Lesser-known attractions in Canada
#32
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Yes i've just thought of somthing in AB
It's the gopher museum in torrington
http://www.canada.com/travel/Photo+G...444/story.html
Lots of little dead gophers distastefully dressed up in all manner of costumes for the viewing pleasure of the public.
Awesome
It's the gopher museum in torrington
http://www.canada.com/travel/Photo+G...444/story.html
Lots of little dead gophers distastefully dressed up in all manner of costumes for the viewing pleasure of the public.
Awesome
#34
Joined: Oct 2007
Location: Ontario
Posts: 6,609
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
http://www.chickadeeridgeminiatures.com/index1.html - do not make conversation with the old lady owner - you will live to regret it.
#35
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Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Cochrane, Alberta
Posts: 868
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Minutes of fun available here http://www.mastodonridge.com/home/index.php
#36
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Nobody has mentioned Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump! It's about 2 hours from Calgary near the BC border.
We visited just because of the name and then found out it was a Unesco World Heritage Site!
ZoƩ M.
We visited just because of the name and then found out it was a Unesco World Heritage Site!
ZoƩ M.
#37
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
What's your point?
#38
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Nobody has mentioned Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump! It's about 2 hours from Calgary near the BC border.
We visited just because of the name and then found out it was a Unesco World Heritage Site!
ZoƩ M.
We visited just because of the name and then found out it was a Unesco World Heritage Site!
ZoƩ M.
#39
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
[QUOTE=mandymoochops;9199893]Yes i've just thought of somthing in AB
It's the gopher museum in torrington
http://www.canada.com/travel/Photo+G...444/story.html
omg! definatley ones of those times where you feel sick
but have to laugh at the same time lol x
It's the gopher museum in torrington
http://www.canada.com/travel/Photo+G...444/story.html
omg! definatley ones of those times where you feel sick
but have to laugh at the same time lol x
#40
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Look no further than Alberta for the weird and wonderful:
- World's largest beaver in (where else?) Beaverlodge
- The outdoor chess set in Medicine Hat
- World's largest chuckwagon in Dewberry
- The big cowboy in Airdrie
- The crown in (where else?) Coronation
- The Easter Egg (Pysynka) in Vegreville
- World's largest mallard duck in Andrew
- World's largest oil derrick in Redwater
- World's largest pyrogy in Glendon
- Squirt the Skunk in Beiseker
- Eddie the Squirrel in Edson
- Starship FX6-1995-A and the Trek station in Vulcan
- The tinman in Barrhead
- Who wouldn't love the UFO Landing pad in St. Paul?
- The wind gauge in Lethbridge. Seriously, I love this one.
- World's largest beaver in (where else?) Beaverlodge
- The outdoor chess set in Medicine Hat
- World's largest chuckwagon in Dewberry
- The big cowboy in Airdrie
- The crown in (where else?) Coronation
- The Easter Egg (Pysynka) in Vegreville
- World's largest mallard duck in Andrew
- World's largest oil derrick in Redwater
- World's largest pyrogy in Glendon
- Squirt the Skunk in Beiseker
- Eddie the Squirrel in Edson
- Starship FX6-1995-A and the Trek station in Vulcan
- The tinman in Barrhead
- Who wouldn't love the UFO Landing pad in St. Paul?
- The wind gauge in Lethbridge. Seriously, I love this one.
#43
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
This one isnt bad as it looks.
McAdam Railway Station. We had a guided tour and they have an amazing dining area with the original stools and great sweeping counter top (very art-deco)
You can try Ministers Island on the way to St Andrews, again another quiet spot but worth a picnic trip on a summers day. We spent a half day here walking and looking around the house etc... not like National Trust but interesting and pretty.
Havent been to this but could be worth 15 minutes
There are some small county fairs here in NB. Queens county fair (in Gagetown is the biggest). It reminded me of the village fairs in the UK.
McAdam Railway Station. We had a guided tour and they have an amazing dining area with the original stools and great sweeping counter top (very art-deco)
You can try Ministers Island on the way to St Andrews, again another quiet spot but worth a picnic trip on a summers day. We spent a half day here walking and looking around the house etc... not like National Trust but interesting and pretty.
Havent been to this but could be worth 15 minutes
There are some small county fairs here in NB. Queens county fair (in Gagetown is the biggest). It reminded me of the village fairs in the UK.
#44
Worth the wait...
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Sunny Okotoks, Alberta
Posts: 268
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
Blackfoot Crossing is pretty good. About an hour from Calgary.
Of course it it closed at the weekends October - April, making it near impossible to visit if you are not a tourist.
And the food is of the same standard as other previously mentioned First Nations eateries, but the actual museum part is pretty good.
Of course it it closed at the weekends October - April, making it near impossible to visit if you are not a tourist.
And the food is of the same standard as other previously mentioned First Nations eateries, but the actual museum part is pretty good.
#45
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 7,284
Re: Lesser-known attractions in Canada
This place is fascinating. It sounds dull but it ain't
http://www.canoemuseum.ca/
http://www.canoemuseum.ca/