Explore150: Go Canada!
What place in Canada most defines you as a Canadian? Vote while you’re here, then follow us @Explore150 to join the discussion and show us on Instagram #Explore150!
Through this participatory process, you will identify and vote for your favourite natural, historic, and cultural sites across each province and territory, ultimately choosing the Canadian places and milestones we highlight in our Explore150 mobile app – to be launched November 1st! Stay tuned for updates on the project.
Do you have questions, comments or want to get involved? Get in touch through Explore150@takingitglobal.org
419 results found
-
Indian Point
Well documented Beothuk site
0 votes -
Hopedale Mission
A complex of large, wooden buildings constructed by the Moravian Church; commemorates the interaction between Labrador Inuit and missionaries, and representative of Moravian Mission architecture in Labrador
0 votes -
Hebron Mission
A complex of linked buildings, including a church, mission house, and store, all in a Germanic-influenced architectural style; a Moravian centre of religious instruction to the local Inuit, which also served commercial and medical purposes
0 votes -
Hawthorne Cottage
A Picturesque cottage with a wrap-around verandah and a home of Arctic-explorer Robert Bartlett
0 votes -
Harbour Grace Court House
A two-storey stone building characterized by a split staircase on the front facade; the oldest surviving public building in the province
0 votes -
Cape Pine Lighthouse
First of a series of prefabricated iron lighthouses erected in Newfoundlandin the 19th century, for transport to and erection at rugged sites; the first landfall light built on the dangerous south coast of the Avalon Peninsula to guide shipping through the Cabot Strait
0 votes -
Fort Townshend
An archaeological site at the former location of a British fort that served as the headquarters of the Newfoundland garrison from 1779 until 1871; the site is now occupied by The Rooms
0 votes -
Former Newfoundland Railway Headquarters / Railway Coastal Museum
A two-and-a-half-storey stone building with both Second Empire and Chteau design elements; commemorates the important role played by the Newfoundland Railway in the social, economic and political history of the province
0 votes -
Former Carbonear Railway Station (Newfoundland Railway)
A one-storey, wood-frame building with a hip roof and overhanging eaves; representative of the stations on the Newfoundland Railway
0 votes -
The Landscape of Grand Pr
For culture lovers, the Landscape of Grand Pr is Nova Scotia's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site in the picturesque Annapolis Valley. Acres of immaculately tended farmland pay homage to the dyke system first built by 17th century Acadian settlers on land reclaimed from the sea. The area is the scenic setting for American poet Henry Wadsworth LongfellowÕs narrative poem Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie. Learn about the Acadian Deportation at the Grand Pr National Historic Site which is located within the Landscape of Grand Pr. Today this landscape is bordered by lush farmland and prolific vineyards producing award-winning wines. Wine…
0 votes -
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Roosevelt Campobello International Park preserves the house and surrounding landscape of the Roosevelt family summer retreat. It was here in August 1921, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with poliomyelitis at the age of 39. Franklin rarely returned but Eleanor Roosevelt loved the cool summer weather and visited many times with her small children and later she came alone in the summer. After her death the family deeded the property to the governments of the U.S. and Canada and in 1964 they created the 2,800 acre International Park. The park occupies most of the southern end of Campobello Island,…
0 votes -
Boishbert
Beaubears Island is an island at the confluence of the Northwest Miramichi and Southwest Miramichi Rivers near Miramichi, New Brunswick. The island is most famous for being the site of an Acadian refugee camp during the French and Indian War. The camp was under the command of leader of the Acadian resistance to the expulsion, Charles Deschamps de Boishbert et de Raffetot. The island is named after Pierre Beaubair, superintendent of the colony.
0 votes -
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Provincial park located in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba. Within it is the Adam Lake and Max Lake campgrounds. The Park is known for its bike trails, fishing, back country cabins and canoe routes. Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is one of the most the most popular parks in Manitoba being popular with many family and outdoor enthusiasts.
0 votes -
Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park
Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park juts into the southern basin of Lake Winnipeg. There are trails to explore throughout the park. From lake waters and limestone cliffs to forests and fens, there is a wide range of habitats for wildlife. In the forest some of the secretive species to watch for are wolves, moose and Great Gray Owl .
0 votes -
Pembina Valley Provincial Park
The valley is approximately two kilometres wide and 100 metres deep. The park is 180 hectares of meadows and aspen-oak forest. Its purpose is to preserve areas that are representative of the Pembina/Tiger Hills Natural Region of Manitoba, and accommodate nature-oriented recreational opportunities.
0 votes -
York Factory
York Factory is commemorated for its critical role in the French-English struggle on Hudson Bay for control of the fur trade, as an important Hudson's Bay Company trading post and entrept (See definition below) for over two and one half centuries, and for its role in the expansion of the fur trade into the interior of western Canada. The following are essential to an understanding of the national significance of York Factory: the importance of the fur trade in Canadian history, the international dimensions of the trade, and the interaction of aboriginal peoples and their trading partners at York Factory,…
0 votes -
Prince of Wales Fort
Prince of Wales Fort National Historic Site of Canada is a ruinous early 18th-century fur trade fortress built by the HudsonÕs Bay Company. Surviving stone walls stand starkly silhouetted on the tundra along the shore of HudsonÕs Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River in northern Manitoba. The designation refers to the remains of the fort on its point of land, Sloop Cove - historically the HudsonÕs Bay CompanyÕs winter harbour - and Cape Merry - a defensive battery situated on a point of land across the Churchill River opposite the fort.
0 votes -
St. Andrew's Rectory
St. Andrew's Rectory is an excellent example of mid-19th century Red River architecture. Outdoor exhibits interpret Red River architecture, and the roles of the Church Missionary Society and the Church of England in the settlement of the Red River and Western Canada.
0 votes -
Lower Fort Garry
Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company on the western bank of the Red River, 20 mi (32 km) north of the original Fort Garry, which is now in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Treaty 1 was signed there. A devastating flood destroyed Fort Garry in 1826, prompting the company's then governor, George Simpson, to search for a safer location down river. Governor Simpson chose the site of Lower Fort Garry because of its high ground and location below the St. Andrew's Rapids, eliminating a time-consuming portage of heavy fur packs and York boats. However, the fort…
0 votes -
Wapusk National Park of Canada
Wapusk National Park is Canada's 37th national park, established in 1996. The park is located in the Hudson Plains ecozone, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Churchill in north-east Manitoba, Canada, on the shores of Hudson Bay. Access to the park is limited due to its remote location and an effort to preserve the park. The name comes from the Cree word for polar bear (wpask).The Park is also home to Cape Churchill, which is renowned as the best location in the world to view and photograph wild polar bears. The only way people can access Cape Churchill is by…
0 votes
- Don't see your idea?