Tag: “Canada”

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  1. Manege Militaire de Quebec

    The Manege Militaire, or Quebec City Armouries was a drill hall for the infantry regiment Les Voltigeurs de Québec. It was destroyed in a fire April 5, 2008.

  2. Banff National Park

    Banfff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is considered one of the premier destination spots in the world. The park, created in 1883, spans 2,564 square miles of mountains, valleys, meadows, waterfalls and hot springs.

  3. hoodoo columns, Drumheller, Alberta

    Hoodoos are as dramatic closeup -- where their columns reveal textures created over millennia -- as they are seen silhouetted against the sky.

  4. One rock in the Alberta badlands

    The landscape just a short walk from the protected hoodoos site along Highway 10 is just as stunning as the better-known site. Here a lone rock sits surrounded by striated hills.

  5. Victorian storefronts along Toronto's West Queen West

    Most of these three-storey buildings along Queen Street West in Toronto function as they have since they were built in the late 19th century: with a store on the main floor and apartments or, occasionally, small offices on the second and third floors.

  6. gates to Trinity-Bellwoods Park

    Where Trinity-Bellwoods Park is today, near one end of Toronto's West Queen West neighbourhood, was the original site of Trinity College. Today Trinity College is part of the University of Toronto to the northeast, but its original gates still stand along Queen Street.

  7. West Queen West clothing boutiques

    Toronto's West Queen West -- a stretch of Queen Street from about Bathurst Street west to Dufferin -- is home to many clothing boutiques, many featuring Canadian designers.

  8. The Festival Queen goes all out for her 400th Anniversary

    Quebec City Canada is celebrating its 400 Anniversary in 2008 with parades, concerts, and fireworks.

  9. Captivating Québec City

    A look inside why Québec City has that certain je ne sais quoi.

  10. the gates of Fort York

    The gates of Fort York, in what is now Toronto. Fort York was largely destroyed in the War of 1812 and was immediately rebuilt.