British Columbia is the western most province in Canada. It is where the mountains meet the ocean. British Columbia is a magical place with unreal scenery and wildlife. With such diversity, a trip to British Columbia does not disappoint. Quick Facts Population: 5.6 million+ Official Languages: English, French Currency: Canadian Dollar Transportation: Rent a car …
A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 13 Callum and I originally planned to do Moraine Lake early this day, but since we were able to do it in the evening a couple days ago, we decided to hike the Iceline Trail while looping through Little Yoho Valley and Yoho Valley. This was a trail …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 11 Today’s adventure took my boyfriend Callum, and I to Yoho National Park, specifically Emerald Lake in British Columbia (BC) with a surprise trip to Moraine Lake in Alberta! This was one of my favourite days of our whole trip. Emerald Lake Parking To visit Emerald Lake, it’s …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 10 Known as the land of fire and ice, Kootenay National Park has it all. A land of contrasts with breathtaking alpine views, and vibrant blue waters rushing through a limestone canyon. This is my experience spending a full day exploring Kootenay National Park in British Columbia. On …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 9 It was time to hit the road again, but this time from Arrow Lakes Provincial Park to Kootenay National Park (where we actually had a campsite booked). Even though it was another longish driving day (3.5 hrs vs. the 6.5 hr drive the day before), the scenery …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 8 A road trip isn’t complete without at least one long driving day, so we decided to make our driving day from Cherryville to Arrow Lakes Provincial Park even longer by taking the scenic route! This is a list with photos of every stop we made from Cherryville …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 7 After our couple of days hiking the Sea to Sky Corridor (Chief & Garibaldi), we spent a few days in the Okanagan region with Callum’s brother’s girlfriend’s family, golfing and boating. Okanagan was the beginning of our campervan road trip. This ended up being a life changing …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 6 I was originally apprehensive about hiking Garibaldi after hiking the Chief the day before, but I am very thankful I did it. Even though it was raining, the Garibaldi hike is one of my favourites I have ever done. The scenery is unreal. The wooded area is …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 5 The classic Stawamus Chief hike is probably the most challenging hike I have done in my life. I have hiked a lot of places in the world, but the descent of the Chief was a challenge. At 702 metres above the town of Squamish, the Chief cliff …
A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 4 I was pumped to go to spend half of a day in Vancouver. I’ve never been and have always wanted to go. Unfortunately this did not happen, because we missed our planned ferry to Vancouver. Tofino to Nanaimo It was a nearly 3 hour drive to Nanaimo. …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 3 The goal of this day was to learn how to surf in Tofino. I tried surfing one other time, but I don’t really count it. I was 19, in Indonesia, and it was only for 20 mins and pretty informal. With a full day available, our perfect …
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A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 2 After a good night’s sleep at Best Western Cowichan Valley, Callum & I woke up early so we could make the nearly 3.5 hours drive to Tofino (with some stops along the way). I really wanted to check out Cathedral Grove (they filmed some of Star Wars …
A Western Canada Road Trip – Day 1 Fear aside, we headed to Vancouver Island in British Columbia (BC) for the first part of our road trip (and for me to live out my dream of seeing Orcas). It’s been eight months since I last travelled. The thing that I loved so much, the thing …
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