Lonely Planet Canada

by Lightbody, Mark; Davis, Jeff; Dunford, Lisa; Kokker, Steve; Rimerman, Susan; Root, Don; Stanley, David

• ISBN13: 9781740590297
• ISBN10: 1740590295
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

-- special section on Canada's wildlife and national parks
-- comprehensive information on Canada's cosmopolitan cities and outdoor attractions
-- activities for winter and summer sports enthusiasts
-- includes a Canadian-French language section

Table of Contents

Introduction	13	(1)
Facts About Canada	14	(18)
History	14	(4)
Geography	18	(1)
Climate	19	(2)
Government & Politics	21	(1)
Economy	22	(1)
Population & People	23	(2)
Education	25	(1)
Arts	25	(5)
Society & Conduct	30	(1)
Religion	30	(2)
Wildlife, Parks & Heritage Sites	32	(10)
Facts for the Visitor	42	(32)
Planning	42	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	43	(1)
Tourist offices	43	(1)
Visas & Documents	44	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	46	(1)
Customs	47	(1)
Money	48	(2)
Post & Communications	50	(1)
Digital Resources	51	(1)
Books	52	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	53	(1)
Radio & TV	53	(1)
Photography & Video	54	(1)
Time	54	(1)
Electricity	54	(1)
Weights & Measures	54	(1)
Laundry	55	(1)
Toilets	56	(1)
Health	56	(2)
Women Travelers	58	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travelers	59	(1)
Disabled Travelers	59	(1)
Senior Travelers	59	(1)
Travel with Children	60	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	60	(1)
Emergencies	61	(1)
Legal Matters	61	(1)
Business Hours	61	(1)
Public Holidays	62	(1)
Special Events	62	(1)
Activities	62	(3)
Courses	65	(1)
Work	65	(1)
Accommodations	66	(3)
Food	69	(1)
Drinks	70	(1)
Spectator Sports	71	(2)
Shopping	73	(1)
Getting There & Away	74	(5)
Air	74	(3)
Land	77	(1)
Sea	77	(2)
Getting Around	79	(12)
Air	79	(1)
Bus	80	(1)
Train	81	(2)
Car	83	(4)
Bicycle	87	(1)
Hitchhiking	88	(1)
Walking	88	(1)
Boat	88	(1)
Organized Tours	89	(2)
Ontario	91	(165)
Toronto	93	(37)
Around Toronto	130	(16)
Ottawa	133	(13)
Around Ottawa	146	(1)
Hull (Gatineau)	147	(1)
Around Hull	148	(2)
Eastern Ontario	150	(1)
Algonquin Provincial Park East	150	(1)
South Algonquin Area	150	(2)
Merrickville	152	(1)
Smiths Falls	152	(1)
Cornwall & Around	152	(1)
Morrisburg Area	153	(1)
Prescott	153	(1)
Brockville	153	(1)
Kingston	153	(6)
Around Kingston	159	(3)
Quinte's Isle	162	(1)
Trenton	163	(1)
Kawartha Lakes	164	(1)
Southwestern Ontario	165	(1)
Hamilton	165	(4)
Welland Canal Area	169	(1)
Niagara-on-the-Lake	170	(4)
Around Niagara-on-the-Lake	174	(2)
Niagara Falls	176	(9)
Around Niagara Falls	185	(1)
Brantford	185	(1)
Six Nations Indian Reserve	186	(1)
Country Heritage Park	186	(1)
Guelph	186	(2)
Kortright Waterfowl Park	188	(1)
Rockwood Conservation Area	188	(1)
Kitchener-Waterloo	188	(3)
Around Kitchener-Waterloo	191	(1)
Elora	192	(1)
Fergus	193	(1)
Stratford	194	(3)
St Marys	197	(1)
Tillsonburg & Delhi	198	(1)
Lake Erie Shoreline West	198	(1)
London	199	(4)
St Thomas	203	(1)
Windsor	203	(3)
Amherstburg	206	(1)
Lake Huron Shoreline	206	(1)
Georgian Bay & Lakelands	207	(1)
Barrie	207	(1)
Wasaga Beach	207	(1)
Collingwood	208	(1)
Shelburne	209	(1)
Owen Sound	209	(2)
Port Elgin	211	(1)
Sauble Beach	211	(1)
The Bruce Peninsula	211	(3)
Manitoulin Island	214	(1)
Huronia Towns	215	(2)
Muskoka Towns	217	(1)
Algonquin Provincial Park	218	(2)
Georgian Bay Islands National Park	220	(1)
Southeastern Georgian Bay Provincial Parks	220	(1)
Parry Sound	221	(1)
Killbear Provincial Park	221	(1)
Byng Inlet	221	(1)
Killarney Provincial Park	221	(1)
Northern Ontario	222	(1)
North Bay	222	(2)
Temagami	224	(1)
Sudbury	225	(6)
North of Sudbury	231	(1)
Timmins	231	(1)
Cochrane	232	(1)
Moosonee	233	(1)
West of Sudbury	234	(1)
Sault Ste Marie	235	(7)
Lake Superior Shoreline Area	242	(3)
Thunder Bay	245	(8)
West of Thunder Bay	253	(3)
Quebec	256	(107)
Montreal	262	(28)
Around Montreal	290	(1)
Oka	290	(1)
Riviere Rouge	290	(1)
The Laurentians	290	(6)
Eastern Townships	296	(5)
Montreal to Quebec City	301	(19)
Quebec City	305	(15)
Around Quebec City	320	(1)
North Shore	320	(2)
South Shore	322	(2)
Charlevoix & Saguenay	323	(1)
Charlevoix	324	(3)
Saguenay	327	(3)
North Shore	330	(1)
Tadoussac	330	(3)
Grandes Bergeronnes	333	(1)
Ste Anne de Portneuf	334	(1)
Baie Comeau	334	(1)
Godbout	334	(1)
Pointe des Monts	334	(1)
Pointe aux Anglais	335	(1)
Sept Iles	335	(1)
Havre St Pierre	336	(1)
Ile d'Anticosti	336	(1)
Natashquan	337	(1)
Lower North Shore	337	(1)
Lower St Lawrence	338	(1)
Riviere du Loup	338	(2)
Le Temis	340	(1)
Trois Pistoles	341	(1)
Parc du Bic	341	(1)
Rimouski	341	(2)
Gaspe Peninsula	342	(1)
Ste Flavie	343	(1)
Grand Metis	343	(1)
Matane	344	(1)
Cap Chat	344	(1)
Ste Anne Des Monts	344	(1)
Parc de la Gaspesie	345	(1)
Mont St Pierre	345	(1)
Mont St Pierre to Forillon National Park	346	(1)
Forillon National Park	346	(1)
Gaspe	347	(1)
Perce	348	(1)
The Bay Side	349	(2)
Matapedia Valley	351	(3)
Iles de la Madeleine	352	(2)
Ile du Cap aux Meules	354	(1)
Ile du Havre Aubert	354	(1)
Ile du Havre aux Maisons	355	(1)
Grosse Ile	355	(1)
Pointe de l'Est	356	(1)
Ile de la Grande Entree	356	(1)
Ile d'Entree	356	(1)
Getting There & Away	356	(1)
Getting Around	356	(1)
Far North	357	(1)
Abitibi-Temiscamingue	357	(2)
James Bay	359	(2)
Nunavik	361	(2)
Newfoundland & Labrador	363	(67)
St John's	367	(13)
Around St John's	380	(1)
South of St John's	381	(1)
Avalon Peninsula	382	(4)
Eastern Newfoundland	385	(1)
Bonavista Peninsula	386	(4)
Burin Peninsula	390	(4)
St Pierre & Miquelon	392	(2)
Central Newfoundland	394	(1)
Gander	394	(2)
Notre Dame Bay Area	396	(2)
Lewisporte	398	(1)
Grand Falls & Windsor	399	(1)
South of Grand Falls	400	(1)
Baie Verte Peninsula	401	(1)
Western Newfoundland	401	(1)
Deer Lake	401	(1)
Northern Peninsula	402	(9)
Corner Brook	411	(2)
Around Corner Brook	413	(1)
Stephenville	414	(1)
Port au Port Peninsula	414	(1)
Barachois Pond Provincial Park	414	(1)
Southwestern Newfoundland	414	(1)
Codroy Valley	415	(1)
Port aux Basques	415	(2)
Around Port aux Basques	417	(1)
South Coast	418	(1)
Outports	419	(1)
South Coast	419	(3)
Labrador	420	(2)
Labrador Straits	422	(3)
Northern Coast	425	(1)
Central Labrador	426	(1)
Western Labrador	427	(3)
Nova Scotia	430	(73)
Halifax	433	(14)
Around Halifax	447	(1)
South Shore	448	(1)
Peggy's Cove	448	(1)
Chester	449	(1)
Mahone Bay	450	(1)
Lunenburg	451	(3)
Bridgewater	454	(1)
Lahave	454	(1)
Lahave Islands	455	(1)
Liverpool	455	(1)
Seaside Adjunct Kejimkujik National Park	456	(1)
Shelburne	457	(1)
Shelburne to Yarmouth	458	(1)
Yarmouth to Windsor	458	(1)
Yarmouth	458	(3)
French Shore	461	(1)
Digby	461	(2)
Digby Neck	463	(2)
Kejimkujik National Park	465	(1)
Annapolis Valley	466	(3)
North of Kentville	469	(1)
Wolfville	469	(1)
Grand Pre	470	(1)
Windsor	471	(2)
Central Nova Scotia	473	(1)
Shubenacadie	473	(1)
Truro	473	(1)
Chignecto	474	(3)
Amherst & Around	477	(2)
Sunrise Trail	479	(1)
Tidnish Bridge	479	(1)
Pugwash	479	(1)
Wentworth	480	(1)
Caribou	480	(1)
Pictou	480	(2)
New Glasgow	482	(1)
Antigonish	482	(1)
Monastery	483	(1)
Eastern Shore	483	(1)
Lawrencetown Beach	483	(1)
Porters Lake	483	(1)
Musquodoboit Harbour	483	(1)
Jedore Oyster Pond	484	(1)
Tangier	484	(1)
Taylor Head Provincial Park	484	(1)
Port Dufferin	484	(1)
Liscomb Mills	485	(1)
Sherbrooke	485	(1)
Country Harbour	485	(1)
Canso	485	(1)
Guysborough	486	(1)
Cape Breton Island	486	(1)
Port Hastings	486	(1)
Mabou	486	(1)
Inverness	487	(1)
Belle Cote	488	(1)
Cheticamp	488	(1)
Cape Breton Highlands National Park	489	(2)
Pleasant Bay	491	(1)
Gampo Abbey	491	(1)
Cape North	492	(1)
Bay St Lawrence	492	(1)
Meat Cove	492	(1)
Around Neils Harbour	493	(1)
Ingonish	493	(1)
St Ann's	494	(1)
Big Bras d'Or	494	(1)
North Sydney	494	(1)
Sydney	495	(3)
Glace Bay	498	(1)
Louisbourg	498	(1)
Louisbourg National Historic Site	499	(1)
Baddeck	499	(2)
Whycocomagh	501	(1)
St Peter's	501	(2)
Prince Edward Island	503	(28)
Charlottetown	507	(7)
Eastern Prince Edward Island	514	(1)
Orwell	514	(1)
Wood Islands	514	(1)
Montague & Around	515	(1)
Souris	515	(1)
Basin Head	516	(1)
East Point	516	(1)
Elmira	517	(1)
St Peters	517	(1)
Greenwich	517	(1)
Central Prince Edward Island	517	(1)
Borden-Carleton	517	(1)
Victoria	518	(1)
Prince Edward Island National Park	518	(2)
Brackley Beach	520	(1)
South Rustico	520	(1)
New Glasgow & St Ann	521	(1)
North Rustico	522	(1)
Cavendish	523	(1)
New London	524	(1)
Park Corner	525	(1)
Western Prince Edward Island	525	(1)
Summerside	525	(2)
Region Evangeline	527	(1)
Tyne Valley	528	(1)
Lennox Island	528	(1)
Tignish to North Cape	529	(1)
West Coast	529	(2)
New Brunswick	531	(54)
Fredericton	534	(6)
Saint John River Valley	540	(1)
Mactaquac	540	(1)
Woodstock	541	(1)
Hartland	541	(1)
Grand Falls	542	(1)
Edmundston	542	(1)
St Jacques	543	(1)
West Fundy Shore	544	(1)
St Stephen	544	(3)
St Andrews	547	(2)
Fundy Isles	549	(7)
Blacks Harbour	556	(1)
New River Provincial Park	556	(9)
Saint John	557	(7)
Central Fundy Shore	564	(1)
St Martins	565	(1)
Fundy Trail Parkway	565	(1)
Fundy National Park	565	(2)
Alma	567	(1)
Shepody Bay Shorebird Reserve	568	(1)
Hopewell Rocks	568	(1)
Hillsborough	568	(1)
Moncton to Sackville	568	(1)
Moncton	569	(5)
St Joseph	574	(1)
Sackville	574	(1)
Fort Beausejour National Historic Site	575	(1)
Northumberland Shore	575	(1)
Cape Jourimain	575	(1)
Bouctouche	576	(1)
St Louis de Kent	577	(1)
Kouchibouguac National Park	577	(1)
Northeastern New Brunswick	578	(1)
Miramichi	578	(1)
Burnt Church First Nation	579	(1)
Caraquet	580	(1)
Caraquet to Bathurst	581	(1)
Petit Rocher	582	(1)
Eel River First Nation	582	(1)
Dalhousie	582	(1)
Campbellton	582	(1)
Mt Carleton Provincial Park	583	(2)
Manitoba	585	(34)
Winnipeg	587	(14)
Around Winnipeg	601	(1)
Eastern Manitoba	602	(1)
Mennonite Heritage Village	602	(1)
La Broquerie	602	(1)
Whiteshell Provincial Park	602	(1)
Nopoming Provincial Park	603	(1)
Atikaki Provincial Wilderness Park	603	(1)
Lake Winnipeg	603	(1)
Grand Beach	603	(1)
Netley Marsh	603	(1)
Winnipeg Beach	603	(1)
Gimli	604	(1)
Hecla Provincial Park	604	(1)
Snake Pits	604	(1)
Peguis & Fisher River	605	(1)
Lake Manitoba Shoreline	605	(1)
Northern Woods & Water Route	605	(1)
Northern Manitoba	605	(1)
The Pas	605	(1)
Flin Flon	606	(1)
Thompson	607	(1)
Gillam	607	(1)
Churchill	607	(8)
Western Manitoba	615	(1)
Portage La Prairie	615	(1)
Spruce Woods Provincial Park	615	(1)
Brandon	615	(1)
Around Brandon	616	(1)
Neepawa	617	(1)
Riding Mountain National Park	617	(1)
Around Riding Mountain	617	(2)
Saskatchewan	619	(28)
Regina	622	(7)
Around Regina	629	(1)
Eastern Saskatchewan	629	(1)
Yorkton	629	(1)
Crooked Lake Provincial Park	630	(1)
Moose Mountain Provincial Park	630	(1)
Estevan	630	(1)
Weyburn	631	(1)
Southwestern Saskatchewan	631	(1)
Moose Jaw	631	(1)
Chaplin Lake	632	(1)
Swift Current	632	(1)
Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park	632	(1)
Great Sand Hills	632	(1)
Maple Creek	633	(1)
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park	633	(1)
Eastend	633	(1)
Grasslands National Park	633	(1)
Big Muddy Badlands	634	(7)
Saskatoon	634	(7)
Manitou Beach	641	(1)
Northern Saskatchewan	642	(1)
Prince Albert	642	(1)
Around Prince Albert	643	(1)
Prince Albert National Park	644	(1)
Lac La Ronge Provincial Park	644	(1)
Redberry Lake	645	(1)
Batoche National Historic Site	645	(1)
North Of Batoche	646	(1)
The Battlefords	646	(1)
Meadow Lake Provincial Park	646	(1)
Alberta	647	(71)
Edmonton	651	(13)
Around Edmonton	664	(3)
Northern Alberta	667	(1)
Peace River & Around	667	(1)
Mackenzie Hwy	667	(1)
Lake District	667	(1)
Wood Buffalo National Park	668	(16)
Calgary	668	(16)
Beanff & Jasper National Parks	684	(1)
Kananaskis Country	684	(1)
Canmore	685	(1)
Banff Townsite	686	(10)
Lake Louise	696	(3)
Icefields Parkway	699	(2)
Jasper Towhsite & Around	701	(8)
Southern Alberta	709	(1)
Drumheller	709	(2)
Dinosaur Provincial Park	711	(1)
Medicine Hat	712	(1)
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump	712	(1)
Lethbridge	713	(2)
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park	715	(1)
Cardston	715	(1)
Waterton Lakes National Park	715	(2)
Crowsnest Pass	717	(1)
British Columbia	718	(140)
Vancouver	724	(38)
North of Vancouver	762	(6)
Vancouver Island	765	(3)
Victoria	768	(18)
Southwestern Vancouver Island	786	(2)
Nanaimo & Around	788	(4)
Port Alberni & Around	792	(2)
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	794	(2)
Tofino & Around	796	(3)
Ucluelet	799	(2)
Parksville & Qualicum Beach	801	(1)
Denman & Hornby Islands	801	(1)
Courtenay & Comox	801	(1)
Campbell River	802	(1)
Quadra & Cortes Islands	803	(1)
Strathcona Provincial Park	804	(1)
Gold River	804	(1)
North Vancouver Island	805	(9)
Southern Gulf Islands	807	(6)
Southwestern British Columbia	813	(1)
Hope	814	(1)
Fraser River Canyon	814	(1)
Manning Provincial Park	814	(1)
Kamloops	815	(3)
Wells Gray Provincial Park	818	(1)
Mt Robson Provincial Park	818	(1)
Kamloops to Williams Lake	819	(2)
Okanagan Valley	819	(2)
Osoyoos & Around	821	(1)
Penticton	822	(3)
Kelowna	825	(4)
Vernon	829	(1)
North of Vernon	830	(1)
Southeastern British Columbia	831	(1)
Revelstoke & Around	831	(4)
Glacier National Park	835	(1)
Golden	835	(1)
Yoho National Park	836	(2)
Kootenay National Park	838	(1)
Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park	838	(1)
Radium Hot Springs	838	(1)
Invermere to Cranbrook	839	(1)
Nelson & Around	840	(1)
Northeast of Nelson	841	(1)
West of Nelson	841	(2)
Northeastern British Columbia	843	(1)
Prince George	843	(2)
Prince George to Smithers	845	(1)
Prince George to Dawson Creek	846	(1)
Dawson Creek	846	(1)
Dawson Creek to the Yukon	846	(1)
South of Prince George	847	(1)
Pacific Northwest	848	(1)
Prince Rupert	848	(4)
Prince Rupert to New Hazelton	852	(1)
Cassiar Hwy	852	(1)
Queen Charlotte Islands	853	(5)
Yukon Territory	858	(27)
Whitehorse	862	(5)
Alaska Hwy	867	(5)
Haines (Alaska)	872	(2)
Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska)	874	(1)
Robert Campbell Hwy	874	(1)
Klondike Hwy	874	(3)
Dawson City	877	(5)
Top of the World Hwy	882	(1)
Dempster Hwy	883	(1)
Tombstone Territorial Park	883	(1)
Vuntut National Park	883	(1)
Ivvavik National Park	884	(1)
Herschel Island Territorial Park	884	(1)
Northwest Territories	885	(23)
Yellowknife	889	(6)
Around Yellowknife	895	(1)
Mackenzie Hwy to Fort Providence	895	(1)
Fort Providence	896	(1)
North of Fort Providence	896	(1)
Hay River	897	(1)
Fort Smith	898	(1)
Wood Buffalo National Park	898	(1)
West of Great Slave Lake	899	(1)
Nahanni National Park Reserve	900	(2)
Mackenzie River Valley	902	(4)
Arctic Region	906	(2)
Nunavut	908	(8)
Baffin Region	911	(2)
Kitikmeot Region	913	(1)
Kivalliq Region	914	(2)
Language	916	(4)
Glossary	920	(2)
Thanks	922