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00:00:00In the world, there are unique places, rich in culture, unspoiled nature, and congenial
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00:00:29Welcome to Canada, one of the world's largest and most livable countries.
00:00:51It is a culturally diverse nation, with people of British and French origins being predominant.
00:01:00Canada has a population of about 34 million people, over one-third of which live in the
00:01:05country's three largest cities, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.
00:01:14Canada's sophisticated and cordial cities are national treasures, with major attractions.
00:01:29Every one of Canada's ten provinces and three territories has something special to offer
00:01:34visitors.
00:01:35From wildlife tours and fishing in the north, to kayaking and nature tours in the Maritimes,
00:01:41from skiing and snowboarding in British Columbia, to enjoying the resorts and culture of Quebec,
00:01:47from canoeing and sightseeing in Ontario, to exploring unique areas and museums on the
00:01:53prairie.
00:01:58The variety of scenic beauty is absolutely breathtaking.
00:02:14The Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is one of the world's most impressive and
00:02:19voluminous waterfalls.
00:02:28The Canadian Rockies is a vast, protected wilderness area, with numerous recreational
00:02:33and scenic attractions.
00:02:44Canada is a country with many blessings.
00:02:58By total area, including its territorial waters, Canada is the second largest country in the
00:03:04world.
00:03:14It has the world's longest coastline, 243,000 kilometers, with oceans on three sides, the
00:03:21Pacific in the west, Atlantic in the east, and Arctic in the north.
00:03:31The Canadian Shield is a huge, joined bedrock region in eastern and central Canada that
00:03:36covers over half the country.
00:03:44This pervasive area of pre-Cambrian metamorphic rock was scoured clean by continental glaciers
00:03:50during the last ice age, leaving most of northern Canada thinly soiled, rich in minerals, and
00:03:56dotted with lakes and rivers.
00:04:04Canada has far more lakes than any other country, with about 25% of the world's freshwater,
00:04:10including the five Great Lakes, which form the largest surface freshwater system on Earth.
00:04:28Traveling west, Canada flattens into an enormous prairie region over a thousand miles wide,
00:04:34then rises into a series of mountain ranges, beginning with the Alberta Rockies, and ending
00:04:40with the mammoth Coast Mountains of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.
00:04:57The name Canada has been in use since the earliest European settlements, and comes from
00:05:02the Huron and Iroquois First Nations' word kanata, meaning village.
00:05:13Canada became a country in 1867 with the passing of the British North America Act by Great
00:05:18Britain, who had won the whole eastern half of what is now North America by defeating
00:05:23France in the Seven Years' War in 1763.
00:05:29This act, with its subsequent amendments, embodied the written constitution of Canada
00:05:34for more than a century.
00:05:42The first Prime Minister of Canada was Sir John A. Macdonald, who brought British Columbia
00:05:47into the Confederation in 1871 and began construction of the Transcontinental Railway.
00:06:05Newfoundland was the last province to join Canada in 1949.
00:06:12Canada is now one of the world's wealthiest nations, with a high per capita income, oil
00:06:17and gas reserves second only to Saudi Arabia, and a special economic status as a member
00:06:23of the G8 Group of Eight Nations.
00:06:35Newfoundland and Labrador is Canada's easternmost province, comprising the island of Newfoundland
00:06:41at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and much larger Labrador on the North American
00:06:46mainland to the northwest.
00:06:58About one-third of the total population of 508,000 people live on the Avalon Peninsula,
00:07:04on the island's eastern shores.
00:07:10The capital city, St. John's, has a metro area population of 185,000, and is a small
00:07:21but busy modern metropolis.
00:07:29Newfoundland's northeast coast is famous for whale and iceberg watching, with almost 50
00:07:34tour boats taking visitors to see these natural wonders.
00:07:52Seabirds are also popular attractions, with millions nesting here each summer to raise
00:07:57their young.
00:07:58Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve, on the southern Avalon, has a clifftop lookout next
00:08:04to several thousand northern gannets nesting only 15 meters away.
00:08:16Nova Scotia occupies a large mainland peninsula, and includes Cape Breton Island and about
00:08:223,800 small coastal islands.
00:08:31The Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island is one of Canada's most scenic coastal drives.
00:08:50Over one-third of the 947,000 people living in Nova Scotia live close to the capital and
00:08:56largest city, Halifax.
00:09:07The city surrounds a large protected harbour, with a naval base and is a leading North American
00:09:12container port.
00:09:20The city is on the site of Canada's first permanent British settlement, established
00:09:25in 1749.
00:09:27Situated on a hill overlooking the harbour is the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site,
00:09:55Halifax has the world's longest harbourfront boardwalk, linking the cruise ship terminal
00:10:07to the historic downtown, with superb shopping, fine restaurants and sidewalk cafes along
00:10:13the way.
00:10:30Just west of Halifax is Peggy's Cove, a well-known fishing village with a picturesque lighthouse.
00:10:52A little bit further west, also along the south shore of Nova Scotia, is the popular
00:10:57historic town of Lunenburg.
00:11:13It is home port to the Blue Nose II, a 44-metre schooner which visits Halifax, the East Coast,
00:11:20Quebec, Ontario and other ports throughout the province.
00:11:24It is the sister ship to the original Blue Nose, which won the International Fisherman's
00:11:29Trophy race 18 years in a row.
00:11:44The 13-kilometre long Confederation Bridge links Prince Edward Island to the mainland
00:11:49across the Northumberland Strait.
00:11:53PEI is Canada's smallest and least populated province, 140,000 inhabitants on an island
00:12:03224 kilometres long.
00:12:12Tourism is the province's second largest industry and the capital city Charlottetown is a very
00:12:17visitor-friendly place.
00:12:32A main attraction of the island is its more than 90 secluded beaches that encircle the
00:12:37island.
00:12:47Tourists come from around the world to visit Green Gables House, a museum about L.M. Montgomery,
00:12:54author of the Anne of Green Gables books.
00:13:01New Brunswick has a population of about 760,000 people and its main industry is forestry.
00:13:20The largest city in the province is St. John, located on the Fundy Coastal Drive.
00:13:32The Bay of Fundy, between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, experiences the world's highest
00:13:38tides, averaging 14 to 15 metres.
00:13:54In St. John, the bay tides rise four and a half metres, creating a phenomenon called
00:13:59the reversing falls.
00:14:10At low tide, thunderous rapids become a site for jet boat rides.
00:14:15This phenomenon is caused by the southward flow of the St. John River meeting the incoming
00:14:20tides of the Bay of Fundy.
00:14:36At Hopewell Cape, the Hopewell Rocks Park is a popular location to explore the flowerpot
00:14:41rock formations created by the tides.
00:14:44This can be done starting three hours before low tide to three hours after low tide.
00:15:06When the tide rises, it's time to take to the water for some of the best sea kayaking
00:15:11Canada has to offer.
00:15:22New Brunswick has some stunning beaches on its east coast, especially near the city of
00:15:27Moncton at the coastal town of Shediac.
00:15:39One of Moncton's attractions is Magnetic Hill, a very curious optical illusion where cars
00:15:44are pulled uphill.
00:15:54Quebec is Canada's largest province and is predominantly French-speaking, with a total
00:16:00population of 7.6 million inhabitants.
00:16:08The capital is Quebec City, located on the St. Lawrence River.
00:16:12It is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in the country.
00:16:23The magnificent Fairmont Chateau Frontenac first opened in 1893.
00:16:28It is one of Canada's finest hotels.
00:16:36The Plains of Abraham is a large grassy field high above the St. Lawrence, where the decisive
00:16:41battle that led to British control of Quebec took place in 1759.
00:16:52The Citadel is a huge old fort that can be toured.
00:17:01The main attraction of the city is Old Quebec, an historic walking area full of fine restaurants,
00:17:07cafes and shops.
00:17:36The Quebecois people are some of the most gracious and culturally advanced in the country.
00:17:45There are several outstanding attractions located within a short drive of Quebec City.
00:17:52Montmorency Falls is the highest in Quebec at 83 meters, over one and a half times as
00:17:58high as Niagara Falls.
00:18:14Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Basilica is a famous Catholic landmark whose earliest buildings
00:18:19were constructed in the 17th century.
00:18:30Quebec's largest city is Montreal.
00:18:33Over half the population of the province lives here.
00:18:41The city is located along the St. Lawrence River, where it widens into fast-flowing rapids.
00:18:53The city is named after the low-lying mountain that it has grown up around.
00:19:01On the summit of Mount Royal is a large park with a panoramic view of the city.
00:19:23Like Quebec City, Old Montreal is very European in character, with cobblestone streets, a
00:19:29café culture, and historic 17th and 18th century architecture.
00:19:53Old Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica is a neo-Gothic building dating from 1829.
00:20:07Visitors can go strolling or biking along the waterfront at the old port, where a variety
00:20:11of boat cruises are also offered.
00:20:30Montreal's Olympic Stadium was built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
00:20:40Next to the stadium is the Montreal Biodome, a large nature museum representing four ecosystems
00:20:46from the Americas.
00:21:10The province of Ontario is Canada's most populated province, with about 12.6 million
00:21:16people.
00:21:17Most people live in the south in the fertile Great Lakes-St. Lawrence lowlands.
00:21:24It is a beautiful province covered with forests and over 250,000 lakes.
00:21:30The central Muskoka Cottage region and Algonquin Provincial Park are especially popular wilderness
00:21:36recreational areas.
00:21:49Another popular destination, especially for scenic boat cruises, is the beautiful Thousand
00:21:54Islands Recreational Area, located around Gananoque, where the St. Lawrence River begins.
00:22:06Canada's capital city, Ottawa, is located on the Ottawa River, which forms part of Ontario's
00:22:11eastern boundary with Quebec.
00:22:18The city of Ottawa has a population of about 880,000.
00:22:31The national capital region, which includes Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec, has many museums,
00:22:37most notably the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum.
00:22:49Ottawa is also home to the National Gallery of Canada, which features the work of both
00:22:54Canadian and international artists.
00:23:01The Grand Fairmont Chateau Laurier is one of the city's premier hotels.
00:23:12On Parliament Hill, three Gothic Revival-style buildings stand on a 170-foot bluff overlooking
00:23:19the Ottawa River.
00:23:21They house the offices of the Members of Parliament, the House of Commons and the Senate.
00:23:26Guided tours of the centre block delve into Canadian history and explain the workings
00:23:31of the political system.
00:23:35The Ceremonial Guard of the Canadian Forces brings stirring military drills and music
00:23:40to Parliament Hill once every day during the summer with a Changing of the Guard ceremony.
00:23:58Adjacent to Parliament Hill is Spark Street Mall, a heritage shopping and dining street.
00:24:11The Byward Market is a traditional farmer's market surrounding a two-storey building of
00:24:16boutiques, bistros and restaurants.
00:24:29Canada's largest city and Ontario's capital is Toronto.
00:24:41Toronto is the fifth-largest city in North America, stretching 43 kilometres along the
00:24:46north shore of Lake Ontario, covering 641 square kilometres.
00:25:01There are 2.8 million people living in the city, 5 million in the Greater Toronto Area
00:25:07and 11 million living within a two-hour drive.
00:25:16Architecturally, Toronto's downtown offers incredible contrasts, from gleaming skyscrapers
00:25:23to brick historical buildings.
00:25:33The Fairmont Royal York Hotel opened in 1929.
00:25:41The CN Tower is Canada's national tower and at 553 metres tall, it is the world's tallest
00:25:48freestanding tower.
00:25:56The tower is a national landmark that is visited by about 2 million people from all over the
00:26:01world each year.
00:26:15Toronto is home to Canada's largest museum, the Royal Ontario Museum.
00:26:31The Toronto Zoo is Canada's largest zoo and one of the city's most popular attractions.
00:27:00Casa Loma is a medieval-style castle, open to the public, that was constructed at great
00:27:05expense in 1911 by Canadian financier, industrialist and military man Sir Henry Pallat.
00:27:30Ontario Place is a huge family fun park located on the lakeshore.
00:28:00One of the best ways to get around and get to know the city is by taking a jump-on and
00:28:06jump-off open-top double-decker sightseeing bus.
00:28:16Toronto Hippo Tours takes visitors to Toronto's major landmarks in a bus that floats.
00:28:22The water portion of the tour takes passengers through Ontario Place.
00:28:26So that's how we do it, we are now a boat.
00:28:46Historic Black Creek Pioneer Village is a journey back in time to a typical crossroads
00:28:52community found in the Toronto area during the 1800s.
00:29:03Just a short drive north of Toronto, near Kleinburg, is the world-famous
00:29:08McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
00:29:10The galleries consist of almost 6,100% Canadian artworks by the famous group of seven,
00:29:18their contemporaries Tom Thompson, First Nations and Inuit artists.
00:29:24Less than two hours drive west of Toronto is Canada's top tourist attraction, Niagara Falls.
00:29:54The falls is located on the beautiful Niagara River,
00:30:06which flows 58 kilometers north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario through the Great Gorge.
00:30:14At the city of Niagara Falls, the flow of the river is split by Goat Island into two
00:30:26separate spillways, creating two large, beautiful waterfalls, one on the American side of the river
00:30:33and the other on the Canadian side called the Horseshoe Falls.
00:30:37It is the larger and higher Horseshoe Falls that receives most of the attention.
00:30:45The Horseshoe Falls is an average 57 meters high,
00:30:59accounting for half the elevation drop from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario.
00:31:05The crestline of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls is 670 meters wide.
00:31:14The height of the American Falls ranges from 21 to 34 meters before reaching a
00:31:21talus slope of huge fallen rocks that were deposited by a massive rock slide in 1954.
00:31:37It's a romantic spot, which attracts about 50,000 honeymooners each year.
00:31:44The beauty and power of the falls can be experienced from many surrounding public
00:31:53lookout points, especially the table rock at the very edge of the falls.
00:32:07There are more spectacular views from the Skylon Tower,
00:32:10the journey behind the falls, and Niagara helicopter tours.
00:32:25The Maid of the Mist is the area's longest standing tradition
00:32:29and most popular way to get up close to the falls.
00:32:40The Niagara River Gorge is as exciting as the falls.
00:33:03The Whirlpool Aerocar takes visitors over the largest whirlpool in the world.
00:33:10Niagara Falls is far more than a natural phenomenon.
00:33:31The city has many fun, exciting attractions like Clifton Hill, Bird Kingdom, Butterfly
00:33:37Conservatory, and of course, Marineland, one of the area's largest and longest running favorites.
00:33:53East along the Niagara Parkway from Niagara Falls
00:33:57is Niagara-on-the-Lake, one of Ontario's most hospitable and attractive towns.
00:34:11No visit to Niagara-on-the-Lake is complete without a tour of the venerable Fort George
00:34:16National Historic Site of Canada.
00:34:25It was a key fortress in the War of 1812 when the fledgling United States Army
00:34:30fought British loyalists for the new lands that would become Canada.
00:34:47Manitoba has a population of 1.2 million people, 707,000 of which live in its capital city, Winnipeg.
00:35:07The city's main tourist area is The Forks,
00:35:09a 23-hectare riverside development in the heart of downtown Winnipeg.
00:35:17It includes shops, restaurants, a market, and a children's museum
00:35:21all surrounded by parks, promenades, gardens, and sculptures.
00:35:32It is named The Forks because it is the place where the Assiniboine River flows into the Red River.
00:35:42Many scenic boat tours are offered up and down the rivers.
00:35:46Assiniboine Park is 445 hectares of parklands, gardens, and a zoo.
00:36:17Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada
00:36:20is the oldest stone 19th century fur trading post still intact in North America.
00:36:27The province of Saskatchewan is heavily forested in the north with many lakes and rivers.
00:36:47The south is mostly flat prairie land where over 54% of Canada's wheat crop is grown.
00:36:58The province is home to about 1 million people and the capital city is Regina.
00:37:09The provincial legislative buildings are located on Wascona Lake,
00:37:13which is one of the city's most scenic recreational areas.
00:37:17The city's attractions include art galleries and the Royal Saskatchewan Museum,
00:37:31which has permanent life sciences, earth sciences, and first nations galleries.
00:37:47The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Heritage Centre is a training facility and museum open to the public.
00:38:07Rising out of the prairie in the far south of the province is one of Saskatchewan's most beautiful and popular vacation wilderness areas,
00:38:15the Cypress Hills. This elevated pine and spruce forested park straddles the western provincial boundary with Alberta.
00:38:29Deep in the hills is the Fort Walsh National Historic Site.
00:38:33It was a trading post and the Northwest Mounted Police's western headquarters established in 1878
00:38:41following the massacre of Nakota natives over a misunderstanding about a missing horse.
00:38:55Alberta has a population of 3.2 million people, more than half of which live in the two largest cities, Edmonton and Calgary.
00:39:05The province is referred to as Canada's energy province because of its immense oil and gas resources.
00:39:13Alberta's landscape is mostly prairie in the east and the huge Rocky Mountain Range in the west.
00:39:21Head smashed in Buffalo Jump is a place in the foothills where native people of the North American plains used to kill bison for food and clothing by chasing them over a precipice.
00:39:33An interpretive centre, built unobtrusively into the ancient sandstone cliff,
00:39:39details how this practice went on for almost 6,000 years until the arrival of Europeans in North America wiped out the herds.
00:39:48The eastern Alberta Badlands of the Drumhiller Valley and Dinosaur Provincial Park offers spectacular scenery and activities.
00:39:56Several hundred complete dinosaur skeletons have been excavated from the Badlands.
00:40:02The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumhiller has gigantic dinosaur skeletons and other fossil displays.
00:40:09It is Canada's only institution devoted entirely to paleontology.
00:40:17The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumhiller has gigantic dinosaur skeletons and other fossil displays.
00:40:25It is Canada's only institution devoted entirely to paleontology.
00:40:44The capital of Alberta is Edmonton.
00:40:56The Royal Alberta Museum has permanent Aboriginal culture, natural history and wild Alberta galleries.
00:41:17One of the province's premier attractions is the West Edmonton Mall,
00:41:22the world's largest mixed entertainment complex and shopping centre.
00:41:53The city of Calgary is the corporate head office capital of Canada.
00:42:10The landmark Calgary Tower has a revolving restaurant and an observation deck featuring a glass floor.
00:42:23Canada Olympic Park is a ski hill in the winter and a mountain biking park in the summer.
00:42:29It was a premier venue for the 15th Olympic Winter Games held in Calgary in 1988
00:42:35and it still has bobsleigh, skeleton and luge facilities.
00:42:39It also features North America's fastest zipline.
00:42:43Just an hour's drive from Calgary is Canada's most popular park, Banff National Park.
00:42:49It also features North America's fastest zipline.
00:43:08Just an hour's drive from Calgary is Canada's most popular park, Banff National Park.
00:43:20It contains over 6,500 square kilometers of wilderness,
00:43:25surrounding the beautiful Bow River Valley, where the town of Banff is located.
00:43:34The town is a tourist hotspot, with a great variety of amenities and excellent accommodation,
00:43:40like the world-renowned Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.
00:43:45Just five minutes from the town is the Banff Gondola,
00:43:50where visitors can ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain to enjoy a 360-degree view of six mountain ranges.
00:44:06The one-kilometer-long elevated Summit Ridge Interpretive Boardwalk
00:44:10leads visitors along Sulphur Mountain's Summit Ridge to higher viewpoints
00:44:14and the historic Samson's Peak Meteorological Station.
00:44:29Just a 15-minute drive from the town of Banff is beautiful Lake Minnewanka,
00:44:34where tour boats depart several times daily from mid-May to mid-October
00:44:39for a one-and-a-half-hour cruise of the surrounding area.
00:44:49Along the scenic Bow Valley Parkway is one of the most popular hikes in Banff National Park, Johnston Canyon.
00:44:57Lake Louise's turquoise water, shimmering beneath the Victoria Glacier,
00:45:02is an iconic scene of the Canadian Rockies.
00:45:06On the lake's eastern shore is the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise,
00:45:10a Rockies landmark with a history going back to 1890.
00:45:18The famous Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise,
00:45:21or the Fairmont Chateau of the Rockies,
00:45:24is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Banff National Park.
00:45:36Across the valley, visitors can enjoy riding the Lake Louise Sightseeing Gondola.
00:45:57Lake Louise is at the southern end of the Icefields Parkway,
00:46:01which follows the Great Divide.
00:46:03This 230-kilometer-long modern highway
00:46:06follows the continental divide from Lake Louise to the town of Jasper
00:46:11through some of the most spectacular mountain landscapes on Earth.
00:46:16In the south, Bow Lake and Paytow Lake are popular hiking and sightseeing areas.
00:46:28East of the crossing, along Highway 11,
00:46:31is the Paytow Lake.
00:46:33It is the most popular hiking and sightseeing area in Banff National Park.
00:46:39East of the crossing, along Highway 11,
00:46:42is Icefield Helicopter Tours,
00:46:44where visitors can go up for a bird's-eye view of this incredible area.
00:47:09About halfway up the parkway,
00:47:12on the boundary between Banff and Jasper National Parks,
00:47:15is Brewster's Ice Age Adventure.
00:47:18Visitors ride in specially designed Brewster Ice Explorer vehicles
00:47:22to the middle of the Athabasca Glacier,
00:47:25where they have the opportunity to step out onto the ice.
00:47:38In the north of the parkway are two waterfalls,
00:47:41Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls,
00:47:44as well as the spectacular Mount Edith Cavell hiking area.
00:48:09Wildlife is abundant, and animal encounters are common,
00:48:13so visitors must exercise caution and maintain a safe distance.
00:48:39Jasper
00:48:52The friendly, accommodating town of Jasper
00:48:55is nestled in the wide Athabasca Valley.
00:48:59Jasper
00:49:06Only a ten-minute drive from the town is the Jasper Tramway,
00:49:10which transports visitors into the High Alpine in just seven minutes.
00:49:14The upper station is at 2,277 meters above sea level,
00:49:19and has a restaurant, gift shop and observation decks.
00:49:23The best viewing is in early morning or evening.
00:49:28Jasper
00:49:44East of Jasper Townsite is Maleen Canyon,
00:49:47where visitors can hike around a narrow canyon that reaches depths of 50 meters.
00:49:59Maleen Lake
00:50:02No trip to the Canadian Rockies is complete without a boat cruise
00:50:06to world-famous Spirit Island on Maleen Lake.
00:50:28Spirit Island
00:50:44British Columbia is a mostly mountainous province
00:50:47with more than a thousand miles of rugged Pacific coastline.
00:50:51It is home to more than 4.2 million people.
00:50:59Columbia Valley
00:51:05In the southeast of the province is the beautiful Columbia Valley.
00:51:09The Hot Springs Mineral Pool at Radium Hot Springs
00:51:12is the most popular attraction in the area.
00:51:24The Rocky Mountains don't end in Alberta.
00:51:26British Columbia's Yoho National Park has spectacular waterfalls,
00:51:30mountain lakes and soaring peaks.
00:51:47British Columbia is the world's leading helicopter skiing region.
00:51:51The province is also a world leader in cat skiing,
00:51:55which is a newer, less expensive and equally enjoyable way
00:51:59of accessing untracked deep dry powder snow.
00:52:05Chatter Creek Mountain Lodges has 627 square kilometers
00:52:09of spectacular backcountry cat and helicopter ski terrain
00:52:13near the Columbia Ice Field in the Rocky Mountains.
00:52:26Vancouver
00:52:33In the southwest corner of the province,
00:52:35surrounded by rugged mountains and Pacific coast,
00:52:38is British Columbia's largest and Canada's third largest city, Vancouver.
00:52:43Greater Vancouver
00:52:54Greater Vancouver has a population of approximately 3 million people.
00:53:03The city is a unique mixture of urban development flanked by natural park areas.
00:53:13Stanley Park is a 400 hectare natural park located right next to the downtown.
00:53:22The 8.8 kilometer seawall is the park's most scenic and popular
00:53:26walking, biking, jogging and rollerblading route.
00:53:33The Totem Pole display area at Brockton Point
00:53:36is the most visited tourist attraction in all of British Columbia.
00:53:43Prospect Point
00:53:47Prospect Point is a high lookout offering panoramic views of the North Shore Mountains,
00:53:52the Lions Gate Bridge and Burrard Inlet.
00:54:01Located in the heart of the park is Canada's National Aquarium,
00:54:05the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre.
00:54:14Vancouver
00:54:35Vancouver began in 1867 as a wild west settlement called Gastown,
00:54:40started by a colorful character named Gassy Jack Dayton who ran the local saloon.
00:54:46Today, Gastown is a heritage district with fine restaurants, nightclubs,
00:54:50unique shops and a steam-powered clock.
00:54:55Vancouver
00:55:07The Vancouver Lookout atop Harbour Centre
00:55:10whisks visitors high above the city streets via glass-enclosed elevators
00:55:14for a 360 degree view of the downtown and surrounding area.
00:55:25Granville Island has a large public market, fine restaurants, theaters, bars and art shops
00:55:31all in a scenic location along the waterfront.
00:55:40On the other side of Burrard Inlet, in North Vancouver,
00:55:44are two of the city's most popular attractions.
00:55:47The Capilano Suspension Bridge is Vancouver's oldest tourist attraction.
00:55:55The bridge spans 137 metres across Capilano Canyon,
00:56:00suspended 70 metres above the Capilano River.
00:56:12Across the bridge are beautiful nature trails through giant Douglas fir and cedar forests.
00:56:25Grouse Mountain
00:56:35The Grouse Mountain Aerial Sky Run takes visitors on a one-mile journey
00:56:40to a high mountain plateau overlooking the city of Vancouver,
00:56:44the Fraser Valley and the Strait of Georgia.
00:56:55The Refuge for Endangered Wildlife at the top of Grouse Mountain
00:57:00is a five-acre mountain habitat that is home to two orphan grizzly bears.
00:57:16Vancouver and Whistler-to-the-North are home to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
00:57:25Whistler Blackcomb
00:57:32Whistler Blackcomb is the largest downhill ski area in North America,
00:57:37with 1.6 kilometres of vertical and 3,200 hectares of terrain on two mountains.
00:57:55Vancouver Island is the largest island on the west coast of North America.
00:58:01It offers a special mixture of unspoiled wilderness and culture.
00:58:14Long Beach, between the towns of Euclid and Tofino in Pacific Rim National Park,
00:58:20is the island's most popular recreational area.
00:58:33On the south coast of Vancouver Island is British Columbia's capital city, Victoria.
00:58:40Victoria
00:58:46It is known as the Garden City because of its mild climate, beauty and Old English charm.
00:58:58The Fairmont Empress Hotel is a landmark, capturing the grandeur and elegance of a bygone era.
00:59:10Many attractions are found around the Inner Harbour area, where the Parliament Buildings are located,
00:59:15including Government Street, the Royal BC Museum, Undersea Gardens and the Royal London Wax Museum.
00:59:24Prince of Wales Whale Watching Excursions
00:59:32Prince of Wales Whale Watching Excursions leave Victoria's Inner Harbour on a regular schedule throughout the spring, summer and fall.
00:59:40Wildlife Cruises
00:59:46Wildlife cruises search for orcas, grey whales, minke whales, humpbacks, dolphins, porpoises and sea lion colonies.
01:00:11Vancouver Island's most popular attraction is the Butchart Gardens, receiving close to a million visitors annually.
01:00:19The dramatic, sunken garden began in the years following 1904,
01:00:23when Jenny Butchart, wife of Portland cement baron Robert Penn Butchart,
01:00:28began to beautify a depleted limestone quarry on their property.
01:00:32There are now 22 hectares of planted gardens.
01:00:41Canada's Northern Territories
01:01:01Canada's Northern Territories are the Yukon in the West, the Northwest Territories and the new territory of Nunavut,
01:01:08created in 1999 in the East.
01:01:20Wilderness adventures and fishing are major attractions.
01:01:29The Far North is truly otherworldly, with unique landscapes and wildlife.
01:01:39Canada's Northern Territories
01:01:48Canada is truly one of the world's great countries, culturally rich, full of natural beauty
01:01:55and inhabited by peaceful, warm-hearted people welcoming all the world.
01:02:08Canada's Northern Territories
01:02:18Canada's Northern Territories
01:02:28Canada's Northern Territories
01:02:38Canada's Northern Territories
01:02:45Canada's Northern Territories
01:03:08Canada's Northern Territories