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wading pool, and makes the ideal spot in which to enjoy a picnic with artisan treats from the nearby public market.
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the gondola ride, which will give families a thrill, there are also superb hiking, kayaking, biking and windsurfing, making this laid-back little town the perfect holiday destination for active families, just a 45-minute drive from Vancouver. Stay in a cabin on the Cheakamus River and book a day’s guided white-water rafting with Sunwolf, which comes with a lunchtime picnic on a private island.
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VICTORIA, BC Families can splurge on the thrilling 30-minute float-plane ride
with Harbour Air, or take the more relaxed ferry route from Tsawwassen, a 30-minute drive from Vancouver airport, over to Victoria on Vancouver Island – it’s one of Canada’s most kid-friendly cities. Victoria is packed with attractions for children, from the creepy-crawly delights of the Bug Zoo to the charming lure of the tiny scenes of fact, fiction and fantasy that is Miniature World (the button-operated trains are especially cute). The city centre Beacon Hill Park has the world’s largest free-standing single-log totem pole, a petting zoo and
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QUÉBEC WINTER CARNIVAL Embrace winter at Canada’s most exuberant
snowy celebration. Québec City’s Winter Carnival comes complete with its own celebrity high- kicking snowman, Bonhomme. Attractions include ice skating, sleigh rides, a sliding park, dog- sledding, stunning ice sculptures and live entertainment including a night parade and dancing at Bonhomme’s ice palace. Beyond the festival, Québec City boasts plenty of attractions within its ancient city walls, not least poutine, a more-delicious-than- it-sounds dish of chips, gravy and cheese curds. Take the train from Montreal to soak up some of the truly gorgeous scenery of ‘la belle province’.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BEACHES Schedule in a stop on Prince Edward Island
during a Maritimes tour to enjoy some traditional bucket-and-spade fun on Canada’s most beautiful red-sand beaches. Boasting pristine waters – the warmest north of the Carolinas – many of the beaches have excellent facilities such as changing rooms, picnic areas and kitchen shelters. Walk on the gleaming quartz dunes at Basin Head Provincial Park to experience the ‘singing sand’ phenomenon, explore the island’s many lighthouses and feast on its legendary seafood including ocean-fresh lobster, mussels and oysters.
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Winnipeg in Manitoba rolls out a prairie welcome for kids of all ages with
a packed programme of events and top-notch attractions. These include simple pleasures such as corn mazes and hay rides, plus the Children’s Museum at The Forks (complete with a toddlers-only space), Assiniboine Park Zoo’s polar bears and the living-history museum at Fort Gibraltar, where kids can learn about life in 1815 for the fur-trading voyageurs.
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