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| Cruising the Thousand IslandsThis archipelago straddling the Canada-US border is the perfect place for a cruise. The deep blue waters of the St Lawrence Seaway are dotted with sprouting green islands of all shapes and sizes. Cruise out with Gananoque Boat Line on the Lost Ships Tour and you’ll also see the smallest international bridge in the world, the fairytale-esque Boldt Castle and sites of numerous shipwrecks. You can also learn how to make the eponymous salad dressing. | Cruising the Thousand IslandsThis archipelago straddling the Canada-US border is the perfect place for a cruise. The deep blue waters of the St Lawrence Seaway are dotted with sprouting green islands of all shapes and sizes. Cruise out with Gananoque Boat Line on the Lost Ships Tour and you’ll also see the smallest international bridge in the world, the fairytale-esque Boldt Castle and sites of numerous shipwrecks. You can also learn how to make the eponymous salad dressing. |
| Lakeside living across CanadaJoin the locals as they head to the lakes for some simple living at lakeside log cabins and cottages around the country. A visit to a cabin or cottage (different parts of the country refer to it as one or the other) is something of a spring and summer tradition in Canada. Relax dockside with a good book, take a dip in the refreshing fresh water or head off on a hiking, fishing or canoeing expedition from the lake beaches to explore Canada’s famously stunning wilderness. Canadians are spoilt for choice when it comes to lakes, but Muskoka near Toronto has some particularly lovely lakeside lodgings as does the vast Lac St-Jean in Quebec with its 42km of white sand beaches. | Lakeside living across CanadaJoin the locals as they head to the lakes for some simple living at lakeside log cabins and cottages around the country. A visit to a cabin or cottage (different parts of the country refer to it as one or the other) is something of a spring and summer tradition in Canada. Relax dockside with a good book, take a dip in the refreshing fresh water or head off on a hiking, fishing or canoeing expedition from the lake beaches to explore Canada’s famously stunning wilderness. Canadians are spoilt for choice when it comes to lakes, but Muskoka near Toronto has some particularly lovely lakeside lodgings as does the vast Lac St-Jean in Quebec with its 42km of white sand beaches. |
| Ferry hopping from VancouverYou don’t need to spend big bucks to cruise in Canada, BC Ferries has services up the Inside Passage from Vancouver, taking in Vancouver Island’s sandy beaches and the quaint seaside villages of the Sunshine Coast. Book the Coastal Circle Tour for five nights’ touring the broad sands of Qualicum Beach, kayaking the bays and coves at Pender Harbour and hiking at Powell River. | Ferry hopping from VancouverYou don’t need to spend big bucks to cruise in Canada, BC Ferries has services up the Inside Passage from Vancouver, taking in Vancouver Island’s sandy beaches and the quaint seaside villages of the Sunshine Coast. Book the Coastal Circle Tour for five nights’ touring the broad sands of Qualicum Beach, kayaking the bays and coves at Pender Harbour and hiking at Powell River. |
| Kayaking the NahanniIf you’ve got some canoeing experience and really want to get stuck into some white water paddling, it has to be the Nahanni River. The national park here was one of Unesco’s first 12 world heritage sites ever listed, and the river’s diversity continues to draw canoeists from around the globe to navigate its unique deep canyons. Join Nahanni River Adventures on its Classic Canoe Quest and you’ll spend 13 days paddling downriver from Rabbitkettle Hot Springs to Lindberg’s Landing through glacier-carved scenery and past the immense Virginia Falls (twice the height of Niagara), rushing through narrow canyons and paddling past caribou and moose. | Kayaking the NahanniIf you’ve got some canoeing experience and really want to get stuck into some white water paddling, it has to be the Nahanni River. The national park here was one of Unesco’s first 12 world heritage sites ever listed, and the river’s diversity continues to draw canoeists from around the globe to navigate its unique deep canyons. Join Nahanni River Adventures on its Classic Canoe Quest and you’ll spend 13 days paddling downriver from Rabbitkettle Hot Springs to Lindberg’s Landing through glacier-carved scenery and past the immense Virginia Falls (twice the height of Niagara), rushing through narrow canyons and paddling past caribou and moose. |
| Paddling the Saguenay River FjordWith its calm, clear waters, the Saguenay River Fjord is the ideal place to get a taste for kayaking. Fjord en Kayak can get you started with a three-hour tour from the picturesque village of L’Anse-Saint-Jean at the eastern end of the Saguenay River. You’ll paddle around l’îlet Saint-Jean, nesting ground of the spotted sandpiper, before heading through the fjord itself. Here crystal clear waters sit mirror-flat between high rocky walls carved in the last ice age and topped with pine trees. If you’re really lucky, you might spot a beluga whale. Three hours may well not be enough, fortunately there’s also a full-day tour and several multi-day expeditions to pick from. | Paddling the Saguenay River FjordWith its calm, clear waters, the Saguenay River Fjord is the ideal place to get a taste for kayaking. Fjord en Kayak can get you started with a three-hour tour from the picturesque village of L’Anse-Saint-Jean at the eastern end of the Saguenay River. You’ll paddle around l’îlet Saint-Jean, nesting ground of the spotted sandpiper, before heading through the fjord itself. Here crystal clear waters sit mirror-flat between high rocky walls carved in the last ice age and topped with pine trees. If you’re really lucky, you might spot a beluga whale. Three hours may well not be enough, fortunately there’s also a full-day tour and several multi-day expeditions to pick from. |
| Canoeing the YukonWant to see a black bear? They’re common in the Yukon valley, a startlingly dramatic wilderness that’s best seen from the seat of a canoe. Pick one up in capital Whitehorse and head out with Ruby Range Adventure on a two-week paddle downriver to Dawson City, looking out for bears on the cliffs, moose in the forest and bald eagles along the river’s banks. You’ll camp in abandoned gold mining settlements and learn how to navigate the Five Finger Rapids. | Canoeing the YukonWant to see a black bear? They’re common in the Yukon valley, a startlingly dramatic wilderness that’s best seen from the seat of a canoe. Pick one up in capital Whitehorse and head out with Ruby Range Adventure on a two-week paddle downriver to Dawson City, looking out for bears on the cliffs, moose in the forest and bald eagles along the river’s banks. You’ll camp in abandoned gold mining settlements and learn how to navigate the Five Finger Rapids. |
| Rafting the RockiesThere are few things more fun than white water rafting and Canada has some of the world’s best routes. The Kootenay River in the Rocky Mountains offers rafting boisterous enough to keep adventurers happy, but gentle enough to be family friendly – even for kids as young as five. Kootenay River Runners has half-day and full-day trips through class two and three rapids and past postcard-perfect scenery, all snow-capped mountains and armies of poker-straight pine trees. Trips depart from Radium Hot Springs, return here afterwards for an all-natural hot soak. | Rafting the RockiesThere are few things more fun than white water rafting and Canada has some of the world’s best routes. The Kootenay River in the Rocky Mountains offers rafting boisterous enough to keep adventurers happy, but gentle enough to be family friendly – even for kids as young as five. Kootenay River Runners has half-day and full-day trips through class two and three rapids and past postcard-perfect scenery, all snow-capped mountains and armies of poker-straight pine trees. Trips depart from Radium Hot Springs, return here afterwards for an all-natural hot soak. |
| To find out more about Canada and book your visit, go to keepexploring.com.au |