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Trying to keep the must-sees under 6 but sometimes there are so many exciting things to explore that I will add the odd extra one, just know that in fact, this list is only a small part of my bucket list.
  1. See Joseph and the Technical Colour Dream Coat live and in-person
  2. Visit Manitoulin Island
    1. canoe tour 
    2. take the ferry, the MS Chi-Cheemaun, from Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula to Manitoulin Island
    3. learn some of the local history, visit Manitowanin
    4. The Great Spirit Circle Trail 
    5. Bridal Veil Falls
    6. visit the different galleries on the island
  3. Spend a week or two touring Alberta
    1. West Edmonton Mall
    2. Calgary Stampede
    3. Sail on Old Man River
    4. Explore the Rocky Mountains
    5. Visit the Forts
    6. Spend the day in the Banff National Park
  4. Spend a week or two touring Manitoba
    1. Visit where E grew up (Brandon)
    2. Explore Winnipeg
    3. Walk on the Shield
    4. See some Polar Bears in Churchill
    5. Spend a day at The Forks
    6. Take in the Festiva De Voyageur at St Boniface
  5. Spend a week or two touring Saskatchewan
    1. Explore Prince Albert National Park
    2. Spend a day in Saskatoon visiting the museums
    3. Spend a day in Regina visiting the museums
    4. Visit the RCMP Heritage Museum
    5. Roadtrip on the Trans-Canada through the province (in summer)
    6. Visit Moosejaw
  6. Spend a week or two touring British Columbia
    1. Gotta go see Whistler again
    2. Spend the day on Vancouver Island
    3. Explore the Okanagan Valley
    4. Walk among the ancient trees
    5. Explore Stanley Park in Victoria
    6. Visit the Butchart Gardens
    7. Gotta see Barkerville Historic Town
  7. Spend a week or two touring PEI
    1. See the Bottle Houses
    2. Visit Victoria-by-the-sea
    3. Tour Summerside Museums
    4. North Cape Road Trip
    5. Go Deep Sea Fishing
    6. Point's East Coastal Drive road trip
    7. Gotta Do Anne of Green Gables tour
  8. Spend a week or two touring New Brunswick
    1. Spend a day or two exploring the Bay of Fundy, wanna see the whales
    2. Walk among the Hopewell Rocks
    3. The Fundy Bay Road trip - Explore a Sea Cave
    4. A sea trip on a tall ship
    5. Take a Walking Tour of Saint Johns
    6. Spend a day at Kings Landing 
    7. Spend a day at Acadien historic village
  9. Spend a week or two touring Nova Scotia
    1. Spend a day on Cape Breton Island
    2. Visit the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
    3. Walk the Boardwalk of Halifax Harbour
    4. Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens
    5. Visit the Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park
    6. Want to see a salt marsh
  10. Spend a week or two touring Newfoundland & Labrador
    1. Gros Morne National Park  for the geologist in me
    2. Follow the Viking Trail
    3. Iceberg Cruise
    4. Puffin & Whale Cruise
    5. Explore Fogo Island
    6. Visit the Viking village
  11. Spend a week or two touring Nunavut
    1. Visit Baffin Island
    2. Iqaluit Visitor Centre & Museum for Aboriginal History
    3. Walk on a Glacier
  12. Spend a week or two touring Northwest territories
    1. Yellowknife is a must-see esp for the Northern Lights
    2. Watch a sailing race
    3. Watch a Dog Sled race
    4. Ride in a dog sled
  13. Spend a week or two touring Quebec
    1. Visit Place Royale
    2. Museum of Civilization
    3. Walk across Chutes Montmorency
    4. Best explored on foot, Old Montréal
    5. Botanical Gardens
    6. Explore Hudson Bay
    7. Rocher Percé (Pierced Rock)
  14. See a live production of the Pirates of Penzance
  15. Take a road trip to Northern Ontario
    1. The Big Nickel – Sudbury
    2. Killarney Provincial Park
    3. Pancake Bay Provincial Park
    4. Pukaskwa National Park
    5. The Giant Canada Goose in Wawa
    6. Bathtub Island in Lake Superior Provincial Park
    7. Agawa Rock Pictographs
    8. Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park
    9. Sleeping Giant – Thunder Bay
    10. Mount McKay – Thunder Bay
    11. Go canoeing in Quetico Provincial Park
    12. Chutes Provincial Park
  16. Take a road trip to Eastern Ontario
    1. Kingston - Kingston: Lunch Cruise of Thousand Islands
      -Kingston: Trolley City Tour
      -Canada’s Penitentiary Museum
      -Manidoo Ogitigan (Spirit Garden)
      -Great Lakes Museum-Titanic-era steamliner S.S. Keewatin
    2. Smiths Falls -Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario
      -Rideau Canal Visitor Centre
      -Heritage House Museum
    3. Carp - Diefenbunker
      -The Annual Carp Agricultural Fair
    4. Ottawa -hop-on hop-off bus tour or guided tour by amphibious vehicle or sightseeing river cruise
      -Canadian Museum of History
      -Mādahòkì Farm
      -National Arts Centre
      -Sparks Street
    5. Morrisburg -Upper Canada Village
      -      Battle of Crysler's Farm National Historic Site of Canada
    6. Brockville -Brockville Museum
      -      Canada’s First Railway Tunnel
      -First Presbyterian Church
      -Fulford Place
      -County Courthouse
      -Aquatarium
    7. Rockport -200 years of history, Walking tour
      -mural on the boat building shed at Andress Boat Works
    8. Gananoque -1000 Islands History Museum
      -Heather Haynes Gallery
      -Marble Rock Conservation Area
  17. Take a road trip to Western Ontario
    1. 1 London — Storybook Gardens
      -      Covent Garden Market
      -       100 Kellogg Lane
      -       Old East Village walking tour
      - Eldon House serves high tea
    2. 2 Clinton — Liberty Aviation Museum
      -      CNR School on Wheels Museum
      -Clinton Conservation Area
    3. 3 Goderich — The Square
      -      Huron County Museum
      -Huron Historic Gaol
      Menesetung Bridge
      -Goderich Lighthouse
    4. 4 Grand Bend — Lambton Heritage Museum
      -      Pinery Provincial Park
    5. 5 Ingersoll — famous for its cheese
    6. 6 Lucan — an agricultural community with a grim history
    7. 7 Sarnia — a small city based on the oil and petrochemicals industry that has lots of beaches
    8. 8 St. Marys — known for its beautiful limestone buildings, and as the home of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
    9. 9 Stratford — internationally known for its theatre festival
    10. 10 Tillsonburg — a regional centre for the nearby farming communities
    11. 11 Woodstock — the Dairy Capital of Canada has over a dozen historic buildings in its downtown area, and many summer festivals
    12. 12 Zurich — home of the Beanfest in late August
  18. Take a road trip to Southern Ontario

    1.  beautiful parks including Turkey Point, Long Point National Wildlife Area, Rondeau Park, Hillman Marsh, and, of course, the southernmost point in Canada at the tip of Point Pelee National Park.

    2. While you could continue your drive down to the border town of Windsor, Ontario to explore some of its incredible neighbourhoods such as the Ford City neighbourhood, I recommend topping it off with a ferry ride to Pelee Island, the province’s most southern wine region.

    3. Make sure you have an appetite as well because along this Ontario drive you’ll find loads of roadside food stands, produce markets, and plenty of small, locally run restaurants serving the region’s signature perch platters.

    4. It’s not just nature that you’ll experience on this most southern of the Ontario drives. You’ll also roll through some of the most picture-perfect towns in the province such as Port Stanley and Leamington.

  19.  Spend a month in Europe
  20. Spend a month in Asia
  21. Spend a month in Africa
  22. Spend a month in the Middle East
  23. Spend a month in Australia
  24. Spend a month in the USA
  25. Spend a month in South America
  26. Spend a month in Central America
  27. Take an Ocean Cruise
  28. Visit a Christmas Market overseas
  29. Stand on top of a mountain
  30. Watch dolphins at play
  31. Scuba dive in the South Pacific
  32. Take a train somewhere
  33. Fly in an air balloon
  34. Spend the day at a RenFairre (do they still exist?) in costume


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