian Rockies, sinking to a murky 120m (394ft). One of the best vantage points is from the Prince of Wales Hotel, where a classic view is framed by an ethereal collection of Gothic mountains, including Mt Cleveland, Glacier
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Jasper Train Station
Jasper grew up as a railway town and the train station, constructed by the CNR, is one of its oldest and most attractive buildings. Designed in an unusual arts and crafts–meets–national park architectural style, it was completed in 1925 to blend into its rustic surroundings. The in
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