Fun facts and more info about these trips

Niagara Falls

  • Niagara Falls was formed by melting glaciers that created the Great Lakes, and the river that runs between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The falls are about 12,000 years old.
  • 3,160 tons of water flows over Niagara Falls every second. During peak tourist hours, 6 million cubic feet of water flows over the falls every minute.
  • The first European to document Niagara Falls was French priest Father Louis Hennepin in 1678. The rail system opened the falls to visitors in the 1800s

    • Montreal

  • Montreal's neighbourhoods have a distinct character and appeal. Since the 1980s formerly working-class neighbourhoods such as the Plateau Mont-Royal—which is east of Mont Royal and north of the city's central core—have developed into trendy areas.
  • At the center of "the Plateau," the 400,000-square-metre (40-hectare) Lafontaine Park offers a bucolic setting with large trees, two ponds, an open-air theatre, and bike paths.
  • Under the French regime, Montreal became one of New France's favoured destinations. In the 1760s, however, the city's dominant French Canadian Catholic population began to see an influx of English-speaking Protestants, initially following the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, which officially ceded New France to Great Britain, and then as a result of the American Revolution, when loyalists migrated into the region. Indeed, from the early 1830s to the mid-1860s, those of British origin constituted the majority of Montreal's inhabitants

    • Banff

  • The Town of Banff is governed by a mayor and six councillors under The Municipal Government Act of the Province of Alberta. A municipal election is held every four years.
  • In the early 1880s, three Canadian Pacific Railway workers building the nation's railway saw the potential of the natural hot springs. The president of the Canadian Pacific Railway named the area Banff after his birthplace of Banffshire, Scotland, and the Banff Springs Hotel quickly became one of the railway's most prized properties.
  • Living in Banff is a privilege and we all know how lucky we are to be part of this community inside a national park. Our way of life is more than just skiing and hiking (but there is a lot of that), it's also taking care of this special community and respecting our surroundings. Everyone that lives in Banff must meet a "need to reside" requirement regulated by the federal government.

    • Whitehorse

  • Whitehorse is the capital of northwest Canada's Yukon territory. To the south are the basalt cliffs of Miles Canyon, site of a former gold rush town.
  • From the canyon, the Yukon River Loop Trail winds north past the Whitehorse Fishway fish ladder toward the S.S. Klondike, a restored sternwheeler that once plied the Yukon River
  • Klondike, a restored sternwheeler that once plied the Yukon River. North, the Takhini Hot Pools' mineral springs offer views of the northern lights in winter

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