BEAUTIFUL ISLAND: CANADA

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Toronto

Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late 18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British Crown from the Mississaugas of the New Credit. The settlement was later established as the Town of York and proclaimed as the new capital of Upper Canada by its lieutenant governor, John Graves Simcoe. In 1834, York was incorporated as a city and renamed to its present name. The city was ransacked in the Battle of York during the War of 1812 and damaged in two great fires in 1849 and in 1904. Since its incorporation, Toronto has repeatedly expanded its borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities, most recently in 1998.

Lake Louise

Lake Louise is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Improvement District No. 9 Banff (Banff National Park).

Canadian rocky mountains

The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a striking mountain landscape. The Burgess Shale fossil site, well known for its fossil remains of soft-bodied marine animals, is also found there.

Sandbanks Beach

Sandbanks Beach is undoubtedly the BEST beach on the South Coast .. some would say in Britain ! A holder of the European Blue Flag for a record 20 years, it is a beach you can visit in total safety and be sure you and your family will have a good time.

Sandbanks beach is of the finest quality with fine golden sand. The beach meets all of the European standards and in 1994 was the only beach to be awarded 100% by the Tidy Britain Group.

The water is clean and safe, although it may sometimes be cool ! The beach with its fine, golden sand slowly and gradually slopes away, ensuring it is safe for even the smallest of children. There are Lifeguards on duty ( 1 May - 30 Sept.) and there is also a First Aid post if you should have an accident.

There is a large car park at Sandbanks and also on road parking. The charges made in the car parks are quite high although you are parking right on the beach so you don’t have far to carry all your beach goodies. As you would expect when the weather is good, the car parks fill up very quickly.

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine is one of two municipalities forming the urban agglomeration of Îles-de-la-Madeleine in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region and the population is 12,291 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

As part of a municipal reorganization across Quebec, the seven communities of the Magdalen Islands amalgamated to form the municipality of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine on January 1, 2002. However, after a referendum in 2004 the community of Grosse-Île decided to split from the municipality, effective January 1, 2006. Although Cap-aux-Meules likewise voted to split in the same referendum, it did not actually do so.

The following are the six formerly independent communities constitute Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

Parlee Beach

Parlee Beach Provincial Park is a Canadian provincial park located in Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick.

Brackley Beach

The community of Brackley Beach, formerly Brackley Point, is a small Canadian rural farming community located in central Prince Edward Island on the province's north shore, approximately 10 km north of the community of Brackley, from which it derives its name.

Brackley Beach is bordered on the north by the Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada which is home to sand dunes, barrier islands and sandspits, beaches, sandstone cliffs, wetlands and forests. These diverse habitats provide a home for a variety of plants and animals, including the threatened Gulf of Saint Lawrence Aster and the endangered Piping Plover.

The Brackley Beach area became a popular vacation spot in the late 19th century, and its shoreline was designated as part of the national park in 1937. Activities include deep sea fishing, bike, canoe and kayak rentals, horseback riding, campgrounds, several restaurants and dairy bars as well as Prince Edward Island's only drive-in theater.

Wasaga Beach

Wasaga Beach (variant: Wasaga) is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. Nestled along the longest freshwater beach in the world, it is a popular summer tourist destination, situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay, approximately two hours north of Toronto, and neighbours, to the west, the town of Collingwood. Wasaga Beach is situated along 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)of white sandy beach on Nottawasaga Bay and the winding Nottawasaga River.

Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is the first provincial park in Canada awarded the Blue Flag designation for its efforts to manage Wasaga’s shoreline according to international environmental standards.

Devonshire Beach

Located within Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, Devonshire Beach is 7 km of white sandy beach amidst 1,500 year old sand dunes, making it a popular spot for an annual sand castle building competition as well as swimming, surfing, and fishing.

Hornby Island

Located on Hornby Island, the 95-hectare Tribune Bay Provincial Park is known for its beautiful white sandy beach and unusual rocky shoreline formations.

Tribune Bay boasts eroded hoodoo formations and more than 1,000 metres of sandy beach that vies with any in the Gulf Islands as the most ideal place to frolic and swim. Tribune Bay is considered to be one of the warmest saltwater swimming areas in British Columbia.

Long Beach

Long Beach is one of the most scenic beaches in Canada located in one of the country's most stunning natural environments, the Pacific Rim National Park. Long Beach is actually one beach of several that make up the Long Beach Unit. Many resorts and cottages line the shores, with the Wickaninnish Inn being the most famous and luxurious. Long Beach sits between the funky, laid back town of Tofino and Ucluelet on British Columbia's Vancouver Island.

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