It is Canada Day and our 150th anniversary as a country. As a destination, we have many offerings for tourists. Canada has a number of UNESCO world heritage sites, for your touring pleasure:
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta
- Historic District of Old Québec, Quebec
- Landscape of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia
- L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland
- Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station, Labrador
- Rideau Canal, Ontario
- SGang Gwaay, B.C.
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, B.C. and Alberta
- Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta
- Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek,
- Miguasha National Park, Yukon Territory and British Columbia
- Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
- Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park, Alberta
- Wood Buffalo National Park, Northwest Territories and Alberta
If you have visited any of these sites, I would love to hear what your favourite spot is. Tweet to me at @Shannon_Skinner or leave a comment below.
Love,
Shannon
Shannon Skinner is a Toronto-based, award-winning television and radio show host and producer, international speaker, author and creator of ExtraordinaryWomenTV.com. Her passion is to travel the world and write about it. Tweet to her at @Shannon_Skinner.
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Photo credit: popejon2 from Paddington, Australia via Wikimedia Commons
Source: list compiled from UNESCO World Heritage List.