Trans Canada Transportation
Canadian-Pacific Railo A historic Canadian railroad incorporated in 1881. The railroad is owned today by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
o Approximately 20,000 kilometres (12,500 mi) of track all across Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton.
Trans-Canada Highway
o Transcontinental federal-provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada from the Pacific Ocean on the west to the Atlantic on the east. The main route spans 8,030 kilometres (4,990 mi) across the country, one of the longest routes of its type in the world.
o The highway officially opened in 1962, and was completed in 1971
Trans-Canada Trail
o The Great Trail – created by Trans Canada Trail and our partners – began as a bold dream in 1992. Now, 25 years on, it is 24,000 kilometres of multi-use recreational trail – the longest network of its kind.
o Great Trail is a community-based project. Trail sections are owned, operated and maintained by local organizations, provincial authorities, national agencies and municipalities across Canada.
Anne of Green Gables Farmhouse
o A 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery which recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island.
o Since its publication, Anne of Green Gables has sold more than 50 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages.
o The Green Gables farmhouse is located in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Many tourist attractions on Prince Edward Island have been developed based on the fictional Anne, and provincial licence plates once bore her image
Confederation Bridge
o The 12.9-kilometre (8 mi) bridge opened on May 31, 1997.
o Construction took place from October 1993 to May 1997 and cost C$1.3 billion.
o It links Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick, Canada.
o Before its official naming, Prince Edward Islanders often referred to the bridge as the "Fixed Link".
Magnetic Hill
o A gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain.
o It is located at the northwestern edge (In the Magnetic Hill Area) of the city of Moncton in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Fairmont Hotels
o Fairmont is known in Canada for its famous historic hotels and resorts. Many of these hotels were originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
o Château Frontenac in Quebec City was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1980. The site was originally occupied by the residence of the British colonial governors of Lower Canada and Quebec. The World War II Allies' Quebec Conferences of 1943 and 1944 were held at the Château. The hotel is generally recognized as the most photographed hotel in the world, largely for its prominence in the skyline of Quebec City.
o The Royal York Hotel in Toronto was built by CP Rail in 1929. With 28 floors, it was the tallest building in Toronto at that time, and the tallest building in the British Empire until the construction of Canadian Bank of Commerce tower. It is the residence of choice for Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal Family when in Toronto. The Queen usually has an entire floor reserved for her and her entourage, occupying the Royal Suite herself. The hotel was recognized under the Ontario Heritage Act in 2006
o The Banff Springs Hotel was built during the 19th century as one of Canada's grand railway hotels in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The hotel was opened to the public on June 1, 1888. It is a National Historic Site of Canada and a UNESCO World Heritage Site
o The Fairmont Empress is one of the oldest and most famous hotels in Victoria. It was been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its national significance in 1981. The Empress has played hostess to kings, queens, movie stars and many famous people. In 1919, Edward, Prince of Wales waltzed into the dawn in its Crystal Ballroom - an event considered by Victorians to be of importance even 50 years later
Museum of History
o The museum's primary purpose is to collect, study, preserve, and present material objects that illuminate the human history of Canada and the cultural diversity of its people.
o The museum is one of North America's oldest cultural institutions and is home to the Canadian Children's Museum and an IMAX 3D Theatre.
o The museum was designed by Douglas Cardinal, a famous Indigenous architect
Bon Echo Pictographs
o The southeastern shore of Mazinaw Lake features the massive 100 m (330 ft) high Mazinaw Rock, an escarpment rising out of the water, adorned with many native pictographs. The unofficial mascot of Bon Echo Park is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero, Nanabush, who is among the 260 plus pictographs found in the area. The site of the Mazinaw pictographs was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1982
ROM
o It is one of the largest museums in North America, the largest in Canada, and attracts more than one million visitors every year, the second most for a Canadian art museum
o Established on 16 April 1912 and opened on 19 March 1914
o Has more than six million items and forty galleries, including notable collections of dinosaurs, minerals and meteorites, Near Eastern and African art, Art of East Asia, European history, and Canadian history.
CN Tower
o a 553.3 m-high (1,815.3 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in downtown Toronto
o It was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower in 2010.
o In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers, where it holds second-place.
o The CN Tower can be seen from at least as far away as Kennedy Street in Aurora, Ontario, approximately 40 km (25 mi) to the north, 60 km (37 mi) east of Toronto, in Oshawa, and from several points on the south shore of Lake Ontario, 48 km (30 mi) to the south in the U.S. state of New York.
Wawa Goose
o As of 2017, this was the most photographed landmark in North America
o Wawa means “Wild Goose or Land of the Big Goose” in Ojibway, so it makes perfect sense to have a goose welcoming visitors at the entrance of town.
o In 1960, the last link of the Trans-Canada Highway was finally completed linking Wawa to Sault Ste. Marie and Western Canada.
o Local businessmen were disappointed that the highway actually by-passed the downtown core of the community, so one of Wawa’s local entrepreneurs of the day, Al Turcott had an idea of a huge statue of a Canada Goose made of plaster.
o This has become Wawa’s “Claim to Fame” and our famous goose has welcomed millions of visitors.
Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump
o Is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of a museum of Blackfoot culture.
o It was used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of the plains to kill buffalo by driving them off the 11 metre (36 foot) high cliff. Before the late introduction of horses, the Blackfoot drove the buffalo from a grazing area in the Porcupine Hills by dressing up as coyotes and wolves.
o The camp at the foot of the cliffs provided the people with everything they used to process the buffalo carcasses for their needs, including fresh water. The buffalo was used for a variety of purposes, from tools made from the bone, to the hide used to make dwellings and clothing.
o After a successful hunt, the wealth of food allowed the people to enjoy leisure time and pursue artistic and spiritual interests. This increased the cultural complexity of the society.
o According to legend, a young Blackfoot wanted to watch the buffalo plunge off the cliff from below, but was buried underneath the falling buffalo. He was later found dead under the pile of carcasses, where he had his head smashed in
Vegreville egg
o This Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter Egg) symbolizes the harmony, vitality and culture of the community and is dedicated as a tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who brought peace and security to the largest multi-cultural settlement in all of Canada.World’s
o an immense jigsaw puzzle containing 524 star patterns, 2,208 equilateral triangles, 3,512 visible facets, 6,978 nuts and bolts, and 177 internal struts. The Pysanka is recognized around the world as not only a unique artistic masterpiece but also an achievement of nine mathematical, architectural and engineering firsts.
o The design represents the first computer modeling of an egg, and the software created to guide the lasers which cut the Pysanka's tiles was eventually purchased and used for the cutting of the exterior tiles of the space shuttle
West Edmonton Mall
o West Edmonton Mall covers an area of about 490,000 m2 (5,300,000 sq ft) and has over 800 stores and services.
o More than 24,000 people are employed at the property and the mall receives about 32 million visitors per year, between 90,000 and 200,000 shoppers daily.
o The Mall is home to many attractions, including a theme park, water park, aquarium (including a replica of the Santa María, one of the ships sailed by Christopher Columbus in 1492), ice rink, bowling alley, arcade, three theatres (including an IMAX and a “7D” experience), two mini-golf courses, indoor shooting range, dinner theatre and ballroom, nightclub, chapel and three radio stations: K-97 (classic rock), 840 CFCW (classic country and news/sports programming), 96.3 Capital FM/
Capilano
o This is a simple suspension bridge crossing the Capilano River in the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The current bridge is 140 metres (460 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) above the river.
o It was originally made of hemp ropes with a deck of cedar planks, and was replaced with a wire cable bridge in 1903.
Tallest Totem Pole
o At 173 feet tall, the wooden tribal totem in Alert Bay, British Colombia is demonstrably the tallest tower of its kind in the entire world
o While most totem poles represent a single family, this one is meant to represent different factions of the Kwakwaka’wakw people. The figures include the Sun Man, a whale, an old man, a wolf, the Thunderbird and its cousin, the Kulusł, a two-headed serpent, a bear holding a salmon, and a raven holding copper.
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