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fiogf49gjkf0d THE EAST - PROVINCE OF ONTARIO ------------------------------ NIAGARA FALLS ------------- NIAGARA FALLS - ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS IN CANADA, NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUM, THE SKYLINE TOWER, THE FLOWER CLOCK, FORT GEORGE. TORONTO ------- TORONTO IS KNOWN AS THE MINI NEW YORK. THE QUARTERS DISPLAYING THEIR ARCHITECTURAL SPLENDORS ARE HAZELTON LANE, CUMBERLAND COURT AND YORK SQUARE. THE CN TOWER IS THE HIGHEST FREE STANDING TOWER IN THE WORLD. IN THE AREA OF YONGE STREET AND BLOOR STREET ARE THE ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. YORKVILLE IS THE QUARTER KNOWN FOR THE LATEST IN FASHION. ONTARIO PARLIAMENT BUILDING, THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, YORKVILLE VILLAGE, THE CANADIAN RAILWAY MUSEUM, CINESPHERE, THE OLD AND NEW CITY HALLS, THE FAMOUS CN TOWER, THE MARINE MUSEUM OF UPPER CANADA, OLD FORT YORK, ROYAL BANK PLAZA, TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE, O*KEEFE CENTRE, THE BISHOP WHITE GALLERY, THE HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE CENTER, THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTER. OTTAWA AND THE CAPITAL REGION ----------------------------- OTTAWA IS THE CAPITAL OF CANADA PEACE TOWER, SPARKS STREET MALL, HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, BANK OF CANADA, NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL, NATIONAL ARTS CENTER, CHATEAU LAURIER AND RIDEAU CANAL, THE CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM. COCHRANE ZAND MOOSOONEE ----------------------- THE MOOSE FACTORY ISLAND.
THE EAST - PROVINCE OF QUEBEC ----------------------------- QUEBEC CITY ----------- QUEBEC CITY IS THE CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. THE CITY IS THE OLDEST FORTIFIED CITY IN NORTH AMERICA. IN THE CITY ITSELF THE FOLLOWING SITES CAN BE VISITED: ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM, THE PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, THE CITADEL AND THE PLACE ROYAL, MONTMORENCY FALLS, CHATEAU FRONTENAC, PARC DES GOUVERNEURS, MUSEE DU FORT, NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES, MARTELLO TOWER, MUSEE DU QUEBEC. THERE IS A FEELING OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS HERE. THE RIVERAGES OF THE MADELEINE, THE LAKE ST JEAN AND IN THE SURROUNDINGS THERE STIMT EXIST THE INDIAN TRAPPERS. ALSO TO SEE IS THE ABANDONED VILLAGE OF VAL JALBERT AND THE WATERFALL.
MONTREAL -------- MONTREAL IS THE METROPOLIS OF QUEBEC. THE SECOND LARGEST FRANCOPHONE CITY IN THE WORLD. SITUATED ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. THERE ARE SKY SCRAPERS AND OLD CHURCHES IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE MAJOR SITES OF THE CITY ARE AS FOLLOWS: OLYMPIC PARK, OLD MONTREAL, CHINATOWN, PLACE DES ARTS, PALAIS DE CONGRES, NOTRE DAME BASILICA, MOUNT ROYAL PARK WITH THE BEAVER LAKE, STATUE OF LORD HORATIO NELSON, CHATEAU RAMEZAY, YOUVILLE STABLES, MONTREAL HISTORY CENTER, LITTLE ITALY. THE EAST - PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA AND ATLANTIC CANADA ------------------------------------------------------ HALIFAX ------- THE SITE OF THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION, CITADEL HILL, NOVA SCOTIA MUSEUM, HALIFAX SHIPYARDS, OLD TOWN CLOCK, PRINCE OF WALES MARTELLO TOWER. ATLANTIC CANADA INCLUDES NOVA SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, NEWFOUNDLAND AND NEW BRUNSWICK THE WEST - PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA --------------------------------------- THERE ARE NUMEROUS NATIONAL PARKS IN THIS AREA. YOHO, PACIFIC RIM, THE SOUTH MORESBY RESERVE, FORT LANGLEY AND ST ROCH. ON THE PACIFIC COAST THERE ARE EXCELLENT COASTAL AREAS. ALSO TO BE SEEN ARE THE CARVED TOTEM POLES OF INDIANS. VICTORIA -------- THE BUTCHART GARDENS, THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, THUNDERBIRD PARK, CRYSTAL GARDENS, EMILY CARR GALLERY, PACIFIC UNDER SEA GARDENS. VANCOUVER --------- THE CHINESE QUARTER SITUATED TO THE SOUTH EAST OF GASTOWN. GASTOWN A QUARTER OFFERING CAFES AND PIANO BARS, NOT FAR IS ROBSON STREET HERE THERE ARE AN IMPRESSIONABLE NUMBER OF BRASSERIES BAVAROISES. STANLEY PARK, THE LARGEST URBAN PARK IN NORTH AMERICA, COVERING 4000 HECTARES. THE MARINA IN THE CENTER OF VANCOUVER VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, THE STEAM POWERED CLOCK, NITOBE MEMORIAL GARDENS, GROUSE MOUNTAIN, AND CAPILANO CANYON. THE WEST - PROVINCE OF ALBERTA ------------------------------ CALGARY ------- FORT CALGARY, STAMPEDE PARK, THE SADDLEDOME, MCMAHON STADIUM, SKI JUMP TOWER AT CANADA OLYMPIC PARK. THE FAMOUS CALGARY RODEO, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, IT TAKES PLACE IN JULY. BANFF / JASPER -------------- SULPHUR MOUNTAIN, BANFF NATIONAL PARKS.
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