Tag: North America
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West Coast Awesomeness!
Read more: West Coast Awesomeness!We love the West Coast and really enjoyed visiting all of the great tourist sites…but nothing is better than staying with locals who are also very dear friends. About 20 years ago, I went to the University of Ottawa with one of my highschool friends Jenn Holley. While living in Thompson residence, she met another Torontonian,…
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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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Cool with a “K” Ketchikan
Read more: Cool with a “K” Ketchikan“Next stop… Ketchikan, Alaska!” We already learned a bit about the Tlingit Natives in Hoonah, but also wanted to learn about the Haida tribe. Ketchikan was the perfect place to do just that! When I did some research, I found out that the Totem Bight State Park was one of the top three things to…
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Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!
Read more: Eagles, Salmon, and Whales, Oh My!“If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys.” – Chief Dan George Chief Dan George was a Native actor, poet,…