Canada

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hello, folks. I can't thank you enough for stopping Buy
for an episode of the World Traveler Podcast, a show
dedicated to you jet setters out there that just can't
stay put. There's too much world out there and you've
got to see it. Today's episode is going to be

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dedicated to the Great White North. That's right, Canada. It's
a great place to go everything from natural wonders and landscapes.
Let's start off by BAMF and Jasper National Parks in Alberta. BAMF,

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Canada's first national park, was established in eighteen eighty five,
and Jasper together for a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
the Canadian Rockies. Key sides include Lake Lewis, It's famous

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for its turquoise lake with chateau in Moraine, Lake peyto
Lake Bow Valley Parkway and Ice Fields Parkway, both scenic drives,
as well as the Columbia Ice Field with glacier tours

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and ice Explorer vehicles. Activities to enjoy while you're there
include hiking, horseback riding, canoeing, skiing, and stargazing, as well
as wildlife watching. You'll likely see elk, bears, and mountain goats.

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BAMF has a resort town vibe with hot springs, spas,
shops and restaurants. Jasper is quieter and more rustic. Next
on our list, Niagara Falls in Ontario is composed of

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three falls, the Horseshoe Falls it's the largest on the
Canadian side, the American Falls, and the Bridal Veil Falls.
You must go for a hornblower boat cruise to the
base of the Horseshoe Falls and journey behind the falls,
as well as take the Niagara Skywheel and journey up

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the Skyland Tower, as well as the whitewater Walk nearby.
The Niagara on the Lake is a quaint historic town
with boutique oneeries, ice wine specialties, and Victorian architecture. The
Shaw Festival Live theater is held there. Falls are lit

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nightly and seasonal light shows and fireworks on the weekends
illuminate the Niagara Falls. The Rainbow Bridge connects to Buffalo,
New York. You can go to the Yukon in Alberta

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to check out the Northern lights. Best time of years
from August to April. The darkest months are ideal, like
September in March being the peak. Top locations for Northern
lights viewing include Whitehorse and Yukon, yellow Knife in in

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Wt and Churchill in Manitoba, as well as Fort McMurray
in Alberta. You can enjoy some aurora watching watches, heated
iggloose stays, or guided tours with indigenous storytelling, as well

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as photography tours and dog sledding packages. Many areas offer
midnight sun in summer and ice fishing snowboll billing in winter.
Next on the list, the Caboat Trail in Nova, Scotia

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is a two hundred and ninety eight kilometer coastal highway
looping around Cape Britain highlands. The landscapes includes steep cliffs,
dramatic ocean views, dense forest, moose crossings, and fishing villages.
You can go hiking in the Skyline Trail. It offers

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a dramatic sunset, cliff view and wildlife. Cultural stops include
the Acadian and Gaelic communities with traditional music, fiddle concerts
and grafts. Whale watching seasons run from May to October,
where you can see homebacks, mink and pilot whales. Autumn

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is great for vibrant fall colors that make it one
of North America's best Fall drives next on the lists
Day of Fundy in New Brunswick. Nova Scotia has the
world's highest tides, up to sixteen meters, with tides rising

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falling every six hours. Famous sites to behold while you're
there include the Hopewell Rocks. These are sea stacks eroded
into flower pot shapes. You can walk along the ocean
floor at low tide. The Fundy National Park offers one
hundred and twenty kilometers of hiking trails, waterfalls and tidal pools.

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Saint Martin's Sea Caves and Cape Enrage offer dramatic cliffs
and fossils. You can enjoy kayaking, beachcombing and tidal bore
rafting on the Suberinacadie River all are popular. You can
literally walk on the ocean floor then watch it vanish

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under fifty feet of seawater. The Iceberg Alley is located
in Newfoundland and Labrador. It's a stretch of ocean from
Labrador to Newfoundland's northeast coast. Icebergs from Greenland drift by
in spring and early summer. They're best viewed from Twillingate,

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Saint Anthony and on a vista You can see him
via boat tours, kayak tours, drone friendly lookouts and coastal hikes.
You can enjoy the local culture such as Iceberg vodka
and Iceberg Beer. They're both made using harvested iceberg water

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and combined with puffin and whale watching for the ultimate
Atlantic wildlife experience. Tofino in the Vancouver Island is laid
back surftown on the Pacific Rim, with a mix of
rugged wilderness and upscale lodging. Top beaches include Long Beach,

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Chesterman Beach and Cox Bay. It's the surfing mecca of Canada.
You can enjoy the hot springs accessible by a boat
or a floatplane, and the Pacific Rim National Park, as
well as Rainforest Boardwalk. In the winter is storm watching season,

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it draws visitors for dramatic ocean swells. The New cha
nof the Indigenous culture offer guided cultural walks, art galleries
and traditional canoe tours. The Thousand Islands region of Ontario
offers eighteen plus hundred islands in the Saint Lawrence River,

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stretching from Kingston to Rockville. You can enjoy a boat
tour past castles, notably Bolt Castle or Hart Island. You
can enjoy scuba diving historic shipwrecks in the crystal clear
fresh water, or take a good helicopter tour for an
aerial view of the island maze. These were smuggling routes

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during Prohibition, where you can see old military outposts. It's
grade for kayaking, biking and waterfront B and B stays.
The gross Morne National Park in Newfoundland is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site with fjords, cliffs, sea stacks, and ancient

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geological formations. Key attractions include the Western Brook Pond Fjord,
where you can take a boat tour in a landlocked,
freshwater fiord carved by glaciers. The Tablewins offers rare orange
rock from Earth's mantle exposed at the surface. Wildlife visible
will be moose, caribou and Arctic hair, as well as

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the black bears. You can enjoy the Fishing Village's traditional
music and other storytelling events. Unfortunately, that's all the time
that we've got for today's episode of the World Traveler podcast.
I can't thank you enough for listening. Until next time,