Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

Fogo Island is largest in the Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This Island is about 14km wide and 25 km long with total area of 237,71 km square. It has population of 2700 people. Earlier only fisherman used to visit this Island, but there was no permanent settlements, but in 18th century Fogo Harbour and Tilting Harbour were first to settle on the Island.

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Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

Saint Andrews is a town in Canada in Charlotte County in New Brunswick. It has 1,890 population. It is called by its nickname St. Andrews-by-the-sea for its tourism marketing.

It is located on the southern tip of a triangular shaped peninsula. It is the country with shire town. It is a treasure of beautiful natural beauty and architecture and wonderful rich marine life.

Important and main attractions are The Ross Memorial Museum, Horticulture Gardens, Marine Aquarium, Minister's Island, etc. Whale watching, shops, restaurants, small inns, art and craft galleries and charming seaside setting are some other source of attraction.

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Nahanni National Park, NWT

Nahanni National Park Reserve is in Northwest Territories of Canada. The centerpoint of the park is South Nahanni River. Name Nahanni comes from Dene language. It is the name of area 'Naha Dahe' means river of the land of Naha people.
This river is the main feature of the park, offering adventures and wild experience. There are four water canyons.It is the best example of northern wilderness canyons, rivers, alpine tundras and gorges. Total area of the park is 30,050 km sq.This park area overlaps two ecozones that are Taiga Plains and Taiga cordillera and touches the Boreal Cordillera.
     
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Discovery Islands BC

Discovery Islands are beyond imagination with the group of ten Islands and lush green environment. It located in British Columbia. It is situated between mainland and Vancouver island.
It was named after the name of ship HMS Discovery, belongs British Explorer Captain George Vancouver. Lighthouse at Sea Bird Point on Discovery Island marks the junction of two straits. The two straits are Haro and Juan De Fuca. The Lighthouse was built and manned for 110 years and got fully automated in 1996.The surroundings of this Island are designated as a park. It is undeveloped area named Discovery Island Marine Provincial Park. 

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The Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal connects the city Ottawa to the city Kingston of Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River. The length of canal is 202 kilometers. Rideau in French means 'curtain', it is derived its name from curtain-like appearance of Riveer's twin waterfalls.

It was opened as a precaution in 1832 in case of war with the US. But, today it remains in use for pleasure boating and other recreational activities. It is one of the oldest canal system in North America that is continuously operated. In 2007 it was declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It was designated as a Canadian Heritage River in 2000 for its historical and recreational values. It is a genius works of human creativity. It is a best example of slack water canal in North America. It was also known as well-preserved and an extensive example of canal that is used for military purpose.

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Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park is largest park in Canada. It is located in Alberta province. This park includes huge glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, lakes, and waterfalls, hot springs, and mountains, etc.It was Jasper Hawes, who operated a post for trading and it was named after him in 1907, and granted national park status in 1930.  It was declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984.It is wonderful place for vacation with beauty and wonder. It includes waterfalls, big mountains and lakes to enjoy. Summer in this place is totally different from rest of the places.

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The Art Gallery Ontario

 
Art Gallery of Ontario is an art gallery in Toronto district. The gallery has 480,000 sq ft of space that makes it largest art gallery in North America. In this gallery there are about  80,000  piece of  art work.In this gallery there is large number of collections of Canadian art, European art, Oceanic art, African art, and modern and contemporary art collection. In this gallery large part of collection is photography and extensive print and drawing collection. It contains many significant and historic objects, sculptures, miniatures, architecture graphic art, frames, books, films, video art and ship models.
In this gallery, the structure house does not only display collection, but also had a library, gallery workshop, student space, theatre and lecture hall, restaurant and cafe, research center, gift shop, and most spacious Baillie Court.

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