Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
Do you have questions, comments or want to get involved? Get in touch through Explore150@takingitglobal.org
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Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum, located on the University of British Columbia campus, is home to Canada's largest blue whale skeleton and so much more. Explore over 20,000 square feet of collections and exhibits, participate in activities designed for visitors of all ages, interact with the specimens in our teaching lab, find out how researchers use the collection or watch films celebrating biodiversity in our auditorium.
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Museum of Anthropology
MOA. A place of extraordinary architectural beauty. A place of provocative programming and vibrant, contemporary exhibitions. A place of active exploration and quiet contemplation. A place of world arts and cultures.
The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia is world-renowned for its collections, research, teaching, public programs, and community connections. It is also acclaimed for its spectacular architecture and unique setting on the cliffs of Point Grey.
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Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation Dinosaur Discovery Gallery
One of British Columbia’s best-kept secrets is the amount of dinosaur and prehistoric creature fossils in northern British Columbia. In Tumbler Ridge, an hour off the Alaskan highway, a recently expanded Dinosaur Discovery Gallery contains several new and enhanced palaeontology exhibits including a full-scale re-creation of a 100 million-year-old dinosaur track environment. An interactive theatre provides several presentation options for visitors to view and learn about the pre-history of the Peace Region of British Columbia.
Be sure to take a summer DInosaur Trackway tour to two sites via hiking trails: the Flatbed trackways and the Wolverine tracksite. A unique feature…2 votes -
West Coast Trail
The West Coast Trail is a 75 km (47 mi) long backpacking trail following the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was built in 1907 to facilitate the rescue of survivors of shipwrecks along the coast, part of the treacherous Graveyard of the Pacific. It is now part of Pacific Rim National Park and is often rated by hiking guides as one of the world’s top hiking trails.
The West Coast Trail is open from May 1 until September 30. It is accessible to hikers outside of this period but Parks Canada does not guarantee the…4 votes -
Myra Canyon Trestles, Kelowna, BC
The Myra Canyon Trestles are a part of the Kettle Valley Railway, which began construction in 1910. They were completed in 1914. Originally comprised of twenty trestles (one was bypassed and another was filled in), this site was the highest of the entire Kettle Valley Railway. (1249.68 m above sea level). In January of 2003, after almost a decade of restoration work, the trestles were named a place of "natural historic significance" (National Historic Sites and Monuments Board). The trestles were now a beautiful walking and biking trail. But it was not to last. In mid-August of 2003, the Okanagan…
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Stanley Park Pavilion
Stanley Park is a 404.9-hectare (1,001-acre) urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by Mayor David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada.
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Gwaii Haanas
Together, the Government of Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation manage the special place called Gwaii Haanas. The name means “Islands of Beauty” in the Haida langauge and the area embodies the rugged beauty and rich ecology of this remote Pacific Coastal region.
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Swift Creek and Rearguard Falls
Swift Creek and Rearguard Falls mark the upper limit of the Chinook salmon run on the Fraser River. The Salmon travel 1,280 km to reach their spawning grounds. After leaving the Pacific Ocean they arrive mid August and can be seen at these locations for a couple of weeks. It is a short hike to Rearguard Falls where you can watch these amazing fish try to overcome their last obstacle. The Valemount Visitor Center on Swift Creek offers interpretive talks in August when the salmon are running.
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Vancouver Public Library
This is the second Vancouver Public Library central branch building after the Carnegie and before the current Library Square opened in 1995. The building is occupied by a music store and the studios of CTV Vancouver station CIVT-TV.
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Clayoquot Sound
Clayoquot Sound is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and the site of milestone protests by environmental activitists in 1993, to oppose clearcut logging in the area.
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Japanese Hall & School
Seized by the government as part of the Japanese Canadian internment during the Second World War, this building was an important centre of the Japanese community in Vancouver. It has since been returned and restored as a cultural centre and a language school has been added.
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Orpheum Theatre
Originally a vaudeville house on Theatre Row, the building was fully restored in the 1970s and is now an important live music venue and home to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
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Fire Hall No. 1
Possibly the first fire hall in North America designed specifically for motorized fire trucks, this building was converted into the Fire Hall Arts Centre in the 1970s. Listed as "Fire Hall No. 2."
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Seaforth Armoury
Home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
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Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Parish was established in Vancouver on May 9, 1937. At Easter in 1950, the first Divine Liturgy was served in the newly built, but as yet unfinished, church.
In December 1977, the Vancouver City Council designated the church as an architectural Heritage Building and an engraved plaque was placed on the exterior of the church building. The Parish is classified as a Cathedral under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada.1 vote -
First Baptist Church
The church suffered a serious fire in 1931. But was restored by a parishioner, Charles Bentall, owner of Dominion Construction.
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Beatty Street Drill Hall
Home of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), the most senior military unit in the city.
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Heritage Hall
Originally a post office, this building was occupied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1970s before being restored in the 1980s as a community arts venue. The design is said to derive from a misdirected set of plans that were meant for another city in the Prairies, which got the smaller building meant to have been constructed here.
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Hycroft
The house of General Alexander Duncan McRae and family where frequent parties were hosted that were "must attend" for the city's socialites. McRae donated it to the government of Canada for use as a veteran's hospital. It is now used by the University Women's Club. Today it is one of the most-used filming locations in Vancouver.
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