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Canada Wonders

CTC picks

Alberta

  • Rocky Mountain National Parks (Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, Jasper) AB, BC
  • Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (AB, with the US)
  • Badlands, Drumheller, AB
  • Peace-Athabasca Delta, AB
  • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (AB)

British Columbia

  • Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
  • Spirit bears, Great Bear Rainforest, BC
  • Burgess Shale, Yoho National Park, BC

Manitoba

  • Polar bear denning area, Churchill, MB
  • Narcisse snake dens, MB

New Brunswick

  • Bay of Fundy tidal flow (NB, NS)
  • Hopewell Rocks, NB
  • Miramichi River, NB

Newfoundland and Laborador

  • Gros Morne National Park, NL
  • L’Anse aux Meadows, NL
  • Torngat Mountains National Park, NL
  • Iceberg Alley, NL

Northwest Territories

  • Nahanni National Park, NWT
  • Barren Lands, NWT
  • Wood Buffalo National Park, NWT

Nova Scotia

  • Old Town Lunenburg, NS
  • Fortress of Louisbourg, NS
  • Cabot Trail, NS
  • Pier 21, Halifax, NS
  • Peggy’s Cove, NS

Nunavut

  • Mount. Thor, Auyuittuq National Park, NU
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park, north Ellesmere Island, NU (name means “top of the world”)

Ontario

  • Niagara Falls, ON
  • CN Tower Toronto, ON
  • Rideau Canal Skateway, Ottawa, ON
  • Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, ON
  • Trent-Severn Waterway, ON

Prince Edward Island

  • Confederation Bridge, PEI
  • Cavendish Beach, PEI

Quebec

  • Old Québec City, QC
  • Percé Rock & Miguasha Park, Gaspé Peninsula, QC
  • Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC

Saskatchewan

  • Athabasca Sand Dunes, SK
  • Cypress Hills, SK/AB

Yukon

  • Icefield Ranges of Kluane, YT
  • Wrangell-St. Elias/Kluane/Tatshenshini-Alsek/Glacier Bay World Heritage site (YT, BC, Alaska) – largest protected area in the world
  • Dempster Highway, YT/NT
  • Dawson City, YT

National/regional

  • The Igloo, Northern Canada (NU, NT, QC, YT)
  • Ice roads, Northern Canada
  • Canadian Shield, NT, NU, ON, QC, MB
  • Caribou migrations, Northern Canada
  • The Canoe, Canada-wide
  • Trans-Canada Highway, across Canada
  • The Float plane, across Canada
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