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New Brunswick's Saint John River
Known as Wolasqtoq, or "good and beautiful river" in the Maliseet language, the Saint John River adopted its current identity when Samuel de Champlain reached its mouth on June 24, 1604, the feast day of John the Baptist.
Ontario's Bruce Trail
Winding along the stony spine of southern Ontario, the Bruce Trail is a sanctuary, a songwriter's muse and Canada's most popular footpath.
Canadian Ski Marathon
The world's longest cross-country ski event is a glorious trek through the Ottawa Valley — or a two-day slog into an icy hell.
Elk Island National Park
Frogs pipe, woodpeckers knock and beavers clap their tails along the trails of Elk Island National Park. And then there are the bison.
Rallying for rallysport
Tour the Rock at up to 200 kilometres an hour in the Targa Newfoundland auto rally, a week-long ride through seaside villages in the province's eastern reaches.
Circus city
Trapeze arts are replacing trash in Montréal's largest landfill, and transforming a neighbourhood into a big-top capital of the world.
Beluga Bytes
Churchill is not just the polar bear capital of the world, it is also the site of an annual spectacle of whale song and dance.
Visiting Dawson is a musical adventure
The Dawson City Music Festival blends small-town charm with big-time talent for a dizzying weekend dance party in Klondike country.
The bald and the beautiful
British Columbia's stunning Squamish River serves up a feast for Brackendale Park's eagles and eagle-watchers alike.
Riding the Rails
A three-day bike tour along Prince Edward Island's Confederation Trail is a trip through island history.
Boning up on the badlands
Here are more Alberta treasures to unearth! Learn about Joseph Tyrell, his albertosaurus discovery and the museum that bears his name. You'll also discover how the badlands were formed and can start planning trips to other dino-dig sites across the country.
Northern affairs
Visit Nunavut's Ukkusiksalik National Park and its inhabitants online. Find out the meaning behind regional names, uncover the park's archaeological sites and see why Ukkusiksalik has one of the highest wind-chill factors in Canada.
Geocaching in the Eastern Townships
Welcome to the new world of adventure — geocaching. It is a sport where the high-tech adventurer uses a GPS to track down hidden objects. In Quebec's Eastern Townships, this new hobby is alive and well. Join us as we take a look at this new form of treasure hunting as well as one of the historic regions in which it is found.
Discover Cypress Hills
Rising out of the gently rolling prairie of Southwest Saskatchewan and Southeast Alberta is a lush plateau of forests, grasslands and wetlands. Called "beautiful highlands" by the Cree and described by John Palliser as "a perfect oasis in the desert," the area was called Cypress Hills by French fur traders, who mistook the lodgepole pines found there for the cypress or jack pines of Quebec.
A closer look at the House of Miracles
Pilgrims to Saint Joseph's Oratory arrive these days by all manner of conveyances.
During the last weekend in May each year for more than 25 years, some 500 motorcyclists have travelled to the Oratory. A group of priests meets them outside to bless the bikes as they drive by.
A walk through Stanley Park
A year after Vancouver became a municipality in 1886, the first city council petitioned the federal government to lease 400 hectares of land to the city to be used as a park. Originally a forest of old-growth trees that was home to Musqueam and Squamish First Nations, it was then a marine base for the Royal Navy. The British government handed over the then largely logged forest land, and on September 27, 1888, Stanley Park was officially opened.
Sudbury's centre of science
Science North, Sudbury's premier hands-on technology and science centre, leads visitors through a world of shifting plates, bombing neutrinos and sheepish climate change. Discover what Exploration Online and one of Canada's most innovative science hubs has to offer to the natural world.
Acadia continues
The roaring wind off the bay evokes a history of suffering and endurance. In a solemn pilgrimage, Acadians from around the world retrace their ancestors' steps in reverse, converging on Canada's East coast. Here Acadian Culture is kept alive through song and literature, art and cuisine.
Toronto's underground world
The steely snake of a subway train streaks through the labyrinth beneath Toronto's streets. For writer Allen Abel who has ridden Canada's oldest underground for a quarter century, each stop holds a memory.
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