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Interesting Things & Places in Canada

Visitors to Canada's natural wonders, man-made marvels and cultural events can witness the diversity of the world's second largest country in land mass. Sharing the longest international border with the United States, Canada's landscape extends from the Pacific to Atlantic to Arctic Oceans. As a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Canada's British, French and international family of ethnic communities contribute to the changing cultural heritage.

Vancouver's Stanley Park
- Located on British Columbia's West Coast rainforest, Stanley Park features 150,000 trees on 1,000 acres. The 5-mile Seawall offers a scenic pedestrian, cycle and in-line skate route along the perimeter of the park overlooking Vancouver Harbour and the downtown skyline. The Vancouver Aquarium, the largest in Canada, showcases beluga whales, dolphins, otters and hundreds of other aquatic creatures. Family activities can include visiting the Second Beach swimming pool, Lumberman's Arch water park and Theatre Under the Stars.
  
  Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
  
  2099 Beach Avenue
  
  Vancouver, BC Canada V6G 1Z4
  
  604 873-7000
  
  vancouver.ca
Drumheller's Royal Tyrrell Museum
- In the heart of Alberta's dinosaur country, Drumheller is home to the Royal Tyrrell Museum. History of 69 million years left a legacy of fossils prepped for research and display. Families can hike to the Canadian Badlands where the landscape's geological history offers a paleontology lesson to contemporary visitors.
  
  Royal Tyrrell Museum
  
  Highway 383 Midland Provincial Park
  
  Drumheller, AB Canada T0J 0Y0
  
  403- 823-7707
  
  tyrrellmuseum.com
Toronto's CN Tower
- Panoramic view of Toronto's financial district.
  
  Toronto's CN Tower stands as the World's Tallest Tower at 1,815 feet, 5 inches, according to Guinness World Records. The American Society of Civil Engineers designated the CN Tower as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. Visitors stepping off the high-speed elevator to the Sky Pod witness a 360 degree view of Lake Ontario and Canada's largest city.
  
  CN Tower
  
  301 Front Street West
  
  Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2T6
  
  416- 868-6937
  
  cntower.ca
Montreal's Jazz Festival
- The world's largest jazz celebration happens at Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. Cosmopolitan Montreal hosts a summer music event that brings together local and international performers of classic jazz, funk, rock and world music. Free family friendly activities include games, music activities and interactive performances in Canada's second largest city.
  
  Festival International de Jazz de Montreal
  
  400 Maisonneuve Blvd West, 9th Floor
  
  Montreal QC H3A 1L4
  
  Canada
  
  514- 523-3378
  
  montrealjazzfest.com
Prince Edward Island National Park
- Red sandstone cliffs along Prince Edward Island's Atlantic coastline.
  
  Located in Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island National Park provides a diverse Atlantic habitat of sand dunes, eroding sandstone cliffs and wetlands by the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Boardwalk and footpaths give visitors viewing access to over 300 species of flora and fauna, including the wild rose and red fox. Designated as a National Historic Site, this park houses Green Gables, home of writer L.M. Montgomery's fictional heroine, Anne of Green Gables, a sprightly red-haired orphan girl with a keen literary bent.
  
  Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  
  2 Palmers Lane
  
  Charlottetown, PE Canada C1A 5V8
  
  902- 672-6370
  
  pc.gc.ca