Population: 31 million
Area: 9,976,140 square km, 9,976,140 square miles.
Language(s): English, French
Capital City: Ottawa
Major Cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton.
Local Time: Atlantic (areas observing DST) & Labrador: From 4 Apr 04 to 31 Oct 04 GMT -3 From 31 Oct 04 to 3 Apr 05 GMT -4 Atlantic (areas not observing DST): GMT -4 Central (except...
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Reefs start to look pretty much the same, says Gene Peterson of Atlantic Divers, an outfitter that leads dive trips to wreck sites all along the Atlantic seaboard. "But wreck diving is historic—all ships tell a story." From New York’s Long Island to New Jersey’s Cape May, there are some 5,000 documented wrecks to explore, whether you’re into 18th-century galleons or WWII ships...
A rising, though still relatively unknown, star in the mountain bike universe, Fernie, BC, is a dream destination for hardcore mountain bikers—even if most of them don’t know about it yet. Well-endowed with the technical backwoods riding British Columbia is famous for, what sets Fernie apart is its magnificent mountain setting and wealth of supersteep singletrack. A historic,...
In loud, rhythmic bursts, the sky cracks. The bird cometh. From behind a steep, glacially ravaged ridgeline, a Bell 212 helicopter swoops towards the earth. At the bottom of the Blockhead Glacier, deep in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains, you huddle by a red marker flag with nine other skiers and snowboarders as the pilot positions his bird for landing. Wind blasts through...
Crisscrossing the Canadian Rockies is a labyrinth of remote and spectacular trails. One hundred and twenty-five miles of backpacking treks lead to the high alpine meadows and crystal clear streams of BC’s Kootenay National Park, which borders both Yoho and Banff National Parks (in Alberta). One of the many treks in Kootenay is the Rockwall Highline Trail, a journey along the...
Quebec Winter Carnival is the largest event of its kind in the world and is considered the third largest carnival (any kind) after the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and from New Orleans, USA.
This real snow festival takes place every year since 1955, and the effigy of Carnival in Quebec is a snowman.
Carnival diversified program from year to year, the popular activities (snow...