Happy Canada Day! Now get out there and hit some of these up.

GROWING UP IN Vancouver, I always promised myself that I would travel the vast lands of Canada before anywhere else in the world. I’ve broken that promise. I’ve never even been east of Calgary. So for the time being I have to settle on these beautiful shots of the amazing Canadian landscape. I think it’s time to make a new promise.

About The Author

Carlo Alcos

Carlo Alcos is the editor of Brave New Traveler and co-founder of Confronting Love. He blogs about his travels and life in general at Vagabonderz.com. You can also find him at the yoga studio and tweeting away as @vagab0nderz.

  • Aglaée

    Beautiful! Happy Canada Day to all Canadians!
    From Ottawa,
    Aglaée

  • Mary Beth

    Gorgeous!! thanks for sharing. We USA Americans don’t often get a chance to go North, but I have had 2 wonderful vacations biking in the Canadian Rockies and another time in Nova Scotia, plus been a couple of times to Montreal and once on a business trip to Toronto. Canadians are such friendly and wonderful folks!

  • http://matadortrips.com/ Hal Amen

    Awesome, Carlo. I’m gonna have to do a cross-Canada road trip one of these days. I’ve been to far too few provinces.

  • ryan

    ah, yes. canada is beautiful. i currently am in victoria, bc, and so must say, don’t miss the beauty of vancouver island.

  • http://www.TravelingGreener.com Sonya

    Happy Canada Day! Thanks for this gorgeous photo essay about Canada’s natural beauty. It doesn’t matter how many times I see them, I’m always amazed by The Northern Lights.

  • http://valeriewng.wordpress.com Valerie

    Love this! I took a number of road trips through BC, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec with my family, but ever since I started traveling overseas I haven’t made it back, aside from a short trip to Vancouver. I don’t think I ever appreciated the beauty of Canada until I started looking back at some of my travel photos. I’d especially like to make it out to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and back to Quebec.

  • http://joshywashington.wordpress.com joshua johnson

    wowsers, great pix. I must say I would do just about anything to see the northern lights.

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