Summer Travel Ideas to Explore Close to Home

Verbiage on Info graph is as follows: Canada’s Worth Saving For 67 Canadian Travel Gems from RBC Direct Investing Clients We surveyed RBC Direct Investing clients* about their favourite Canadian travel destinations. Here are some Highlights: British Columbia Travel Gem - Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Totem Tour Walk (Duncan), Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park Must Do – Lighthouse Park (West Vancouver), Hike the Stawamus Chief trail (Squamish), Afternoon tea in Victoria World’s Largest Hockey Stick resides in Duncan Alberta Travel Gem – Hike in Kananaskis, Peter’s Drive-In (Calgary), Take the High Level Bridge streetcar (Edmonton) Must Do – Royal Tyrrell Museum (Drumheller), Calgary Stampede, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site Highest Town in Canada Banff: elevation is 1,383 m Saskatchewan Travel Gem – Take a selfie on the AB/SK border, Labryinth of Peace (Moose Jaw), Take a walk by the river on the Meewasin Trail (Saskatoon) Must Do – Tunnels of Moose Jaw, Saskatoon’s Western Development Museum, Sunset Ceremony at RCMP Heritage Centre (Regina) Canada’s Sunshine Capital Estevan, Sask. averaging about 2,540 hours of sun every year Manitoba Travel Gem – Horseback riding at Carberry Desert, Journey to Churchill exhibit at Assiniboine Park Zoo, Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (Morden) Must Do – Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Winnipeg) Fort la Reine Museum (Portage la Prairie) The Forks (Winnipeg) Polar Bear capital of the world Churchill (also considered one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights) Ontario Travel Gem – Tour Trent Severn Canal by boat through Peterborough Lift Lock, Buy French fries under the Blue Water Bridge (Point Edward), Butterfly Conservatory and Langdon Hall (Cambridge) Must Do – Experience Niagara Falls by boat, Tobermory, home to Bruce Peninsula National Park and Flowerpot Island, Niagara wine tour World’s Longest Freshwater Beach – Wasaga Beach Quebec Travel Gem – Foresta Lumnia – Coaticook Gorge, Boutique shopping in Old Montreal, Japanese gardens at Montreal Botanical Garden Must Do – Old Port (Quebec City), Hike Mount Royal (Montreal), Le P’Tit Train du Nord (Laurentians) Most Photographed Hotel in the world Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City New Brunswick Travel Gem – Magnetic Hill (Moncton), Shediac’s Giant Lobster (Shediac calls it the World’s Largest Lobster!) Must Do – Hopewell Rocks (Bay of Fundy), New River Beach on the Bay of Fundy Highest tides in the world The Bay of Fund Nova Scotia Travel Gem – Bike around Halifax, take the harbour ferry and bike the rails-to-trails in Dartmouth, Point Pleasant Park, Grand Pre National Historic Site Must Do – Mahone Bay’s Three Churches, Sydney waterfront, Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Longest running farmers' market Halifax is home to the longest continuously running farmers’ market in North America Prince Edward Island Travel Gem – Singing Sands Beach, The Bottle Houses, Visit the College of Piping the Celtic Performing Arts (Summerside) Must Do – West Point Lighthouse, Drive over the Confederation Bridge, Anne of Green Gables Museum Most Harvested Vegetable Over 88,000 acres of potatoes are grown on PEI every year Newfoundland and Labrador Travel Gem – Kiss the cod, Bowring Park (St. John’s), Go cod fishing Must Do – Signal Hill (St. John’s), The Rooms (St. John’s), Go whale watching and iceberg watching Oldest organized sporting event in North America The Royal St. John’s Regatta Yukon Territory Travel Gem – Sign Post Forest, Watson Lake – a collection of over 72,000 signs from around the world Must Do – Paddle the Yukon River, Aurora Borealis Tour – Whitehorse or Dawson City Canada’s Highest Mountain Mount Logan 5,959 metres Northwest Territories Travel Gem – Fairy Meadows – Nahanni National Park, Tour the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife Must Do – Visit the NWT Diamond Centre in Yellowknife, Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park Diamond Capital of North America Yellowknife Nunavut Travel Gem – Nettilling Lake, Baffin Island – the world’s largest lake on an island Must Do – Mount Thor Auyuittuq National Park – the world’s greatest vertical drop with an average angle of 105 degrees There are 4 official languages in Nunavut Inuktitut, English, French and Inuinnaqtun Survey Disclaimer *Survey is based on the responses of approximately 400 clients through an online research panel. Responses may have been added to or edited for clarity and to ensure broad representation.