Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
July 11th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park We got up early this morning and left towards Moraine Lake, which is about 30 minutes from our campground.
This place is AMAZING! We have never seen water this colour before. The color of the wate ... 19 photos[full story]
July 23rd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park » Bow Lake July 22nd. Left Jasper NP and continued south through Banff NP on our way back to Kimberley. The weather was cloudy and wet initially then brightened to be a glorious day. Stopped at all (or most) ... [full story]
July 22nd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park Hi folks,
Vanuit de levende metropool Seattle, aan de westkust, vertrokken we met onze huurauto oostwaarts naar de ruggegraat van het Noord-Amerikaanse continent: de "Rocky Mountains". Langsheen de ... 18 photos[full story]
July 21st 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park We planned to take the gondola trip up Sulphur Mountain on Friday and awoke to clear blue skies. The gondola has been an attraction in Banff for a long time; we rode the original one back in 1979. A ... 18 photos[full story]
July 18th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park From suburban Calgary we moved back into the scenic areas of the Canadian Rockies and stayed in a great hostel (HI) on the outskirts of Banff. It had a bar and nightly entertainment so there was no ne ... 20 photos[full story]
July 20th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park We left Glacier National Park on Thursday morning and went north into Alberta, Canada. We traveled about 5 hours and entered Banff National Park. We stayed at Fairmont Chateau, Lake Louise which was ... 9 photos[full story]
June 8th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park Calgary 5/6 June 2008
We arrived in Calgary on 5th June., 2 hours after we left the UK. weather was bright and we had a good transfer to the Marriot hotel. feeling a bit jet lagged we went looking ... [full story]
May 21st 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park » Bow Lake We have stayed in some gorgeous hotels that you only see in travel brochures. The first was the Banff Springs then the Chateau Lake Louise and the Jasper Park Lodge. All unique, old world hotels, wi ... 11 photos[full story]
May 18th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park » Bow Lake We are very lucky to be staying in the Fairmont Banff Springs a castle of a hotel built in the middle of the Banff National Park. I will try to take some photos from around the hotel in a separate bl ... 9 photos[full story]
April 8th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park From Calgary, we headed into the Rockies. Our first stop was Banff. After a little exploring of the town, we drove over to the Banff Springs Hotel. Eddy's company had designed and manufactured many o ... 6 photos[full story]
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