Nova Scotia
Go shopping, 1780s style, at this merchant's house, once owned by traders George and Robert Ross, who supplied Shelburne's residents with staple goods and…
Must-see attractions in Canada
Baie St Paul
Tomato wine? Yes, really. This family run winery in the hills above Baie St Paul produces a dry aperitif wine, an almost cognac-like wine aged in acacia…
New Brunswick
For a century, smoked herring was king on Grand Manan. A thousand men and women worked splitting, stringing and drying fish in 300 smokehouses up and down…
Halifax
Atop Citadel Hill, Halifax's Palladian-style town clock looks as though it would be more at home in a Venetian lane, but it has been faithfully keeping…
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Baie St Paul
Baie St Paul
This architecturally attention-grabbing gallery houses contemporary art by local artists and some photographic exhibits both from its own 3000-piece…
Musée Régional de la Côte-Nord
Québec
This modern museum conveys the history of the North Shore and its 8000 years of human habitation through a mix of multimedia displays and artifacts such…
Jasper National Park
Near the Icefield Parkway's midpoint, just east of a dramatic bend in the roadway, this lookout offers amazing views southeast down the valley of the…
Nk'Mip Desert & Heritage Centre
Okanagan Valley
Part of a First Nations empire, the Nk'Mip Desert & Heritage Centre features cultural demonstrations and tours of the arid ecology. Located off 45th St…
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Southwestern Ontario
A spacious gallery displaying contemporary works of art in glass, ceramic, enamel and stained glass. It's an especially good place to see some of the…
Cape Breton Island
In Sydney's North End, well-preserved Jost House belonged to merchant Samuel Sparrow. It has a modest collection of artifacts and furniture illustrating…
British Columbia
This immaculate Japanese Garden was built by locals to commemorate the island's early-20th-century Japanese residents, most of whom were interred in BC's…
Old Montréal
This narrow cobblestone street, the oldest in Montréal, was once a dirt road packed tight by horses laden with goods bound for the Old Port. Today it’s a…
Yukon Territory
This much-photographed Catholic church was constructed in 1954 from an old US Army Quonset hut used during the building of the Alaska Hwy. It was split…
Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery
Southwestern Ontario
Many of Canada's top ceramic artists are showcased in this labyrinthine gallery, which holds the largest collection of museum-quality ceramics in the…
Northwest Territories
The Slave River's southernmost rapids are in Fort Fitzgerald, part of Smith's Landing First Nation, 24km south of Fort Smith. Follow the road to the river…
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
Whitehorse
This place focuses on Beringia, a mostly ice-free area that encompassed the Yukon, Alaska and eastern Siberia during the last ice age. Engaging exhibits…
Queen Maud Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Nunavut
Across the Queen Maud Gulf from Gjoa Haven, the tundra and shallow lakes that make up this sanctuary are home to one the world's largest concentration of…
Site d'Interpretation Micmac de Gespeg
Gaspé Peninsula
This center explains the culture and history of the local Mi'kmaq group through an exhibition, English- and French-language tours, a recreated village and…
Whitehorse
Find out what the Alaska Hwy was really like back in the day; let's just say mud was a dirty word. Exhibits cover planes, trains and dogsleds. The museum…
Okanagan Valley
Inside the library, the Penticton Museum has delightfully eclectic displays, including the de rigueur natural-history exhibit with stuffed animals and…
New Brunswick
A favorite spot for seal-watching, the diminutive Mulholland Lighthouse was built in 1884 to guide ships through Lubec Narrows. Next door the Marine…
Victoria
This square once held a jail, gallows and a brothel. Many of its scrubbed stone buildings are now restaurants, boutiques or offices. There's also a summer…
Vancouver
Joining its arty, white-walled brethren here in 2013, Monte Clark is well worth a look. Past exhibitors have included photography by local-boy-made-good…
Northwest Territories
Eight kilometers south of Fort Smith, towards Fort Fitzgerald, these rapids are accessible via a 2.5km dirt road just past the golf course. There are…
British Columbia
North Pender's regular Saturday farmers market operates in the perfect community hub location so you can mix it with the locals while selecting the…
Tofino
Showcasing the work of First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers, this dramatic, longhouse-style building is a downtown landmark. Inside you'll find…
British Columbia
A short stroll from the center of town and sitting, as its name suggests, on the banks of the Thomson River, lovely Riverside Park is a source of pride…
Northern Ontario
Behind the library, this gallery has a permanent collection and seasonal exhibitions to inspire Group of Seven–themed trips along Lake Superior…
Newfoundland & Labrador
The first of Fogo Island's iconic studios to be built, the Long Studio sticks out like a minimalist trapezoid thumb in the midst of the wilds outside of…
Northwest Territories
The Icehouse is the community freezer. The entrance looks like an outhouse, but inside you descend into a tunnel system excavated 10m into the permafrost…
Tiger Historical Center & Museum
British Columbia
The fiercely named ex-town of Tiger, 4 miles south of Ione, has been reduced to one last remnant, the 1912 clapboard Tiger Historical Center & Museum,…
Castle Hill National Historic Site
Newfoundland & Labrador
French and British forces spent almost a decade fighting over this land, all in the name of expanding their fisheries and seizing control of the North…
Labrador
From Wabush, 39km east on Rte 500 is Grande Hermine Park, which has a beach and some fine scenery. The Menihek hiking trail (15km) goes through wooded…
Vancouver
Almost hidden in a quiet corner of Granville Island, this 17m-high pole was erected in 1999 and was carved via the joint efforts of more than 800 people…
Northern BC
Muncho Lake Provincial Park, centered on the emerald-green lake of the same name, boasts spruce forests, vast rolling mountains and some truly…
Southwestern Ontario
The jaunty glass-and-concrete prow of the AGW has an excellent permanent collection focused on Canadian visual arts, from the historical to the…
Courtenay and District Museum & Palaeontology Centre
Vancouver Island
With its life-size replica of an elasmosaur (a prehistoric marine reptile first discovered in the area), this excellent small museum also houses pioneer…
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
Nova Scotia
In 2015 Birchtown's Black Loyalist Heritage Centre and museum was moved to its shiny new facility 7km outside town, on the site of what was Canada's…
Victoria
A waterfront walk from the Inner Harbour (or, better yet, a short hop by mini-ferry) delivers you to this floating, boardwalk-linked clutch of houseboats,…
Northern Ontario
This century-old museum is engaging for adults and children alike. Displays about Ojibwe culture, fur trading, military history and recent developments…
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