Here is my to-do list, so to speak, for when I travel around Canada the way I travel everywhere else now! I want the most well-rounded experience possible and the only way for that to happen is if there is collaboration of ideas, so if you think of anything I should add to the list below, please scroll down and comment in the reply box! 😀
I feel it is probably a good idea to do the majority of the trip (or at least start it) in Summer, however it would be cool to still be there in winter time so I can see the Northern Lights again! Sidenote: For everything involving animals, I will heavily research how those animals are treated before I support any establishment with my money and joy, and will take things off of my to do list accordingly.
The list of experiences is not organized by importance or preference, or in any way for that matter. I also realize that the list may not be very informative about what I will do at each place (and my logic in the phrasing/choosing of some things when I wrote the list escaped me). I am also aware that some things may be overrated while others are not heard of by a lot of people. Balance, no? But alas, they are on my list and there must be a reason, so I shall make them happen! Just because something isn’t on my list doesn’t mean it won’t happen because I will always end up exploring more and taking other opportunities along the way. It is more of an I-must-at-least-do-these list, but other ideas people tell me about will be in addition to my own spontaneous explorations and discoveries.
Ontario
Niagara Falls-Journey Behind the Falls
African Lion Safari
Marine Land
Fathom Five National Park-diving
Ottawa-Change of the Guard at The Hill
Muskoka Cottage Country
Georgian Bay
ice wine
Stratford Shakespeare festival
Toronto CN Tower
Quebec
Old Quebec
Mont Morency Falls
Basilica of St Anne de Beupre
Fortifications
Place Royale
St Lawrence River and Vieux Port de Quebec market
Plains of Abraham Park area
Wendake aboriginal culture
Ile d’Orleans country side and ice ciders
Parc National de la Jacque-Cartier
le Massif de Charlevoix mountain views
Nova Scotia
Bay of Fundy
Halifax Gardens
Alexander Keith brewery tour
Pier 21 Harbor Hopper tour and Halifax explosion site
Lunenburg-shuck scallops
Newfoundland
Cape Broyle-canoe
Bonavista-whales, lighthouse, restaurant, history, icebergs
St. Anthony-lighthouse, restaurant, vikings
Fogo Island
Labrador City-aurora
dive to Titanic…oh wait we can’t do that anymore
boat tour
St. John’s Signal Hill National Park
Cape Spear-lighthouse and whales
Avalon Peninsula-Rita Hogan’s Hospitality Home
Tablelands boat
Nunavut
Baffin Island-Inuit
Iqaluit-Thule people
Ellesmere Island-canoe and/or snowmobile
Repulse Bay
Belcher Islands-kayak
Alaska (because it’s in the general area and more convenient to do it on this trip than my continental US road trip)
Kenai Fjord
glacier hiking in Seward
Duckering Building at Fairbanks University
Chugach State Park
Sitka
Tracy Arm fjord
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
Portage glacier
Mt Roberts tramway
Glacier Gardens rainforest adventure
H2Oasis indoor waterpark
Chilkoot trail
Kinkaid park
Ship Creek
Juno ice field
Hatcher Pass
flightsee
bear viewing tour
drive a rural highway
See Alpenglow at midnight and Aurora Borealis after midnight
Yukon
Lake Laberge
Copper Belt Railway and Mining Museum
Miles Canyon Basalts
Back country (w/guide)
Go canoing
Alaska-Canada highway
Northern lights
Dawson city to pan for gold (childhood memories of activity, different location)
Whitehorse
Northwest Territory (summer for midnight sun)
Hay River Canyon (Louise and Alexandra Falls)
Great Slave Lake boat trip
Wood Buffalo National Park
Prince of Wales Heritage Centre
Nahanni-bush plane over it
Hidden Lake Territorial Park
Church of Our Lady of Good Hope
Yellowknife
Manitoba
Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Kildonan Park
Assinboine Park Zoo
Forks National Historic Site-market and locals
Manitoba Museum
Thermea Nordik Spa nature
Saskatchewan
Mac the Moose
Saskatoon Ukrainian Church
Batoche National Historic Site
Tunnels of Moose Jaw Chinese Immigration
Manitou Springs mineral spa
Alberta
Grassi Lakes
Lake Louise gondola
Banff Upper Hot Springs
Royal Tyrrell Museum-world’s largest dinosaur museum
Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park boat cruise
Calgary Stampede (July)
Fringe Theatre festival
Glacier sky walk glass
high ropes course
Wild Rapids water park
go flyboarding
British Columbia
Butchart Gardens
Lynn Canyon Park and suspension bridge
Canadian Rockies-Mt. Assinboine Park
Victoria Butterfly Gardens
Spotted Lake
Grouse Mountain
Great Bear Rainforest sail tour
Thompson Okanagan wine tour lakeside
Harrison Hot Springs-bald eagles
Salt Spring Island Saturday Market
Vancouver Bard on Beach-Shakespeare
Whistler Black Comb Sky resort
Mural Town-horse drawn carriage
downtown Nelson
Yoho National Park
Haida Gwaii
Hells Gate Airtram-Fraser Canyon
high tea
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