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Revelstoke Railway Museum
Revelstoke Railway Museum, in an attractive building across the tracks from the town center, contains restored steam locomotives, including one of the largest steam engines ever used on Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lines. Photographs and artifacts document the construction of the
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Canadian Canoe Museum
Canadian Canoe Museum is a must visit. Although the outside looks like a warehouse, the refurbished interior is pure Zen, with dim lighting and the calming sound of a trickling waterfall. A phenomenal collection of over 200 canoes and kayaks details the lengthy history of water nav
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Museum of Northern BC
Dont miss the Museum of Northern BC, which resides in a building styled after an aboriginal longhouse. The museum shows how local civilizations enjoyed sustainable cultures that lasted for thousands of years – you might say they were ahead of their time. The displays include a weal
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery
This relatively small but excellent gallery was one of Lord Beaverbrooks gifts to the town. The exceptional collection includes works by international heavyweights and is well worth an hour or so. Among others you will see Constable, Dali, Gainsborough and Turner, Canadian artists
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401 Richmond
Inside an early-20th-century lithographers warehouse, restored in 1994, this 18,500-meter-sq New York-style artist collective hums with the creative vibes of 130 diverse contemporary galleries showcasing works in almost any artistic medium you can think of. Grab a snack and a latte
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Western Development Museum
About 4km from downtown, the flagship Saskatoon branch of the provinces Western Development Museum is a faithful re-creation of Saskatoon the boomtown, c1910. Inside Canadas longest indoor street, you can roam through the towns many buildings, from a dentists office straight out of
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Glenora Inn & Distillery
Take a tour and taste the rocket fuel at the only distillery making single malt whiskey in Canada. Then, stop for an excellent meal at the gourmet pub (there are daily lunchtime and dinner ceilidhs) or even for the night. Cave-like rooms ($125 to $150 per night) are perfect for sle
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Old Town
Plenty of living people are older than Yellowknife but, despite the fact the Old Town only dates from the mid-1930s, its ramshackle streets wedged between Back and Yellowknife Bays have a tangible gold-rush-era atmosphere. Funky cabins and eye-catching mansions share views with B&a
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Riverdale Farm
On the former site of the Riverdale Zoo, where from 1888 to 1974 prairie wolves howled at night and spooked the Cabbagetown kids, Riverdale Farm is a rural oasis in the downtown. Now a working-farm museum, it has two barns, a summer wading pool and pens of feathered and furry frien
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Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts
Pang is famous for weaving and prints, and this extraordinary place – a top-notch facility – brings it all together. There are few tapestry studios in the world, but one is here and you can watch the weavers at work. Artists create prints via a variety of techniques in the adjacent
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Parc National du Mont
Opened more than a century ago, this wild, wooded national park covers more than 1500 sq km of gorgeous Laurentian lakes, rivers, hills and woods. You’ll find fantastic hiking and mountain-biking trails as well as camping and river routes for canoes. The half-day Méandres de la Dia
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Glenbow Museum
For a town with such a short history, Calgary does a fine job telling it at the commendable Glenbow Museum, which traces the legacy of Calgary and Alberta from pre- to post-oil. Contemporary art exhibitions and story-worthy artifacts dating back centuries fill its halls and galleri
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Lake Louise
Named for Queen Victorias otherwise anonymous fourth daughter (who also lent her name to the province), Lake Louise is a place that requires multiple viewings. Aside from the standard picture-postcard shot (blue sky, even bluer lake), try visiting at six in the morning, at dusk in
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Canadian War Museum
Fascinating displays twist through the labyrinthine interior of this sculpturelike, modern museum, tracing Canadas military history with the nations most comprehensive collection of war-related artifacts. Many of the touching and thought-provoking exhibits are larger than life, inc
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Boldt Castle
Technically in the USA, though only 36km from Gananoque, so youll need your passport to visit this lavish turn-of-the-century island castle in the middle of the St Lawrence. It was built by George C Boldt, original proprietor of New Yorks famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel. As they say,
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Fort William Historical Park
French voyageurs, Scottish gentlemen and Ojibwe scuttle about while re-enacting life in the early 1800s at this historical park. From 1803 to 1821, Fort William was the headquarters of the North West Company. Eventually the business was absorbed by the Hudsons Bay Company and the r
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Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
The century-old Whyte Museum is more than just a rainy-day option. It boasts a beautiful gallery displaying some great pieces on an ever-changing basis, while the permanent collection tells the story of Banff and the hardy men and women who forged a home among the mountains. Attach
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Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
The inventor of the telephone is buried near his summer home, Beinn Bhreagh, which is visible across the bay from Baddeck. The excellent museum of the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, at the eastern edge of town, covers all aspects of his inventions and innovations. A
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Eskimo Museum
This museum is really just a bunch of stuff in an unexciting room with linoleum floors, but like Churchill it sucks you in and soon an hour or two has passed. The obvious standouts – stuffed polar bear and musk ox, narwhal horns and original hide-covered kayaks – are immediate att
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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
This fantastic museum is one of the preeminent dinosaur museums on the planet. Its not an overstatement to say that no trip to Alberta is complete without a visit to this amazing facility. Children will love the interactive displays and everyone will be in awe of the numerous compl
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