Outdoors in Canada

[eemy]

Mimicking the thread in Western Provinces, but hopefully without any this v. that (yeah right!),

My three favourites:

Quetico Provincial Park: a fantastic backcountry canoe park. Far superior to Algonquin.
http://www.ontarioparks.com/ENGLISH/quet-mainImage.jpg

Rocher Fendu Rapids on the Ottawa River: I recently got hooked on whitewater kayaking, and these are its mecca, possibly even for the world.
http://www.ottawakayak.com/db_img/large/minibus%20086.jpg

Gatineau Park: this was my families oasis when we lived in Ottawa.
http://graphicslib.viator.com/graphicslib/3400/SITours/fall_foliage.jpg

Future destinations: Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park (Temagami) - canoeing, Nahanni National Park Reserve - canoeing, Gros Morne National Park - hiking, Horton River - canoeing, Hwy ?? west of Bella Coola, BC - driving.

[dubiousmike]

http://images.britishcolumbia.com/photogallery/0/83.0.2.jpg

Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park.

Have you ever been canoeing at Nahanni? I'm jealous.

[eemy]

Have you ever been canoeing at Nahanni? I'm jealous.

I'm afraid not. That's only a future destination. Somewhere I really really want to go.

[SHOFEAR]

I'll give a shout out to the national park that used to be a ten minute drive from my house in Newfounland.

Terra Nova National Park.
http://www.worldgolf.com/images/repository/other/terra-nova-park-lodge-and-gc-resort-overview-1.jpeg

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/offantasypicspages/pictures/nfld01.jpg

[Calgarian]

BC interior kicks ass, the Maritimes are gorgeous, and Vancouver island are the best IMO

[harls]

Gatineau Park: this was my families oasis when we lived in Ottawa.
http://graphicslib.viator.com/graphicslib/3400/SITours/fall_foliage.jpg



It really is a great park.. we're spoiled that it's so close!

I've got a small set of hiking pics on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/sets/72157594315925179/), for those who are curious.

[Calgarian]

i think we can say that pretty much every part of this country is blessed with natural beauty.

[MrChills]

I'll give a shout out to the national park that used to be a ten minute drive from my house in Newfounland.

Terra Nova National Park.
http://www.worldgolf.com/images/repository/other/terra-nova-park-lodge-and-gc-resort-overview-1.jpeg

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/offantasypicspages/pictures/nfld01.jpg

Nice photos, 10 minutes? Are you from Port Blandford, Charlottetown, Bunyans Cove, etc.??? I spent most of my life living in Glovertown, the park stops where the town starts

[SHOFEAR]

Nice photos, 10 minutes? Are you from Port Blandford, Charlottetown, Bunyans Cove, etc.??? I spent most of my life living in Glovertown, the park stops where the town starts

Not my pictures.

I lived in Clarenville from grade 4-6. Almost 15 years ago now, but it didn't seem like more than 10 minutes to the southern edge. Maybe 20. I couldn't imagine growing up in a better place for that age.

[IntotheWest]

Explore Magazine last year did a 50 best outdoor places in Canada issue (damn, my wife threw it out...I would've posted the list), and it was a good list - minus the fact Manitoba was completely ignored.

The number one spot was Mount Thor in Auyuittuq National Park. The Earth's greatest vertical drop...some 1100 more than El Capitan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Thor

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

Some of my fav parks and places.

Algonquin
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/322128575_2a470e80e4_o.jpg

Garibaldi Provincial Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/51676865_9275ce9f30_o.jpg

Pacific Rim National Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/135753285_173611f33c_b.jpg

Agawa Canyon
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/237340507_2d2dafc798_b.jpg

Lake Superior Provincial Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/237341117_f10c563b66_b.jpg

The Bruce Penninsula
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/32611113_c489b4c4c6_o.jpg

Parc du Mont_Tremblant
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/255289415_80d38ea2c5_b.jpg

and Cape Breton Highlands National Park
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/43719354_357ab5cde1_b.jpg

[Kevin_foster]

My Favorite's are:

Jasper, Alberta- It's quiet, clean and breathtaking
http://www.pacificmotorcycle.com/images/R2-Jasper-2.gif
http://www.airjasper.com/images/maligne.jpg
http://www.skolaiimages.com/images/EdithCavell_90_Mgd.jpg

Kalamalka Lake - Vernon/BC - Water is incredible...
http://www.naturewatch.ca/eman/reports/publications/99_montane/odonata/images/fig_28.jpg
http://www.ourbc.com/photos/travel_bc/kalamalka_lake_03_640.jpg[IMG]

Quadra Island (Discovery islands) - BC - Small, quiet, remote, rainforest
[IMG]http://www.bcoceanfront.com/qi_marshwood/discovery_island_aerial.jpg
http://www.discovery-islands-lodge.com/quadra-island-hostel/quadra-island-hostel-1.JPG

[MrChills]

Wow! Love that shot of Cape Breton, that road is crying for a fast motorcycle

[keninhalifax]

Lovely photos, everyone! I guess we tend to forget on this forum that Canada is 95% wilderness.

[Greco Roman]

and it was a good list - minus the fact Manitoba was completely ignored.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Thor

Manitoba........ignored.............what else is new? :rolleyes: It is definately an UNDERRATED province by the rest of Canada. So much opportunity for outdoor recreation. With so many lakes and rivers to explore, and still so much virgin forest that hasn't been manhandled by the industrual world, my mouth is watering right now:D White water rafting down rugged pristine rivers, canoeing in the multitude of lakes, kicking it at Grand Beach, Falcon Lake, Winnipeg Beach, Gimli, Patricia Beach, Victoria Beach, West Hawk Lake on a hot sultry summer day (these are just the tip of the iceburg for beaches in Manitoba mind you); hiking in Whiteshell Provincial Park, Spruce Woods (home of the Spirit Sands); vista views from Riding Mountain Nat. Park, and sooooooooooooooooooooo much more. Knee Lake is just one of our world renoun fishing lodges where world class pickeral, jack and lake trout can be caught. Yeah, that is the spot.

Also Norhwestern Ontario too is gorgeous. Kenora harborfront on Lake of the Woods, Lake Malachi, Kakabeka Falls (sp?), and again soooooooooooooo much more. Hands down my favorite spot on Planet Earth :tup:

[IntotheWest]

^They had NW Ontario on the list. The list was actually quite good - and left out a lot of the popular spots close to the major centres (in other words, I don't believe Whistler or Lake Louise was on it). It made me realize how much of the country most don't see...Mount Thor being the #1 spot is probably the first example of that.

I was disappointed too that MB was left off - there are some amazing spots in that province for sure.

I wish I could find that magazine, so I could post the list!

[1ajs]

pisew falls hour outside of thompson
photo from wpgphoto.com forums
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/sterlingclay/Scenery/Pisew%20Falls/IMG_9997.jpg

my dad took this one
http://img323.imageshack.us/img323/1842/driveback50qi.jpg

[elsonic]

some cool spots in Qc - the only province I really know.

Parc du Bic
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/239608051_5fe3b9855a_b.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/unschtekleintefur/sets/72157594278030140/with/239603253/

Fjord du Saguenay
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/160019822_67ed467594_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/159730031_504b7cd2c1_b.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/18781948@N00/sets/72157594182792159/with/160019822/

a nice road in Parc des Grands-jardins
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/234442933_4c1a4302bb_b.jpg

Gorges de la rivière Malbaie
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/173735379_79fc96fc1a_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/257359346_6e35c42938_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/257359362_0df315ab7b_b.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/abo_/sets/72057594088427455/with/173735379/
http://flickr.com/photos/61745869@N00/sets/72157594293993575/with/257359346/

Parc de Forillon
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/59/203666198_16fae1c60e_b.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/davidcarter/sets/72157594204728266/with/203666198/

Parc de la Gaspésie
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/193433743_9296bc90f1_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/220667581_7f0c47f66c_b.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/davidcarter/sets/72157594204728266/with/193433743/
http://flickr.com/photos/40344507@N00/with/220667581/

around Kamouraska
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/145939303_88c3252ed6_o.jpg
http://flickr.com/photos/mpilote/with/145939300/

[1ajs]

^WOW thats in quebec

[BlackRedGold]

so much virgin forest that hasn't been manhandled by the industrual world, my mouth is watering right now

What are you, a beaver?

[Wooster]

Wow, some amazing landscapes there! :tup:

[Greco Roman]

Quebec seems amazing! I can't wait to get out there and explore the backcountry! :banana:

[elsonic]

Parc de la Gaspésie
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/265757270_1220920668_b.jpg

ski Owl's head
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/153887669_f5e27b0064_b.jpg

Le Massif - Charlevoix
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/84/256688155_c50a3f28bb_o.jpg

Kamouraska
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/327175178_a2feb75e63_o.jpg

somewhere in Bas-St-Laurent
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/171965831_19b28f7b53_o.jpg

Mont-Albert
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/289725834_ae6b5ae755_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/289714863_e920797b56_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/289737964_ee00639649_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/289739518_31a7b5c15d_b.jpg

Lac Wapizagonke
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/289473189_a67c8c20aa_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/289525565_3c422b6c06_b.jpg

Île Bonaventure
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/108/289619845_1fdd6380c7_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/117/289620581_b0fcd5dc11_b.jpg

Estrie Orford / lac Memphrémagog
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/268813208_fbdbfe7f1c_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/268804871_8d60310bdb_b.jpg

back to Montreal
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/289773731_8fb9737e06_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/289773218_5d03aa9b69_b.jpg

and... somewhere
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/68/170481501_d0bafe3a0b_o.jpg

Charlevoix? Gaspésie?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/243001886_ff24e7b2a2_b.jpg

Mont Chic-chocs
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/243001557_33f0b36df0_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/61/243001515_f6afc5dd14_b.jpg

form downtown
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/343613019_043d927a62_b.jpg

[eemy]

Quebec really does have some unappreciated scenery. I haven't yet had the opportunity, but I'd love to spend a week or two canoeing in La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve.
http://www.serianni.com/misc2.jpg

Someone mentioned the Bruce Peninsula and I somewhat regret not including it in my first post. Living part-time in Wiarton, I've had lots of access to it. The Bruce Trail through the Bruce Peninsula has got to be one of the most spectacular hiking trails in Ontario anyway, and I'm sure in Canada as well.
http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~crosnier/images/Bruce/CyprusLake03.JPG

[MrChills]

Most of these are photos I have taken over the years, but there are a handful that I found on my PC from other sources, enjoy!

Western Brook Pond
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123145795-M.jpg

Bakers Brook Pond
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123145923-M.jpg

Blow Me Down
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123145987-M.jpg

Bonavista Coast
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146045-M.jpg

Cedar Cove (Bay of Islands Area)
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146110-M.jpg

Coastal Boat entering the historic fishing village of Francois on the islands South Coast
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146174-M.jpg

Caribou stare down on the Northern Penisula
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146258-M.jpg

Gros Morne Mountain
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146311-M.jpg

Snowmobiling doesn't get much better than in the Humber Valley
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146392-M.jpg

Jersey Island (South Humber Valley)
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146427-M.jpg

Sun rise over frozen Alexander Bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146660-M.jpg

View of Swilers Island on 'The Outport Trail' near Salvage
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146844-M.jpg

The bottom of Rocky Bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123146934-M.jpg

Rocky bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123149244-M.jpg

Spring Icebergs in view from Eastport Beach
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147005-M.jpg

Sandy Cove Beach
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147113-M.jpg

Fishermen in Hermitage Bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147481-M.jpg

Roody Bay Waterfall (most be a hundred similar falls in this area of the south coast)
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148283-M.jpg

Rugged view from Pass Island
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147695-M.jpg

Anyone else Scuba dive? Scallops as big as your first are easily found in most every cove in Roody Bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148411-M.jpg

On the way to Western Brook Pond
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123149450-M.jpg

Next stop through these narrows, Ireland
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148543-M.jpg

Waves on a calm day outside of St. John's
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148660-M.jpg

Cape Spear
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148953-M.jpg

Outside the town of Renews (The mighty Mayflower stopped here for water and other supplies on its way to what would become America - Renews had been settled for almost 100 years at this time)
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123149382-M.jpg

Does this trail lead to Mars? Tablelands mountains in Gros Morne
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123149315-M.jpg

A top Briffett's Hills at the start of Bloody Bay
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147217-M.jpg

View from Bloody Bay reach
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123148149-M.jpg

The top of Bloody Bay Reach
http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/123147927-M.jpg

[Taller Better]

Canada is an achingly beautiful country... blessed from sea to sea.

[SHOFEAR]

/\ I've been to most of those locations. The boat tour of Western Brook Pond was amazing.

[MrChills]

I couldn't be completely biased to Newfoundland for the outdoors in Canada, here are some photos from my first trip to the Bruce in 2005.

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869491-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869517-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869525-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869544-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869551-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869555-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869570-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869572-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869583-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869587-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869597-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869590-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869603-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869632-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869638-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869666-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869681-M.jpg

http://felthamkeats.smugmug.com/photos/37869651-M.jpg