With 37 national parks spread across every province, forged by diverse landscapes including lakes, boreal forests and Pacific beaches, Canada is the ideal wilderness playground for adventurous souls
Untamed landscapes are a point of pride in Canada, a land laid out on such a scale that it touches three oceans. The fortress-like peaks and glacial lakes of the Rockies are the literal high-point of any journey across the country by road or scenic train, but that’s not the whole story.
You don’t have to be a geologist to marvel at this monstrous upsurge of ancient history. Following the waymarked, 2.5-mile Tablelands Trail takes hikers over the ancient seabed and pits their calves against the strenuous 11-mile Gros Morne Mountain Trail for bucket-list views of the Ten Mile Pond fjord.
If you’d prefer a four-wheel adventure, try the 300-mile-long Viking Trail, which stretches from Deer Lake to St Anthony and passes through the park. Travellers with nippers in tow should try the Western Brook Pond Trail, a flat, five-mile loop ideal for short legs; spy crabs in the glass-clear water aboard rented kayaks, enjoy the kid-friendly museum at Lobster Cove Head Lighthouse or have bucket-and-spade playtime at sandy Shallow Bay Beach.
The glacier-fed Peyto Lake is part of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies. Throughout the summer months, glacial rock flour flows into the lake from a nearby glacier, giving the water its signature turquoise colour. 3. Best for a national park pilgrimage: Canada’s first national park, Banff sits in the palm of the snow-dusted Rocky Mountains and has drawn travellers to its natural hot springs since it first opened in 1885.
Jasper National Park, the largest in the Canadian Rockies, is home to wildlife including bulk elks , big horn sheep and wolves.Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.A poster child for raw adventure, UNESCO-listed Nahanni National Park was named by the First Nation Dehcho people. Located in the Northwest Territories, it’s a jostle of vertiginous mountains cut through by the raging South Nahanni River.
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