1,000 Canadian Places To See Before You Die
My wife and I, along with a handful of friends and associates, went camping in Kootenay National Park over the long weekend. We did two amazing hikes (more about that further on) and a lot of typical “hanging out”. I recently bruised my ribs playing soccer (it’s a yearly injury, though usually in hockey) so while the girls went river rafting, I caught up on my reading.
I recently finished reading Armageddon: the Battle for Germany, 1944-1945, written by Max Hastings. It’s an engaging non-fiction history of the Allied fight following their victories in Normandy. In fact, the book was so engaging that I fell four weeks behind in reading my Maclean’s subscription. While spending the better part of the day reading Maclean’s I read an article by Peter Mansbridge about a book he had just started reading titled 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. My immediate reaction was that perhaps I should pick up the book. It would be rather fun to see how many places I had already been and where else I should be going. Apparantly 34 of those places are in Canada, one of which is Banff. So I’m already down to 999 places.
As I mentioned earlier, we did two great hikes in Kootenay National Park; the Kindersley Pass loop (17.7 km) and the Stanley Glacier Trail (11.0 km return). Both hikes have amazing views, low traffic and are well worth the effort. As I sat at the top of the Kindersley Pass (pictures and more hike details to follow in a few days), it struck me that there are probably 1,000 places in Canada that should be seen before you die. In fact, there are probably 1,000 places in each of Canada’s provinces and territories. Sure the pyramids are probably amazing and Machu Picchu was definitely amazing (I did the 4 day Inca Trail hike in 2002), but have you seen the view from Kindersley Pass? Thus far, it rivals anything I’ve seen outside of Canada.
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:14 Posted in General
