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Bytown Museum Take the stairs alongside the Ottawa locks on Wellington St to find the Bytown Museum, sitting at the last lock before the artificial canal plunges into the waters of the Ottawa River. This well-curated collection of artifacts and documents about Ottawa’s colonial past is displayed
Musée Québécois de Culture Populaire One of the most interesting stops in the area, this museums changing exhibits cover the gamut from folk art to pop culture, delving into the social and cultural life of the Québecois. Recent exhibits include a quirky show on the social significance of garage sales and woodcarvings
Stanley Park This magnificent 404-hectare park combines excellent attractions with a mystical natural aura. Don’t miss a stroll or cycle (rentals near the W Georgia St entrance) around the 8.8km seawall: a kind of visual spa treatment fringed by a 150,000-tree temperate rainforest, it’ll take y
Pancake Bay Provincial Park Its been a long drive, but youve made it to one of Canadas finest stretches of white sandy beach, and if you time it right, you might have it all to yourself. In summer, that wont be the case. Be sure to reserve one of the 325 campsites in advance through Parks Canada (camping fro
Cloud Gardens Conservatory An unexpected sanctuary with its own waterfall, the steamy Cloud Gardens Conservatory is crowded with enormous jungle leaves, vines and palms. Information plaques answer the question What Are Rainforests?. Its a great place to warm up during winter, but avoid the area after dark –
Tweedsmuir Provincial Park Spanning the Chilcotin and the east end of the valley, the southern portion of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park is the second-largest provincial park in BC. Its a seemingly barely charted place, perfect for challenging backcountry adventures. Day hikes off Hwy 20 in the valley follow tra
Vineland Estates Winery From Hwy 81, turn right at Cherry Ave up the hill and then turn left onto Moyer Rd for the stone buildings of Vineland Estates Winery , the elder statesman of Niagara viticulture. Almost all the wines here are excellent – Riesling and cabernet franc are the flavors of the moment. T
Louis This Victorian mansion was built in the late 19th century for the first francophone chairman of the Montréal Stock Exchange, Louis-Joseph Forget. Forget was also a founding member of the Mont-Royal Club and ran the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) – much like George Stephen, an earli
Maritime Command Museum The admiral of the British navy for all of North America was based in Halifax until 1819 and threw grand parties at Admiralty House, now the Maritime Command Museum. Apart from the beautiful Georgian architecture, the museum is worth a visit for its eclectic collections: cigarette
Habitat 67 The artificial peninsula Cité-du-Havre was created to protect the port from vicious currents and ice. Here, in 1967, architect Moshe Safdie designed a set of futuristic cube-like condominiums for Expo 67 when he was just 23 years old. This narrow spit of land connects Île Ste-Hélèn
Belliveau Beach Belliveau Beach, near the southern end of Belliveau, is reached by turning right onto Majors Point. The beach is made up of masses of sea-polished stones broken only by small clumps of incredibly hardy fir trees. Just behind the beach, a cemetery and monument recall the struggles o
Riel House National Historic Site After Louis Riels 1885 execution for treason, his body was brought to his family home before being buried in St Boniface Basilica. Riel grew up on this farm in a cabin by the river; the 1880s house now on display housed his descendents as recently as the 1960s. Now surrounded by su
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic The knowledgeable staff at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic includes a number of retired fisherfolk who can give firsthand explanations of the fishing industry. A cute aquarium on the 1st floor lets you get eye-to-eye with halibut, a 6kg lobster and other sea creatures. Film sc
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Practical Yarmouth is the unexpected home to the refreshingly cosmopolitan Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. The new three-story building has well-selected works from mostly Maritime artists.
Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens Gorgeous Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens covers a rambling 6.5 hectares with various themed gardens, such as an Acadian kitchen garden one might have seen in the late 1600s and an innovative modern one. Munch on blueberries, ogle the vegetables and look for frogs. The Secret Garde
Woodland Cultural Centre The Woodland Cultural Centre functions as an indigenous performance space, cultural museum and gallery. Exhibits follow a timeline from prehistoric Iroquoian and Algonquian exhibits through to contemporary indigenous art. The attached shop stocks basketry and jewelry, plus books, c
Cemeteries A 15-minute walk up King St and Mary McCloud Rd near town leads to 10 cemeteries that are literally filled with characters. Among them: Joe Vogler, who fought to have Alaska secede from the US. He was buried here in 1993, having vowed not to be buried in an Alaska that wasnt free.
Galeries d’Art Contemporain du Belgo More than a decade ago the Belgo building was a rundown haven for struggling artists. It has since earned a reputation as one of Montréal’s most intriguing exhibition spaces with some 30 galleries and artist studios, along with dance, yoga and photography studios. Check the website
Notre Dame Cathedral Built in 1841, this shimmering tin-topped house of worship is the oldest church in all of Ottawa and the seat of the citys Catholic archbishop. Pick up the small pamphlet at the entrance outlining the churchs many idiosyncratic features, including elaborate wooden carvings and the
Les Forges About 7km northwest of the center (take bus 4), Les Forges-du-St-Maurice is a national historic site preserving the 18th-century birthplace of the Canadian iron industry. Costumed guides take you around the grounds and into the blast furnace, while a sound-and-light show reveals th

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