Travel Canada
"an unforgettable experience with breathtaking scenery"
The central provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experience the country's wildest climatic 
extremes, suffering the longest, harshest winters, but also some of the finest, clearest summers, punctuated by fierce thunderstorms. Winter skiing brings a lot of people to the Rockies , but summer is still the busiest time, especially in the mountains, where July and August offer the best walking weather and the least chance of rain, though this often falls in heavy downpours, the mirror of winter's raging blizzards.
Things to Do and Places to Visit - Alberta
The summer tourist season is relatively short in Canada, including Alberta, and many tourist attractions do not open until May and are shut by the end of September. There is a wealth of places to visit and things to do in Alberta and the following list is just a taster.
• Ski at Hidden Valley
• Ski the Rockies
• Visit Lake Louise
• Dog-Sledding
• Ice Climbing
• Snow-Mobiling
• Nordic Skiing at Canmore Nordic Centre
• Visit Edmonton
• See The Calgary Flames play ice hockey
• Visit Waterton Park
• Visit Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise
• Visit Jasper Town site and surrounding area
• Go water-skiing
• Spruce Meadows
• Visit Cypress Hills
• Calgary Stampede (July)
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Royal Tyrrell Museum
• Hike, canoe and cycle
• Visit Edmonton
• Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
• Columbia Ice-Fields
• Royal Heritage Park
• Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Things to Do and Places to Visit - The Rest of Canada
• Take a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer
• Visit Vancouver
• Ski Whistler
• Visit Vancouver Island
• Travel the Inland Passage
• Visit Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
• See Niagara Falls
• Visit the Great Lakes
• Visit the East Coast
• Hike, canoe and cycle
Where to go
The time and expense involved in covering Canada's immense distances means that most visitors confine their explorations to the area around one of the main cities - usually Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver or Calgary for arrivals by air. The attractions of... read more >>