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CN Tower Toronto
35 Reviews What was once the tallest tower in the world, CN tower is a Toronto and a Canadian pride. Built in the 70s, it stands at 553 feet. I haven't heard any good raves about the 360 Restaurant, overpriced...
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Gastown & the Steam Clock Vancouver
19 Reviews Gastown is Vancouver's historic district as it was here where the city was first built out of the wilderness in the 1880's and 1890's. Water Street was one of the first streets to be built in...
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Old Montreal Montreal
20 Reviews Old Montreal is nice to visit, but keep away from the restaraunts and boutiques. There is one building with small boutiques in it, and "restaraunts" in the basement. One shop was selling art of...
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Souvenir shops in Vieux Quebec Quebec
7 Reviews Don't buy the maple products, like sirup and cookies, at the tourist stores, it's too expensive. In the tourist area just buy the maple sugar candies because they don't have at the grocery stores. You...
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Parliament Buildings Ottawa
3 Reviews If you do make it to the Parliament buildings, keep an eye out for the various "grotesques" you'll see peeking out at you from all over the building. My favorite is pictured here. A worker explained...
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Clifton Hill Niagara Falls
33 Reviews You can't miss Clifton Hill at night, neon signs scream out at you, the crowds shuffle at a frustratingly slow pace from the fireworks back up to Clifton Hill. Every shlocky tourist trap you can think...
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Empress Hotel Victoria
5 Reviews Tourists will here amazing reviews about tea at the Fairmont Empress. Truthfully, what you are paying for is the novelty of dining in an elegant setting with fine service over looking Victoria's Inner...
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Peggy's Cove Halifax
2 Reviews Lighthouse on a granite out crop..China /Japan ..Over priced souvenirs...Lousy restaurant..on a cruise ship day ..LAST place on the planet you want to be...Looks like a fishing village..the only thing...
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West Edmonton Mall Edmonton
17 Reviews If you're coming here solely to shop, just skip it. It's the same stores owned by the same corporations across the globe. La Senza, Hollister, the Disney Store, Sketchers, The Body Shop...yep. The...
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Calgary Stampede Calgary
11 Reviews Ethical tourists should know the underpinning of the Calgary Stampede is a rodeo which exploits domestic livestock for entertainment and profit. Not unlike bull-fights, tame animals endure needless...
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Winters Winnipeg
2 Reviews Weather gets cold starting in October -- maybe earlier. In October 2003, I visited Winnipeg for the first time, and my last day there was so much snow that my shuttle van had a tough time getting to...
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Canada's Wonderland Toronto
9 Reviews Paramount Canada's Wonderland is an amusement park just north of the city. Admittedly it is the best one in Canada and the only one on such a massive scale, however it is very expensive and you really...
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Capilano Suspension Bridge Vancouver
13 Reviews Although the bridge is not really a tourist trap, it can be very overcrowded during the high season plus if you are on a budget, its $23 entrance fee for the bridge and park is a bit steep. An...
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Souvenirs/Indians stuff Montreal
15 Reviews It's a wonderful souvenier to bring back for your loved ones. Especially, syrup in this decorative maple leaf shaped bottle. But boy, you can pay quite a bit for this bottle of syrup and it's not...
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Taxes & Exchange rates Quebec
5 Reviews If you buy a city pass, you have to pick it up at an International Currency Exchange location. Do not convert your US currency for Canadian currency here. Although it sounds very official, the day I...
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Byward Market Ottawa
3 Reviews Byward Market... I just have nothing to say about this place exept it's probably the busiest place in Ottawa (which isn't much.) Nothing special here..exept maybe Beaver tails if you have never...
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Casino Niagara Niagara Falls
2 Reviews Don't think you are going to win here or any casino for that matter. I like to think of the money I spend here as entertainment money. We all have a budget for entertainment and this is money I budget...
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Whale Watching Victoria
6 Reviews If you insist on going out whale watching (or whale harassing as the locals call it) don't tell any locals that you have done this. People who go whale watching are considered ignorant "ugly...
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Edmonton Museums Edmonton
1 Review 'Queen's War Hounds' depicts an acting-sergeant and other members of the North West Mounted Police, and their Blood trackers and guides on the trail of thieves or whisky traders along the Milk River...
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Heritage Park Calgary
1 Review Heritage Park - a theme park in Calgary that gives visitors an authentic look at life in a Canadian town in the early 1900's. First of all...it is really expensive to go for what you get. However if...
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River boat tours Winnipeg
2 Reviews River boat tours are a bit of a tourist trap. I guess you do see Winnipeg from a different perspective. The quality on the dinner tours was only adequate. The later tours (those that start at 10pm or...
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beggers in the streets Toronto
7 Reviews Please don't encourage the "homeless" by giving them money. Offering food or coffee, or used clothing is a nice gesture - but not money. The more aggressive ones tend to be scam artists and your...
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Grouse Mountain Vancouver
7 Reviews I second other users opinion on this attraction. I had read the reviews here before and decided to give it a try nevertheless. It is nice and we had lot of fun but if you are budget conscious and have...
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Crescent Street Montreal
10 Reviews Before we get started, I have a complaint about Montreal. My complaint is with Rue Crescent. Please do not visit here. I wish someone had told me. This really is the worst street in Montreal....
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Funiculaire du Vieux Quebec Quebec
2 Reviews We were told by our hotel reception about Funiculaire (it's a tram that takes you from the lower to upper old town). I was told that that there is a stair option but there are a lot of steps. I've...
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Like Harbours anywhere prices go upI suggest you eat in the city and Kayak in the Harbour Rent a Sea Kayak yak out to one of the IslandsIts a Easy way to lose 3 million folks Don't cab or bus down town everthing is a easy walk and very interesting use the subway its cheap and clean.
Iýve been to Niagara Falls many many times.. more times that one should in my 24 years. Its a weird, and kind of seedy town... There are a lot of (freak show) type of museums, and other touristy things... there is a real town with a Kmart and normal things, but its not of any interest. My advice is if you want to see the falls, just go there for the day. Take the boat trip that goes right down by the falls, its scary and thrilling in a good way. Walk around a little, get the feel of the mist in your face, then get out.. The falls does get light up at night, which is kind of cool, but donýt be alone there, as there are a lot of creepy people waiting for you as well. Take the boat trip, I beleive there still is a little bus tour of the town... Trust me, there is no reason to want to get past the touristy part of this town. There is a cute, if not a bit yuppy town called Niagaran on the...
Ripleys is ok, but the real stories are in the stories of the falls. They have books on everything about the falls along the strip, just about on every corner. Tour packages are really nice. We may look further into the scenic package thru the internet and let you know when we take it. Look for special packages all inclusive etc... Seems to be cheaper this way.
This little town proved a very nice place for a break, both enroute Inuvik from Anchorage, and on the way back home. We stayed at the local Best Western, ate at the local eateries and strolled around because it's small enough to cruise through on foot. If there's got to be a tourist trap anywhere on my travels, it should be a bit more like Dawson City--not too many cheesy stores and enough local flavor to make things interesting. If you're into camping....keep going. Otherwise, do stop and give yourself a nice respite from all that driving.
Patrick Lane 1939 Wild Horses Just to come once aloneto these wild horsesdriving out of the high Rockiesraw legs heaving the hip-high snow.Just once alone. Never to seethe men and their trucks. Just once alone. Nothing movesas the stallion with five free maresrush into the guns. All dead.Their eyes glaze with frost.Ice bleeds in their nostrilsas the cable hauls them in. Later, after the swearingand the stamping of feetwe ride down into Golden: Quit ***in.it's a hard bloody lifeand a long weekfor three hundred bucks of meat. That and the dull dead eyes and the empty meadows. Mountain Oysters Kneeling in the sheep-***he picked up the biggest of the new ramsbrushed the tail asideslit the bagtucked the knackers in his mouthand clipped the cords off clean the ram stiffwith a single wild cream as the tar went onand he spit the balls in a bowl. That's how we used to do itwhen I was a boy...
Isabella Valancy Crawford 1850-1887 The City Tree I stand within the stony, arid town, I gaze for ever on the narrow street; I hear for ever passing up and down, The ceasless tramp of feet. I know no brotherhood with far-lock'd woods, Where branches burgeon from a kindred sap: Where o'er moss'd roots, in cool, green solitudes, Small silver brooklets lap. No em'rald vines creep wistfully to me, And lay their tender fingers on my bark; High may I tos my boughs, yet never see Dawn's first most glorious spark. When to and fro my branches wave and sway, Answ'ring the feeble wind that faintly calls, They kiss no kindred boughs but touch alway The stones of climbing walls. My heart is never pierc'd with song of bird; My leaves know nothing of the glad unrest, Which makes a flutter in the still woods heard, When wild birds build a nest. There never glance they eyes of violets up, Blue...
Leonard Cohen 1943 For Anne With Annie gone, Whose Eyes to compareWith the morning sun? Not that I did compare,But I do compareNow that she's gone. I Have Not Lingered in European Monasteries I have not lingered in European Monasteriesand discovered among the tall graaes tombs of knightswho fell as beautifully as their ballads tell; I have not parted the grassesor purposefully left them thatched. I have not released my mind to wander and waitin those great distancesbetween the snowy mountains and the fisherman,like a moon,or a shell beneath the moving water. I have not held my breath so that I might hear the breathing of God,or tamesd my heartbeat with an exercise,or starved for visions. Although I have watched him oftenI have not become the heron,leaving my body on the shore,and I have not become the luminous trout,leaving my body in the air. I have not worshipped wounds and...
Alden Nowlan 1933 The Execution On the night of the executiona man at the doormistook me for the coroner."Press," I said, But he didn't understand. He led me into the wrong roomwhere the sheriff greeted me:"You're late, Padre." "You're Wrong," I told him. "I'm Press.""Yes of course, Reverend Press."We went down a stairway. "Ah, Mr. Ellis," said the Deputy."Press!" I shouted. But he showed methrough the black curtain.The lights were so brightI couldn't see the facesof the men sittingopposite. But, thank God, I thoughtthey could see me!"Look!" I cried. "Look at my face!Doesn't anybody know me?" Then a hood covered my head,"Don't make it harder for us," the hangman whispered. The Bull Moose Down from the purple mist of trees on the mountain,lurching through forests of white spure and cedar,stumbling through the tamarack swamps,came the bull mooseto be stopped at last be a pole-fenced...
Many visitors think when they cross the Rainy River they will see the falls.Not so.It is a hydro electric plant for the paper mill and town.The only way to see the falls is from the graveyard,park or by boat at the lower end of the river.Great fishing here and you may see a huge muskie fish jump out of the rapids.
The 520-foot (160-meter) Skylon Tower offers spectacular views of Niagara Falls from its observation deck and revolving restaurant. The tower is actually 775 feet (236 meters) above the bottom of the falls, as it was constructed on a high hill next to the falls.
Residence Inn Toronto Downtown / Entertainment District Toronto
4 Reviews and 508 Opinions I like it really much. Very clean, personnel was very professional, the suites are like a real home...
Opus Hotel Vancouver
5 Reviews and 653 Opinions A contemporary hotel located in the very cosmopolitan Yaletown. Top-notch service from a very...
Le Square Phillips Hotel Montreal
5 Reviews and 696 Opinions The stay was unremarkable. The hotel was drab. Dark, old, office building appearance. Our bedroom...
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