Can a country be more breathtakingly beautiful in summer than Canada! The trout rivers, Rocky Mountains, moose and bear, are part of the wild outdoors that Canada has so plentifully. Every kind of family holiday opportunity whether for fun and adventure or quiet and rest can be discovered in the vast and rugged countryside.
Ranking one of the foremost is the Delawana Resort by Honey Harbour on the Georgian Bay in Muskoka Ontario. A variety of activities for young and old promise an exciting summer getaway. The resort advertises award winning programs for kids, tennis, golf and spa for adults, and tours of the Goergian Bay Islands National Park. The resort lies tucked away amidst thirty thousand islands near the UNESCO Littoral Biosphere Reserve.
The sparkling summer atmosphere of the Whistler called ‘one of the best kept secrets of Canada and a ‘Mecca' for golfers, offers exhilarating array of snow sports, mountain biking and swimming, rounded up with a smoky barbecue against a mountain backdrop. Jazz concerts, kids activities, rafting, jetboating, flightseeing, and glacier skiing are some of the amazing list of possibilities for summer snapshots to treasure.
Families looking for tranquillity and rejuvenation will find the cottages and family resorts of Quebec have a selection of sheltered bays, fishing lakes and hunting territories, where, far from the distractions of urban life they can have a different kind of summer. The Réserve de La Vérendrye in the Outaouais region and the Lake Ogascanan area are such havens of serenity where several spots can only be accessed by boat.
Girlish images conjured by magical hours with a nose buried in ‘Anne of Green Gables’ can become a reality when the family spends a summer on Prince Edward Island! The green shuttered white clapboard home that inspired the book is a historic site open to take home impressions of life on a rural farm, visit storybook landmarks, explore the beaches and caves and even play golf. ‘Anne of Green Gables’ the musical airs at the Charlottetown Festival each summer.
The Calgary Zoo is one of the most spectacular venues with an African themes park, Dinosaur Park, Siberian Tigers, butterfly and botanical gardens and a large number of insects, birds, mammals and reptiles from around the world.
Canada is bursting with summer scope for happy families who can come up with many more options on the internet for long pleasurable vacations, and sun filled memories. |
