| CANADA |
| ALBERTA |
 | VIA Rail's Canadian The complete three day Western Continental journey between Vancouver and Toronto passes through the majestic Canadian Rockies, the sprawling prairie grasslands, and the lakes and forests of Northern Ontario... |
 | VIA Rail's Skeena The elevated glass observation dome of the stainless steel Park Car is the best place for spotting wildlife... |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA |
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BC Ferries' Inside Passage The 240 mile Inside Passage Route between Prince Rupert and Port Hardy travels past soaring mountains, picturesque fjords, narrow channels, and remote islands... |
 | Vancouver is known as the “Crown Jewel of Western Canada”. This harbor city with gleaming glass skyscrapers is surrounded by mountains and has lovely parks and gardens... |
 | VIA Rail's Canadian The train winds like a snake around mountain curves, each revealing a new vista or glimpse of history--mighty rivers, glacial lakes, tiny villages, lumber mills, or former Gold Rush boomtowns... |
 | VIA Rail's Skeena On our two-day 725 mile daylight land cruise we sat back in our glass carriage and simply enjoyed the view... |
 | Victoria The provincial capital is known as both the Garden and Retirement Capital of Canada. With plenty of sunshine and mild winters, it is considered one of Canada’s best places to live... |
| EASTERN TOWNSHIPS |
 | Eastern Townships The picturesque Eastern Townships of Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec are just across the U.S. border from New Hampsh8ire, Vermont, and Maine. |
| NEW BRUNSWICK |
 | Broadleaf Guest Ranch
It's part of an 1,100 acre family owned and operated adventure
business. There are also three family cabins, dormitory-style cabins, a
bed and breakfast apartment, and summer camping hookups in the apple
orchard.
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 | Campobello Island Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt bought a 34-room cottage here that is now the centerpiece of the 2800 acre Roosevelt Campobello International Park. |
 | Ganong Canada's chocolate town is in St. Stephen--right by the U.S. border. |
 | Grand Manan Island is a fishing community with natural beauty and activities and attractions--whale watches, kayaking, hiking, beach combing, art galleries, and museums--that draw vacationers... |
 | Hopewell Rocks We were off at low tide for a walk on the ocean floor past formations that originating 300 million years ago. |
 | Minister's Island is named for a Loyalist parson, Reverend Samuel Andrews, who built a stone home in 1791 that still stands. |
 | New Brunswick
We headed up the coast to New Brunswick, ferried our cars between
islands, visited tiny fishing villages, met men in kilts, walked the
ocean floor, and experienced the world's highest tides.
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 | St. Andrews By-the-Sea has long been renowned for its golf courses... |
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St. Andrews By-the-Sea Would you like to walk on the ocean floor? You can do this as you witness the dramatic effects of one of the Marine Wonders of the World—powerful tides that rise and fall up to 26‘ twice a day... |
| NEWFOUNDLAND and LABRADOR |
 | L'Anse Aux Meadows Around 1000 AD, Leif Eriksson, son of Erik the Red, was accused of murder and banished from Greenland... |
 | St. John's Newfoundland Thick brogues and lilting speech greet visitors to this city, traces of English, Irish, or Scottish roots... |
| NOVA SCOTIA |
 | Annapolis Valley With apple orchards, vineyards, dairy cows, and the abundant seafood from the Bay of Fundy, it's an ideal destination for experiencing the province’s bounty. |
 | Halifax With a deep, ice-free harbor jutting out into the Atlantic, Halifax was an attractive entry point for expanding empire. |
 | Nova Scotia Wherever you are in Nova Scotia, Canada’s Ocean Playground, you are never more than 35 miles from the sea. |
 | South Shore The South Shore’s Lighthouse Route is a rugged Atlantic coastline of shipbuilding communities and picturesque fishing villages. |
| ONTARIO |
 | Kingston, Ontario, is known for its stately limestone buildings befitting its status as Canada's first capital. It is also the gateway to adventures on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River... |
 | Ottawa is a British city with a French accent, centered on Parliament buildings replicating London’s Westminster and a turreted hotel in the style of a French chateau... |
 | The Rideau Canal Built as a supply route safe from an American invasion this was one of the first canals to be designed for steam-powered boats. It is now a recreational waterway... |
 | The Thousand Islands —over 1800 of them--are within a 50 mile area of one of the world’s largest rivers--the St. Lawrence-- and are divided between Canada and the United States... |
| QUEBEC |
 | Canada and New England A cruise along the Atlantic coastline and to Quebec City took us to gems of the region on the Jewel of the Sea... |
 | Charlevoix This is the heart of the area known as the Canadian Shield. the world's oldest rock formation, with national parks, rich soil, farms, rolling countryside, and steep, rugged cliffs... |
 | Gaspé Peninsula The Québecois are drawn by the natural beauty and rural charm of the Canada’s Gaspé Peninsula, la Gaspésie, on the eastern tip of the province... |
 | Magdalen Islands The thirteen islands and several islets of the Magdalen Islands, or Îles de la Madeleine, archipelago are in the heart of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
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Montreal A warm “Bonjour!” as we entered the auberge reminded us that we needn’t cross the pond to ambience... |
 | Quebec City We
sipped café au lait on Grand Allée, this continent’s
Champs Elysées, swept up in the city’s romance
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 | Quebec City Four centuries have passed since explorer Samuel de Champlain became the Father of New France... |
 | The Train of Le Massif de Charlevoix Since September, 2011, a unique train has been running along some of the finest scenery in Canada’s French-speaking province of Québec. |
