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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North American Game Warden Museum and International Peace Garden
Come visit Us! The North American Game Warden Museum is the only museum of its kind that houses taxidermy and artifacts related to the Game Warden Profession where everything has been confiscated from poachers or at a Canadian/US border. The stories are an eye opener into their world. It also houses the only memorial dedicated strictly to Game Wardens in both Canada and the United States. It is Canadian representation for Wardens across our country but also encompasses our neighbours to the south. The museum is located at the International Peace Garden whose focus is not only gardens but about…
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Niagara on the Lake
Niagara on the Lake
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Bannock Point Petroforms - Whiteshell Provincial Park
The Bannock Point Petroforms are figures **** out on bedrock in the forms of turtles, snakes and humans, and also in abstract patterns. Anishinabe and other First Nations people believe that they were left here long ago for the benefit of all people that might visit this site to receive their teachings and healing
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Kiever Synagogue
The Kiever Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Toronto, Canada. It was founded by Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine in 1912, and formally incorporated in 1914. The congregants were poor working-people, and services were led by members and held in their homes. Two houses were eventually purchased in the Kensington Market area, and in their place construction was completed on the current twin-domed Byzantine Revival building in 1927. The building was once the site of George Taylor Denison's home Bellevue.
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Terry Fox Memorial
Located in Thunder Bay, near the place where the Marathon of Hope ended, the memorial commemorates the life of a truly great Canadian.
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7 votes
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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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The Yukon River
Who doesn't want to canoe the Yukon river? Sternweelers, highway to the Klondike Gold Rush, salmon, wildlife viewing and lifeblood of 70 Yukon and Alaska aboriginal peoples.
Starting in southern Yukon/northern BC and flowing 3190km to the Bering Sea through Alaska, it's drainage of over 832,700 km² is more than 25% larger than Alberta...
"The Thirty Mile" section, from Lake Laberge to the Teslin River, is a Canadian Heritage River and part of Klondike Gold Rush International Historical Park.2 votes -
Moosehide
Moosehide is a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in settlement and cultural/historic site downriver from Dawson City, Yukon. Under the guidance of visionary Chief Issac and the Anglican Church, Hän people moved there in 1897 when 1000s of Klondike Gold Rush miners moved into and took over their traditional fish camp at Tr'ochëk (which ballooned to Dawson City). An inspiring bi-yearly event is the Moosehide Gathering, where Hän from Alaska and Yukon gather to re-learn and share songs, stories, food and traditions. Everyone is welcome.
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Herschel Island - Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park
Yukon's first territorial park in 1987 under the Inuvialuit Final Agreement, this tundra island in the Beaufort Sea has been a haven for millenia - Inuvialuit, whalers, fur traders, The Anglican Church, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, and the RCMP were all present in the past 100+ years, not to mention a myriad of Arctic marine and tundra wildlife. Today, Inuvialuit families continue to use the area while researchers from around the world study the unique and rapidly changing Arctic environment.
The World Monuments Fund endangered places 2008.
On Canada's list for next World UNESCO Site.
Yukon Historic Site and…2 votes -
Hamilton's Waterfalls
Hamilton, Ontario surprises as the unlikely Waterfall Capital of the World boasting over 100 waterfalls identified by Hamilton Conservation Authority, found along the Bruce Trail and the Niagara Escarpment. Hamilton offer interactive waterfall hikes and hosts a rotating illumination of various waterfalls weekly. Popular place for hiking, tourists, and weddings!
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26 votes
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Muttart Conservatory
Nestled in Edmonton's beautiful river valley, the iconic pyramids of Muttart Conservatory offer a year-round escape into the beauty of the world's plant life. Vibrant, colourful, tranquil and inspirational, the pyramids’ display gardens are a welcome oasis for all.
Three of Muttart's four pyramids house permanent displays, each featuring plants from different regions of the world: tropical forests, temperate forests, and arid lands . Muttart's fourth pyramid is the "feature pavilion", which houses displays that change every six-eight weeks.
Muttart is open seven days a week: Friday-Wednesday 10am-5pm; Thursdays 10am-9pm; holidays 11am - 5pm. Drop by for a guided tour…
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Niagara Falls
Most amazing natural site in Ontario located close to millions of people
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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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Hastings Mill Store
The oldest building in Vancouver, moved by barge from its original location at the north foot of Dunlevy to Point Grey & Alma. The Native Daughters of British Columbia opened it as a museum.
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Ni'iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park
The 6500 km2 Ni'iinlii Njik (Fishing Branch) Territorial Park and adjacent Habitat Protection Area are legacies of the Vuntut Gwitchin Land Claim agreement and a model of how governments can work together to protect a distinct and fascinating ecosystem and an enduring First Nation connection to the land.
Limestone caves, year-round open water, and early winter salmon runs support Grizzly Bear concentrations and huge trees rarely seen this far north.
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Little Italy (Neighbourhood) - Toronto
An amazing neighbourhood in Toronto that carries with it amazing history and great places to visit and experience any time of the year.
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John Janzen Nature Centre
John Janzen Nature Centre is located in the heart of Edmonton’s River Valley, one of the longest urban stretches of Aspen Parkland in North America (7,400 hectares), located along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. Visitors of all ages can explore and appreciate nature in an urban setting all year-round through our hands-on programs, events, demonstrations, and exhibits. Our newly-renovated space also includes the Tegler Discovery Zone, where children can engage in imaginative nature play!
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Kingston Penitentiary
Canada’s oldest reformatory prison, with a layout that served as a model for other federal prisons for more than a century; its massive stone wall and north gate are an imposing local landmark
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