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Frontenac Provincial Park
Frontenac Provincial Park straddles both the lowlands of southern Ontario and the rugged Canadian Shield, giving the region a unique menagerie of wild plants and animals. The entrance and the information center are at Otter Lake , off Rte 19 north of Sydenham. From here, hikers and
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Museum at Campbell River
This fascinating museum is worth an hour of anyones time and showcases aboriginal masks, an 1890s pioneer cabin and video footage of the worlds largest artificial, non-nuclear blast (an underwater mountain in Seymour Narrows that caused dozens of shipwrecks before it was blown apar
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Maligne Canyon
A steep, narrow gorge shaped by a river flowing at its base, this canyon at its narrowest is only a few meters wide and drops a stomach-turning 50m beneath your feet. Crossed by six bridges, various trails lead out from the parking area on Maligne Lake Rd, where theres also a quain
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Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan
A key concert venue during the Jazz Festival, this multistory building hosts concerts year-round in the Salle lAstral. It also has a small gallery with listening stations and memorabilia from some of the greats whove played at the fest. Check out Dave Brubecks spectacles, Leonard C
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Canadas Wonderland
Amusement park lovers will want to trek to this, Canadas largest, featuring over 60 rides, including the mammoth Leviathan, with a peak height of 93m! Theres also an exploding volcano, 20-hectare Splash Works water park and white-water canyon. Queues can be lengthy; most rides oper
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Fundy Geological Museum
This award-winning museum got a $1 million makeover in 2010 and uses interactive exhibits to help its visitors time travel to when the fossils littering Parrsboros beaches were alive. You can see a lab where dinosaur bones are being cleaned and assembled. Beach tours are included
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Victoria Bug Zoo Inc.
The most fun any kid can have in Victoria without realizing its educational, step inside the brightly painted main room for a cornucopia of show-and-tell insect encounters. The excellent young guides talk about critters like frog beetles, dragon-headed crickets and the disturbingly
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North Head Trail
An awesome way to return to downtown from Signal Hill is along the North Head Trail (1.7km) that connects Cabot Tower with the harborfront Battery neighborhood. The walk departs from the towers parking lot and traces the cliffs, imparting tremendous sea views and sometimes whale sp
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Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre
This museum tells the region’s rich history of steamships and hoteliers with displays of over 20 wooden vessels. Also here, youll find two ships: the Segwun, the oldest operating steamship in North America, and the Wenonah II, a new cruiser with an old-school design. In a past life
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Supreme Court of Canada
This intimidating structure strikes an intriguing architectural balance with a modern concrete shell and a traditional copper roof. Visitors can stroll around the scenic grounds, vaulted lobby and dark oak-paneled courtroom. In summer, law students from the University of Ottawa con
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Rue de la Commune
Set back from the waterfront, ‘the Common’ is a showcase of the rejuvenation that has swept Old Montréal. Compare it with old photos and you’ll see the warehouses and factory buildings haven’t changed much on the outside, but the tenants are upmarket hotels, restaurants and convert
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Titanic Burial Grounds
When the Titanic sank, the bodies not buried at sea were brought to Halifax. Today there are 19 graves at Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery , 10 in the Baron de Hirsch Jewish Cemetery at the north end of Windsor St, and 121 in the adjacent Fairview Lawn Cemetery ; 40 graves are still uni
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Vermilion Lakes
Northwest of the townsite, this trio of tranquil lakes is another great place for wildlife spotting – elk, beavers, bald eagles and ospreys can often be seen around the lakeshore, especially at dawn and dusk. A paved driveway – part of the Legacy bike trail – runs along the lake’s
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Ontario Science Centre
Climb a rock wall, journey to the center of a human heart, catch a criminal with DNA fingerprinting and race an Olympic bobsled at the excellent, interactive Ontario Science Centre. Over 800 high-tech exhibits and live demonstrations wow the kids (and the adults feigning interest a
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Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
At Queen and Ossington, in the heart of West Queen Wests design and arts precinct, MOCCAs mandate is to exhibit innovative works by Canadian and international artists that address themes of contemporary relevance. The permanent collection is not presently on display, but temporary
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Église Ste
The town of Church Point, also commonly known as Pointe de lÉglise, takes its name from Église Ste-Marie, which towers over the town. Built between 1903 and 1905, the church is said to be the tallest wooden church in North America. An informative guide will show you around. Adjacen
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West Coast Railway Heritage Park
Historic-train nuts should continue just past town to the smashing West Coast Railway Heritage Park. This large, mostly alfresco museum is the final resting place of BCs legendary Royal Hudson steam engine and has around 90 other historic railcars, including 10 working engines and
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Maison du Bootlegger
This unexpected hostelry in a conventional-looking 19th-century farmhouse was surreptitiously modified by an American bootlegger during the Prohibition period. Tours reveal the marvel of secret doorways and hidden chambers intended to deter the morality squad. From 6pm, it turns in
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Cameron Falls
Located at the west end of Cameron Falls Dr, a short hop from the central townsite, is this dramatically poised torrent of foaming water, notable among geologists for harboring the oldest exposed Precambrian rocks in the Canadian Rockies. Estimates suggest they are 1.5 billion year
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Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
Inside this impressive landmark building, built by skilled Chinese artisans in 1993, youll find a magnificent 21m-high dome ornately painted with 561 dragons and other imagery. Its design was inspired by Beijings Temple of Heaven. The 2nd and 3rd floors frequently house changing ar
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