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Parks and recreation in Canada

This collection spans Canada's vast geography, featuring urban oases like Vancouver's Stanley Park and Ottawa's Major's Hill Park alongside remote northern wilderness. It includes the historic Upper Hot Springs in Banff, the dramatic Lachine Rapids at Des Rapides Park, and the Arctic tundra of Ukkusiksalik National Park. Visitors can explore Nova Scotia's coastal provincial parks, view the Yukon River from the Midnight Dome, or experience the steep-sided gorge and waterfalls of Canyon Ste-Anne.

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Stanley Park

Stanley Park is a 405-hectare public park in British Columbia, Canada, that makes up the northwestern half of Vancouver's Downtown…

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Toronto Island Park

The Toronto Islands are a chain of 15 small islands in Lake Ontario, south of mainland Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Prince's Island Park

Prince's Island Park is an urban park in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Major's Hill Park

Major's Hill Park is a park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. The park stands above the Rideau Canal at the point where it enters the Ottawa…

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Upper Hot Springs

Located in Banff National Park at an elevation of 1,583 meters, these natural thermal springs feature an outdoor pool with views of Mount Rundle.

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Brockton Point

Brockton Point is a headland off the Downtown Peninsula of Vancouver, on the north side of Coal Harbour.

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Saint-Louis Square

Saint Louis Square is an urban square in Montreal's Plateau Mont Royal.

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Canyon Ste-Anne

Open from May to October, Canyon Sainte-Anne is a spectacular, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Sainte-Anne-du-Nord River, 6 km east of…

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Calgary Zoo

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is located in Bridgeland, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, just east of the city's downtown and adjacent to the…

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Revelstoke Mountain Resort

Revelstoke Mountain Resort is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada.

First Grassi Lake

A turquoise, spring-fed lake near Canmore, Alberta, accessible via the Grassi Lakes Trail and surrounded by limestone cliffs.

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Des Rapides Park

Des Rapides Park is an urban park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located adjacent to the Lachine Rapids in the borough of LaSalle.

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Calaway Park

Calaway Park is an amusement park and campground in Springbank, Alberta, Canada.

Savary Provincial Park

A roadside picnic park in Plympton, Nova Scotia, situated along the shores of St. Marys Bay.

Gulf Shore Provincial Park

A coastal park on the Northumberland Strait featuring a sandy beach, warm saltwater, and views across to Prince Edward Island.

Fox Harbour Provincial Park

A small provincial park in Nova Scotia providing public access to the warm waters and rugged coastline of the Northumberland Strait.

Rushtons Beach Provincial Park

This park features a boardwalk crossing salt marshes to reach a wide sandbar and shallow beach on the Northumberland Strait.

Polar Bear Pass

Polar Bear Pass is a 262,400 hectare wetland and mountain pass on Bathurst Island within the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

Midnight Dome

A scenic lookout 520 meters above Dawson City, offering 360-degree views of the Yukon River, the Klondike Valley, and the Ogilvie Mountains.

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Ukkusiksalik National Park

Ukkusiksalik National Park () is a national park in Nunavut, Canada. It covers 20,885 km2 of tundra and coastal mudflats south of the Arctic…

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