Sudbury

     The third stop on our trip was Sudbury, Ontario.  

The Bruce Peninsula National Park

     Sudbury is also situated in the Boreal Shield, and is a part of the Canadian Shield. The winter months have an average temperature of -18°C to -8°C.  The summer months have an average temperature of 25°C to 15°C.  Sudbury is 46.4900° N, 81.0100° W and has a smaller population of 160 770.  Sudbury is 3 410.62 km square, making the population density of 47.1 people per km squared.
     The Bruce Peninsula National Park is the closest national park to Sudbury.  This national park is located in Tobermory, Ontario which is 450 km south of Sudbury.  The Bruce Peninsula is in the heart of world biosphere reserve and by the waters of the Georgian Bay. As with many national parks, you can enjoy swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking in the water or enjoy a hike on the many trails.

   Sudbury was once a world leader in the nickle mining industry. While we were visiting Sudbury, we had to go and see the giant nickle.  It was 30 feet in diameter! We also went to the Lake Laurentian conservation area, it was great!   

    


   

Edmonton

      Edmonton, Alberta was our fourth stop on our road trip.
     It is located at 53.5333° N, 113.5000° W, in Alberta. It is in the Prairie ecozone, and the Interior Plains land form region. Edmonton has a population of 1,159,869 people and a population density of 123 people per km squared.  The summer months average from 24°C and low of 13°C, and winter months average -14°C and high of -6°C. 

     Elk Island is the closest national park to Edmonton, however Banff National Park is 396 km away and Jasper National Park is 371.7 km away. Banff was Canada's first national park discovered by three Canadian Pacific Railway workers in 1883, when they came across a cave with hot springs in the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. 

Banff National Park

     Some of the top industries in Edmonton are construction, Real Estate and finance, transportation and warehousing.

Water Park at West Edmonton Mall

    While we were in Edmonton, we knew we couldn't miss a chance to visit the West Edmonton Mall, it was so much fun!  The Mall holds world records for having the world's largest indoor amusement park, the world's largest indoor triple loop roller coaster, the world's largest indoor lake, the world's largest indoor wavepool, and the has the world's largest parking lot (I'm glad we didn't lose our car!!).  When we were in the mall, we went to the indoor waterpark and went on the roller coaster and even found time to do some shopping, afterall it is a mall! 


   

Vancouver

   Vancouver was the last stop on our trip. The population of Vancouver is 2 313 328 and the population density is 802.5 people per km squared. It is found at 49.2500° N, 123.1000° W. 
  Vancouver was our final destination on our trip across Canada.
  Vancouver, British Columbia is in the Pacific ecozone, and the Western Cordelia land form region.   The average temperature in the summer is 23°C to 15°C, and in the winter it is 1°C to 6°C.

   Sometime called "Hollywood North", Vancouver has become the third largest filming location in North America.  Every year, Vancouver's economy earns a whopping $1,000,000,000 from the film industry!  Movies such as Night At The Museum, Twilight New Moon, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Man of Steal, and X-Men the Last Stand were filmed in Vancouver.

   One of the places we went during our trip to Vancouver, was Gulf Islands National Park. We went kayaking.  The view was amazing!  We were surrounded by the beautiful mountains and forest.  We were also able to go whale watching while in Vancouver. 

   We also went to the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.  Here, we saw many interesting memorabilia from the 2010 Olympics. We went to the Stadium that the Olympics were held in.

     

   

          

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     This road trip was so much fun and I hope we can do it again next year!

Montreal

     After our amazing trip to Halifax, we continued on to Montreal, Quebec.  Montreal is located at 45.5000° N, 73.5667° W. 
     In 2011, Montreal's population was  3,824,221, and had a population density of  898.1 people per km squared.

     Montreal is in Canada's largest ecozone, the Boreal Shield.  The land form region it is in is the Canadian Shield. Montreal has cold winters and hot summers. In the winter the average temperature is  -13° to 5°C and in the summer it is 18°-27°C.

     Montreal is a great place for investors to do business because of its growing stock exchange. Montreal is one of the leading cities in the world for the development of such things as aerospace, communications technologies, manufacturing and agri-food.

La Mauricle National Park

   La Mauricle National Park is 200 km northeast from Montreal. The park is full of forests, rivers, lakes and many kilometres of hiking trails.  Approximately 140 000 people visit the park every year to swim, canoe, kayak, fish, camp. We were not able to visit this park in Montreal, we decided to enjoy some of the other tourist attractions that Montreal had to offer.  We enjoyed a trip to the Canadian Railway Museum,  the Montreal Science Museum, and the Zoo Eco Museum.  

   

   

Halifax

     We started our trip in Halifax Nova Scotia. Halifax is located 44.6700° N, 63.6100°W. 
     In 2011, Halifax census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 390 328 and a population density of 71 people per square km.

     Halifax is located in the atlantic Cordillia ecozone.  It is in the Atlantic Maritime landform region, which means the winters in Halifax are long and cold.  Temperatures in the winter average 0 to -15 degrees Celsius.  The summers are generally short and cool, with average temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius.   

   The main industries in Halifax are natural gas extraction, forestry, agriculture, mining and of course fishing.  Halifax has the second largest natural harbor in the world.

Kejimkujik National Park

   One of the things my family did in Halifax was taking a trip to Kejimkujik National Park which is on the Fundy shore.  It is 165.8 km from Halifax. It is the only inland national park in the Atlantic Maritime.  Kejimkujik is not only a national park, it is also a national historic site.  While we at Kejimkujik, we went swimming in the lakes, canoed and kayaked down the rivers and went on several hikes.  We also went on the Halifax Harbor Ferry, enjoyed a day at the Lawrencetown Beach, and visited Fisherman's Cove.  There are so many other things that we could have done in Halifax but we had to continue on our trip.

Halifax Harbor Ferry