A complete handbook to one of the world's largest countries, this text includes: topical coverage of every Canadian city, with reviews of places to stay, eat and drink in all price ranges; accounts of the landscapes; practical tips on skiing, whalewatching, kayaking and a host of other activities; and background on everything from ice hockey to Newfoundland folk music, from dressing up as a Mountie to the sex life of the salmon.
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An ideal companion. -- Daily Telegraph, London, UK
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A team of native and international travel writers have combined with some established Rough Guide authors. Tim Jepson works at the Daily Telegraph.
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This book if full of information and all the phone numbers and details that you will need to plan for a trip. In addition, I like the author's frankness in telling what are the better or not so worthed it places to go. Also, it provides interesting snippets on the history of the places and so makes it a really enjoyable experience reading them! It also provide details on hostelling so it caters really well to low budget backpackers!
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The only economical way to get to Canada from Britain is to fly. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wrapround veranda, provincial park campsite, excluding special offers, least expensive double room, excellent youth hostel, visitor reception centre, seasonal tourist office, interpretive centre, municipal campsite, unserviced sites, lkm east, lkm west, four guestrooms, airport enquiries, reservations arc, walk from end, park visitor centre, park campsites, tenting area, lkm north, whiskey traders, telephone code, nearest campsite, private campsites, provincial tourist offices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, North America, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec City, Vancouver Island, New York, Saint John, Hudson's Bay Company, World War, Air Canada, Thunder Bay, Alaska Hwy, Canadian Pacific, Banff Ave, Cape Breton, Port Hardy, Northwest Territories, Red River, Bay of Fundy, Port Alberni, Dawson City, Hudson Bay, Granville Island, Trans-Canada Highway New!
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The only economical way to get to Canada from Britain is to fly. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wrapround veranda, provincial park campsite, excluding special offers, least expensive double room, excellent youth hostel, visitor reception centre, seasonal tourist office, interpretive centre, municipal campsite, unserviced sites, lkm east, lkm west, four guestrooms, airport enquiries, reservations arc, walk from end, park visitor centre, park campsites, tenting area, lkm north, whiskey traders, telephone code, nearest campsite, private campsites, provincial tourist offices Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Columbia, North America, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec City, Vancouver Island, New York, Saint John, Hudson's Bay Company, World War, Air Canada, Thunder Bay, Alaska Hwy, Canadian Pacific, Banff Ave, Cape Breton, Port Hardy, Northwest Territories, Red River, Bay of Fundy, Port Alberni, Dawson City, Hudson Bay, Granville Island, Trans-Canada Highway New!
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- Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock on page 4, and page 976
- The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide by Brian Patton on page 33, and page 979
- By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart on page 978
- Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century by K. R. Howe on page 33
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