The “Mile One” of the Trans Canada Highway is in St. John’s, Newfoundland. From here it runs on the 4.990 miles across the entire country. For our visit to the Heart’s Content Cable Station, we do not take the direct route. We travel from St. John’s on the Trans Canada Highway up to the junction […]
Cape Spear
Cape Spear, the most easterly point of the North American continent, is only 3 km southeast of St. John, the capital of Newfoundland. The landmark is the lighthouse built in 1835. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and has been restored to its original appearance of 1839, the common lighthouse design on Canada’s […]
Trooping the Colour – Ottawa
The Trooping the Colour ceremony is over 200 years old. At that time the flags served as rallying points clearly visible on the dusty battlefield. The trooping of the flags and the ensigns of the regiments enabled the soldiers to recognize their regiments’ colors. This custom has survived to this day and is an event […]
CN Tower Toronto – Canada
Before the glittering facade of the Finance and Business District next to the Rogers Centre rises the huge 1,815 ft tall CN Tower, the landmark of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. On the CN Tower the eyes wander automatically across the skyline of downtown with the mighty skyscrapers of banks, insurance companies and consulting firms. In […]
Lower Town Quebec – Canada
Quebec in the province of the same name is the most French of Canadian cities and the oldest European settlement in Canada at all, now with a three quarter of a million inhabitants. The city of Quebec is divided in an Upper Town and Lower Town – Basse Ville – which are linked by the […]
Upper Canada Village
Upper Canada Village is located at the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Ottawa – 6 mi. east of Morrisburg – in the Canadian province of Ontario. During the construction of the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway some of the buildings of the so-called “Lost Villages” were protected from flooding and rebuilt in Upper […]