Tag: Canada
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Learning the Native Way
Read more: Learning the Native WayWe have learned a lot about the Natives in Alaska and thought we should learn about the ones in Canada, our own country. The Native Center in Whistler was the perfect place to learn about them. This museum in the Whistler Village was for the Squamish and Lilwat tribes. We learned about everything the Natives had to…
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Wonderful Whistler!
Read more: Wonderful Whistler!After a great time touring Vancouver, we were ready to move to the resort town of Whistler. Here, we learned many interesting things about the previous Olympics and the history of the town at the Whistler Museum. One of the first settlers, Myrtle and Alex Phillips, arrived in 1911. They built the Rainbow Lodge which became…
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Vancouver – Canada’s most livable city
Read more: Vancouver – Canada’s most livable cityVancouver is ranked as the most livable city in Canada, and is rated number 5 in the world! I’m sure that being exposed to beautiful scenery each day – mountains and water – certainly helps to make the city an easy place to live. We think that Toronto could learn some lessons from Vancouver to…
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Alaska Ahoy!
Read more: Alaska Ahoy!Our time in Hawaii was very relaxing, but eventually it was time to move on. What better way to transition out of “resort mode” than to take an Alaskan Cruise? After a short, 5 hour flight from Hawaii we landed on the western shores of Canada in Vancouver. We had a very quick turn around…
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Lest We Forget….
Read more: Lest We Forget….It doesn’t matter where we are…it’s important to remember our brave Canadian soldiers and all that they have done for us. As part of our homeschooling, we created a short video on the Canadian war effort based on our visits to different Canadian battle sites in Northern France and Belgium.