The Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) runs paralleal to the so-called Continental Divide, the dividing line between the streams flowing into the Pacific Ocean and those flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. This is a scenic route through the rugged landscape of the Canadian Rockies. It connects Banff National Park to Jasper National Park, linking the towns […]
MALIGNE CANYON To reach the Maligne Canyon you have to take Hwy 16 east from Jasper to the junction for the Maligne Lake Road, from here are more 11 km to get to the Maligne Canyon. This is one of the most spectacular gorges of the Canadian Rockies, there are limestone cliffs over 50 meters […]
Jasper National Park is, by extension, the largest park in the Canadian Rockies. This park covers an area of over 10,800 km². The park was founded in 1907 and today is visited by nearly two million people every year. Jasper National Park has the highest mountain in Alberta, Mount Columbia, which reaches 3,747 meters in […]
Alberta is a province in western Canada, located near the Rocky Mountains. These mountains mark its border with the British Columbia province. The territory of Alberta then borders to the east with Saskatchewan, to the north with the Northwest Territories, while to the south it borders Montana, a state of the United States of America. […]
Moraine Lake is a lake of glacial origin located in the scenic Valley of Ten Peaks at about 1,885 meters high. The lake is small in size – in fact it has an area of only 0.5 km² – but it is located in a scenario of incomparable beauty surrounded by the majestic peaks of […]
Banff National Park, which covers an area of 6.641 km², is the oldest (it was founded in 1885) and most famous park in Canada. Today it is visited by about five million people every year. Together with the neighboring parks of Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, and the provincial parks of Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and […]
The climate of Vancouver is temperate oceanic, due to the mitigating effects of the sea and the protection of the surrounding mountains, the city has a mild climate compared to other areas of Canada. Vancouver is characterized by a mild but highly variable climate. Temperatures in Vancouver are never excessive, and in winter the average […]
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Vancouver: the most livable city of Canada
Vancouver is the most important city in British Columbia and the third largest city in Canada by population. Its metropolitan area is home to over 2,300,000 people. The city lies on the estuary of the River Freser, on the Burrard Peninsula, and along the shores of the Georgia Strait of the Pacific Ocean. A CITY […]
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British Columbia: nature to the nth power
British Columbia is a province in western Canada. This province is located at the western end of the country, along the Pacific ocean coast. Britain is over four times the size and is the second largest province of Canada after Quebec (excluding the territories). The province, which is bordered in the west by the Pacific […]
The United States of America is a presidential republic. This nation which is the most important among the industrialized countries is made up of a confederation of 50 states and a federal district (District of Columbia, the city of Washington, capital of the United States and seat of the federal government). The country borders Canada […]
The climate of Canada is continental, the country is in fact largely exposed to the polar influences, this translates into a kind of cold climate, with long, harsh winters and short summers, while spring and autumn are very short. The climate of Canada is not all that cold as is generally believed, in fact, the […]
Canada (Canada) is a federal monarchy associated with the British Commonwealth, composed of 10 provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador) and 3 territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut). The country borders in the north with the Arctic Ocean, to the west with Alaska and the […]
The climate of the US Virgin Islands is tropical hot-humid, but with pleasant temperatures at any time of the year thanks to the constant blowing of the north-east trade winds. In fact the temperatures vary little during the year and the average temperatures of January are around 22 ° C-30 ° C, those of August […]
The Virgin Islands of the United States archipelago is a territory belonging to the United States of America. Until 1917 these islands were a possession of Denmark. In that year they were bought by the United States. The archipelago is located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, between Puerto Rico and the British […]
The archipelago of the Turks and Caicos islands, has a tropical climate tempered by the north-east trade winds, with stable temperatures throughout the year and with two climatic seasons that differ from each other in the rainfall. The temperatures of the Turks and Caicos islands undergo only small variations during the year, the average minimum […]