The map, it’s done: 365 Sights plotted
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by roguetowel
1y ago
So I finally got around to it. All the posts written over the past…well, more than a year, that’s for sure; it’s all indexed in one place. Since I finished the posts at the end of December I’ve created a google map with a short line about each sight and link to the profile. As you may be able to guess I did try to represent different parts of the country. That said, it does show a couple biases, based on internal factors and external. I’ve lived most of my life in B.C., the coast primarily, so yeah, Vancouver Island maybe has a few more spots than others might do. That’s just my personal bias ..read more
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Future of Treqd after 365 Sights
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by roguetowel
1y ago
Now that I’ve finished up the 365 Sights of Canada I’ve got a few other lists I’d like to tackle. However, I’m taking a short break (since I do work/write fulltime in a different capacity, and a daily blog is significant work to add to that). I’ll probably get on to writing one-off pieces about travel in Canada soon, and I have a couple ongoing series I’d like to work on as well. There will also be a couple more lists, focusing on other things in Canada people travel to see, like historic sites, animals and communities. If you have any ideas or want to collaborate at some point, feel free to r ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 365: L’Anse aux Meadows
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/Rod Brazier via CC BY NC ND 2.0 | Holy crap the last one! I decided to wrap up in a bit of a historic spot. If yesterday was a representation of modern First Nations’ culture, this is the opposite; the first landing point of Europeans. While I’ve spent the entire year avoiding places that were historic but boring visually I decided…not to break that at the last minute. Come on, this looks amazing. Yes, it’s a historic site, but it’s been turned into an outdoor museum with fascinating recreations of what it was like when the Vikings occupied the land. They were there after i ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 364: First Nations University
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by roguetowel
1y ago
While the school has been around for decades, the iconic building is just over 10 years old. Designed by famed indigenous architect Douglas Cardinal, it’s full of neat design elements. Most people recognize that the central atrium is designed like a tipi, but there’s more meaning than that here. The walls, aside from the elevator, curve in an effort to mimic nature. The building faces south with floors sticking out further and further; both these things are to help increase sunshine. For close-ups, look for the natural stone parts, which can contain fossils. This is just one building and camp ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 363: Banff Week – Lake Minnewanka
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/Luca Cadez via CC BY NC ND 2.0 | What would a series about Banff be without a glacial lake? The Rocky Mountains are stuffed with amazing lakes, and here’s one more. I promise this will be the last one on this list. Lake Minnewanka has been around for thousands of years, and was known as the ‘Water of Spirits’ by the local Nakoda people. However, it’s changed a lot in the last 100+ as European influence spread west. It was a transportation hub, with boats crossing it and settlements near its edge. This was before Banff was the tourism draw we all know now (Bankhead, a coal-m ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 362: Banff Week – Abbot Pass Hut
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/Andrew Kohlenberg via CC BY 2.0 | Part of what makes Banff interesting is it’s long history as a tourist destination. Just on the edge of Banff National Park is one of the more unusual sights in the park. Tucked up between a pair of peaks is Abbot Pass, and a small stone hut. The hut was built nearly 100 years ago with stones found at the sight. It’s become a destination and accommodation for generations of mountain climbers and ambitious hikers. As such a remote outpost built from its surroundings it sometimes appears camouflaged, with just the windows and door standing ou ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 361: Banff Week – Sulphur Mountain summit
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/Paul Gorbould via CC BY NC ND 2.0 | Banff, you may have noticed, is in the mountains, and that means more than just rugged backdrops. To be honest, there are dozens of peaks in the Rocky Mountains with great views, but not all have a town below. It doesn’t hurt that Sulphur Mountain has views up and down valleys as well, which gives people a chance to see a view usually reserved for helicopter tours. It’s actually at a bit of a junction, when it comes to valleys, and long ranges of mountains line up, disappearing into the distance. However, the highlight, to me, is Banff, a ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 360: Banff Week – Surprise Corner
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/Bill Gracey via CC BY NC ND 2.0 | The sights in this park go beyond just iconic for the place, they’ve become symbols of luxury travel, even if you don’t know where Banff is. For some of these photos it’s a sight where you can explore an area and get lots of different angles. Sometimes there are multiple subject matters, sometimes there are dozens of interesting perspectives. Surprise Corner is none of those, with a single angle of a single subject, but it’s become one of the most iconic images of Banff, the Rocky Mountains in general, Candian travel and luxury travel. The ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 359: Banff Week – Bow Falls
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/John Johnston via CC BY 2.0 | When you look on a map at how close all these Banff sites are, you really understand why it’s become a luxury tourism destination. In the middle of town the Bow River makes a couple quick turns and then drops about 30 ft. into a broad part of the river over some rocks. It doesn’t sound too special when I write it like that, and that’s why photos are important. Bow Falls are smaller than most featured on this list, as far as height is concerned, but that’s not the only thing to consider. Here we have a setting that is much larger than just the f ..read more
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365 Canadian Sights | Day 358: Banff Week – Cave and Basin
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by roguetowel
1y ago
| Image from Flickr/ via Cas CC BY NC ND 2.0 | There’s a reason Banff is ground zero for the Canadian National Park system. Just outside of the Town of Banff lies one of the most important tourism spots in Canada. Hidden underground, a cave with a basin of glacial water may not seem like an obvious point of inception, but it’s here that Canada’s national park system saw its first days. The cave is not the grandest or most epic sight; it fits along with those natural wonders that are unique and unusual, like the Pingos. The park idea came about as the resolution to arguments over who got to com ..read more
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