Can a well travelled Canadian let me in on the best scenic views in their country?

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Karen C

The Banff Jasper Highway in Alberta - hands down the most beautiful highway in the Country. Actually any of the roads or highways in the Rockies is fabulous. What we referred to loosely as the Rockies is actually 4 mountain ranges - the Rocky Mountains and the Purcells in the east, and the Selkirks and Monashees in the west. They start, going from east to west , in Alberta with the larger portion of them being in B.C. from the Alberta/B.C. border all the way to Vancouver and the Pacific.

http://www.travel.bc.ca/regions/

The Cabot Trail at the other side of the country, also very beautiful but very different. The Cabot Trail is located on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. This is also mountainous but a very different type of Mountain from those on the west coast. Like the west coast, they do go right to the ocean's edge - the Atlantic. Rugged and postcard perfect. If you like the ocean, you will love Nova Scotia. The Cabot Trail is one of the more famous but there are others so here's a url where you can read up about the others.
http://novascotia.com/en/home/default.aspx

Those two would be what I would pick as the two best but the entire country is worth a look. Gee! I spent 40 years driving back and forth from one ocean to another and loved every minute of every trip. Each province has things that are outstanding and unique to them. The Prairies are seldom gushed over like the others - they are flat. But 'you ain't seen nothin' till you have driven across the prairies at harvest time or fly over them when the flax and the canola are in bloom. It looks like a yellow and blue and gold patchwork quilt. An amazing site.
Quebec and Ontario are not just beautiful to see, they are full of Canada's early history. If you want rugged - definitely go to Newfoundland. PEI and New Brunswick - also maritimes, each with it's own flavour that is different from all the rest.

If you are planning a trip it might help to know that Canada is a teeny bit bigger than most places - 6,416 km - 2 878 km of land + 3 538 km of water from Atlantic to Pacific. These are the Canada/US Border figures.
http://www.internationalboundarycommission.org/boundaryfacts.html

Hope this helps

ll <3 II

These are all the places I would recommend all over the map:

The best I have ever seen is the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia, if you go that way, do NOT miss it.

Banff and Jasper are very nice but my family and I ended up sleeping in our car in Jasper because there were no lodging rooms available so BOOK A MOTEL BEFORE YOU GET THERE!

The Rockies (BC)
Ann M. Montgomery Birth Place & Cemetary (PEI)
Green Gables (PEI)
Magnetic Hill (NB)
Peggy's Cove (NS)

Mount Tremblant (QC)
Blue Mountain (ON)
Grouse Mountain (BC)
Algonquin Park (ON)
Gros Morne (NL)
Signal Hill (NL)
Squamish (NS)
St Jacobs (Mennonite Country) (ON)
Midland Shrine (ON)
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine (QC)
St Joseph's Oratory (QC)
St Anne Du Bupre Shrine (QC)
Parliament Hill (ON)
CN Tower (ON)
Niagara Falls (ON - don't forget to go on Maid of The Mist!!)
Wasaga Beach (ON)

That's just the beginning....

thinkingtime

Gros Morne Park, Newfoundland.

Inside Passage BC /Alaska

Road from Prince George to Stewart, then Hyder in Alaska and over the Glacier. Check the bears on the way in the Fall.

badger123ca

You could consider a truly unique destination - the Yukon Territory. A part of the Canadian North, the Yukon is home to some spectacular scenery and very friendly people, and would make your visit to Canada special. If you visit in the summer you could have the opportunity to experience the Midnight Sun. And if you go there, you'll see a part of the country that many Canadians have not even seen.

wahoo

I hope that you have planned on a long trip. If you really want to see Canada, I would suggest starting at one coast, renting a car and drive from coast to coast and take it all in. Take you time and go off the beaten path. There are just too many things to list to see all over Canada, we would miss something. Of course it helps if we knew what you were interested in. If it is culture and museums and entertainment, then it is the big cities that you want to stick to. However if it is nature that you are interested in, just point the car in any direction and strat driving, you will not be disappointed. Don't forget to drive through the mountains, you can spend a month in there...If you go north the Yukon is pretty and interesting too. The prairies are nice to see and watch the pronghorns playing. Moose, deer, elk, buffalo, big horn sheep bears bob cats, wolves badgers, beaver, foxes, eagles, etc etc can be seen from the road if you are in the right area at the right time. Camping in Algonquin Park and canoeing there would be a great way to enjoy nature.

mms's

Jasper National park ... I think you have to try and find a bad view... esp. Moraine Lake. The Rockies are great, Banff is lovely, Niagara Falls just for the sheer wonder esp. at night with snow and ice and the lights. Lake Louise is beautiful as well. PEI is neat with red sand beaches.

Teymoor T

Well there's always the CN Tower which has a wonderful view of all of Toronto. But if you wanna stray away from polluted cities, I would probably recommend somewhere in P.E.I. or one of the prairie provinces

azn_lily92

I've lived in Canada all of my life and one of the best places I've been to is Banff- and they have just finished renovating main street, too! Most of the Rockies are quite nice!

PEI was also nice but there are no "big" cities so if you're into shopping and the such you may run into a rut >_< (Went here just because I read Anne of Green Gables, lol)

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