Canada

: Port Huron

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Port Huron Makinaw Race

: Ottawa Parliament Building

: Ottawa Parliament Building

: Ottawa Parliament Building

: Ottawa Parliament Building

: Ottawa Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: Ottawa Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: Changing of Guards at Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: Changing of Guards at Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: Changing of Guards at Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: “Mountie” at Parliament Building on Parliament Hill

: Marching back from Parliament Hill

: Ottawa Notre Dame Bassilica

: Ottawa Canadian Museum of Natural History

: Inside the Canadian Museum of Natural History

: Ottawa Rideau Canal

: Ottawa Rideau Canal

: Ottawa Rideau Canal Lockes

: Ottawa Rideau Canal Lockes

: Ottawa Rideau Hall

: Ottawa Rideau Hall

: Ottawa Restaurant

: Ottawa River

: Ottawa River

: One of the many beautiful buildings in Ottawa

: Tour Boat on the Ottawa River

: Ottawa

: Casa Loma, located in midtown Tonronto, was the residence of Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. The former mansion is now a museum & landmark.

: Built over a 3 year period beginning in 1911, it has 98 rooms & was the largest private residence in Canada.

: The third floor now serves as the Regimental Museum for the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada. Pellatt, a rifleman, rose through the ranks & eventually became the Commanding Officer.

: Toronto Casa Loma Gardens

: Flower of Casa Loma’s Gardens

: Casa Loma’s Gardens

: Due to financial difficulties during the depression, Sir Henry Pallat was forced to auction off $1.5 million in art & 250,000 in furnishings

: The city eventually seized Casa Loma for back taxes. In 1937 it was leased by the Kiwanis Club of Toronto

: In 2011 the City reached a settlement with the Kiwanis Club & will resume management of the mansion

: Today, after a 15 year exterior restoration, it is one of Toronto’s most popular tourist attractions.

: The Thousand Islands straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River.

: The Saint Lawrence River emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.

: Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, the U.S. islands in the state of New York

: All of these photos were taken from the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence.

: St. Lawrence River

: St. Lawrence River

: One of the 1864 Thousand Islands

: Thousand Islands view from the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence River

: Boat dock on the St. Lawrence

: Vancouver Harbor

: Vancouver Harbor

: Vancouver StanleyPark WaterView

: Victoria Butchart Gardens – considered by many to be the most beautiful Gardens in the world.

: To see many more photos & learn more about Butchart go to my Gardens Galleries

: Victoria Butchart Gardens

: Victoria Butchart Gardens

: Victoria Butchart Gardens

: Victoria Butchart Gardens Inlet

: Victoria Butchart Gardens Inlet

: On our trip to Alaska we visited the “Yukon” & its famous town of Dawson

: Yukon Dawson

: Yukon Dawson

: Yukon Dawson

: Yukon Dawson Permafrost Bldg. Permafrost forms as Frost melts when heated bldgs are put on frozen ground, mixing water & soil to form fluid muck & the different footings settle at different rates. These bldgs. date back to 1901 & no restoration measures have been taken so visitors may see history as it naturally unfolds