When the wind whips up over the open plains, oceans of tall grasses ripple in waves, their feathery tops tickling your thighs. A colourful patchwork of crops stretches out beyond the horizon under a never-ending sky, suggesting boundless possibility. You can't wait for the sunset to sweep across this idyllic expanse. Somehow you know, the prairie sky is sure to put on quite a show.
Probe the pastoral calm and you stumble upon dynamic clusters of urbanity. Regina hums with the cheerful voices and bouncy footsteps of fun-loving city folk. Winnipeg is a bustling hub of sophisticated cultural delights. Keep your eyes on the sky – the same resplendent sun, sets here too.
With mystery and danger comes the raw, unspoiled beauty of one of the world’s last wilderness regions. Canada’s North—encompassing the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut—is home to white wolves, polar bears, massive walrus and giant bowhead whales up to 59 ft in length. Fly over the greatest caribou migrations in the world, Thule archaeological digs, vast wildlife preserves and inukshuks, stone figures pointing the way across tundra. In summer, golf, fish and dance at an outdoor music festival under the midnight sun.
The search for treasure fueled a frenzy of immigration to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 1800s. The rush for ice-white diamonds, discovered in 1991 in the Northwest Territories, has brought a sparkling new city skyline to its capital city, Yellowknife. And in Nunavut’s capital, Iqaluit, on the edge of Frobisher Bay, treasured Inuit art is attracting its own frenzy of interest from around the globe. Come see it for yourself.
Source: Canadian Tourism Commission