Month: July 2015

  • Have you Caught the Gold Fever?

    Have you Caught the Gold Fever?

    Hundreds of years ago, there was a legend about somewhere full of limitless gold. This legend was called El Dorado. Everyone who heard about it became excited and wanted to find El Dorado so they could have a better life. This time was called the “Gold Rush”. At the Museum of British Columbia in Victoria, there…

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  • Vivacious Victoria!

    Vivacious Victoria!

    We loved our time on British Columbia’s mainland, but more adventures awaited us as we headed to Vancouver Island and BC’s capital city of Victoria. We had rented a car while in Vancouver and now we had a challenge – how do we drive our car across the water? Our vehicle was not amphibious (though…

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  • West Coast Awesomeness!

    West Coast Awesomeness!

    We love the West Coast and really enjoyed visiting all of the great tourist sites…but nothing is better than staying with locals who are also very dear friends. About 20 years ago, I went to the University of Ottawa with one of my highschool friends Jenn Holley. While living in Thompson residence, she met another Torontonian,…

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  • Learning the Native Way

    Learning the Native Way

    We have learned a lot about the Natives in Alaska and thought we should learn about the ones in Canada, our own country.  The Native Center in Whistler was the perfect place to learn about them. This museum in the Whistler Village was for the Squamish and Lilwat tribes. We learned about everything the Natives had to…

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  • Wonderful Whistler!

    Wonderful Whistler!

    After a great time touring Vancouver, we were ready to move to the resort town of Whistler. Here, we learned many interesting things about the previous Olympics and the history of the town at the Whistler Museum. One of the first settlers, Myrtle and Alex Phillips, arrived in 1911. They built the Rainbow Lodge which became…

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