Hi there. we're just at the start of the process of moving to Canada and can't wait. We're early 30s with 2 young children and hope to move out in 3 years when I finish my contract - currently in Swindon.

Still not sure exactly where we want to move to, but we need to be able to commute to: Victoria, Vancouver, Surrey, Kelowna, Edmonton or Calgary (my wife needs to work in a cancer centre). We're after sunshine, skiing and a lake. - Any recommendations would be gratefully received!

Where have you visited so far ? What did you like/dislike about those areas ?

Well it Has to be Calgary.
Skiing at Sunshine and Lake Louise.

Obvious when you think about it.

The OP did say sunshine skiing AND a lake.

Calgary does have the sunshine and skiing but not many lakes around Calgary.

Not lakes in the recreational sense as in the Okanagan/Shushwap region but there can be a definite lack of sunshine in the winter in that region.

Tsk,
t'wer a joke you old git.

You'll 'ave to excuse the old git, once in a while stuff like that just goes flying overhead and he misses it.

I suppose you could call Lake Louise a recreational lake, but it's a bit bl**dy cold fer swimmin' in.

I still think it has to be Calgary 'cause we have the two more important items on the wish list, sunshine an' skiing. Although I've never understood the desire to go to the top of a mountain and throw yourself off. I'm sure if man were meant to ski he'd have had much bigger feet.

Mate, if you aint skiied you dont know what you're missing.

Anyway back to the Original Posters needs............................ Morwenna and Famile Ski, they have a Lake in their community and The sun often shines here in NW calgary (as you well know).

Yous twos is both old gits (well older than me ) cos der is so a lake in Calgary... it's just really, really long, kinda shallow, very narrow, bendy in places and has quite a strong eastward flow to it. Dummies!

Not skii'd a bit late to start now. Probably wouldn't function too well at the top anyway.

Community type lake don't count.

I'm thinkin' "LAKE" as in Okanagan/Shushwap not some puddle in someones backyard.

As for sunshine no argument much more sun in Calgary than the Okanagan and much less of the oppressive heat in the summer Ducks head and runs for cover.

We gots two o' dem da'is de Eblow an' de Bow wif a reel lake in der soufwest called Glenmore but it's a resavoire an' you can't use power botes onit.

Dee Elbow is jussa pond! I jussa acrosst it a coupla hours ago and seen da ducks in it. Deh knows issa pond and deh told me so.

I was in a bote on dee resavoir!



(dang Yahoo (and not moi) ... can't get the photo to work)

Das de only propper bote dats aloud on de resavoir.

Da reesin ya cant get yer piccy ta werk is cuss Yahoo don't allow direck linkin'.

For $23 'Merkin' you cud 'ave 400 megabytes of storage like mine at Pbase.com an yer can direck link to yer piccys.

It went to a pic of a bote ok when I clicked on the linkie thingie ..... ??

I tink HWP wontid der piccy ta show up in de messige.

Sommit like dis.



Cheers
Steve

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