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Families
Wet’n’wild
adventures
for the kids
From mountains and moose to thrilling rides
and fantasy hotels, Peter Ellegard finds Canada
iStockphoto offers plenty to appeal to children of all ages
W
hen it comes to family entry to five attractions including the CN in Niagara include the western-themed
holidays, finding something Tower, Royal Ontario Museum and Toronto Great Wolf Lodge, which features a large
suitable in Canada is child’s Zoo. A 40% discount is also available on water park.
play. The country is one of Canada’s Capital Museums Passport, which Resorts such as Ontario’s Deerhurst offer
the most family-friendly destinations and covers admission to 10 Ottawa museums. It activities and sport for all ages including
suits children of all ages, from toddlers to now costs £42 for a family pass, covering two canoeing, horse-riding and tennis. Deerhurst
teenagers – and not forgetting parents who adults and up to three children. For more is featured by operators including Jetset,
like to act as big kids with their offspring. information, visit
ontariotravel.net/uk. while Frontier Travel features stays at several
Canada offers everything from the outdoor family-orientated resorts in Ontario in its
activities and wildlife experiences that you
INDOOR & OUTDOOR.
Family Lakeside Adventure fly-drive tour.
would expect to traditional attractions and Nearby Niagara Falls offers thrills galore Youngsters will love staying at the
amusement parks with a twist. – from the ever-popular Maid of the Mist Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton’s West
There are even beaches where parents and boat trip to the Journey Behind the Falls Edmonton Mall. The 355-room hotel features
kids can splash around in surprisingly warm walk. A new “4D” attraction entitled 120 themed fantasy rooms in 12 styles
waters. New Brunswick has more than 30 Niagara’s Fury opened last summer, as including a family room with the main bed
beaches, which offer swimming in some part of £19 million investment in visitor in an igloo and bunk beds in an “ice castle”
of the warmest Atlantic waters north of facilities at the falls. and another featuring a bed on the back of
Virginia, thanks to the Gulf Stream. A Niagara Adventure Pass includes a pick-up truck.
Neighbouring Nova Scotia and Prince admission to all three attractions and Nia- The 800-outlet mall boasts the world’s
Edward Island also have superb beaches. gara’s White Water Walk, plus two days’ largest indoor amusement park with 25 rides
British Columbia’s Okanagan region is one transport on shuttle buses and the Falls including three rollercoasters. It features a
of the warmest in the country, and there are Incline Railway. Available through several five-acre water park with slides and wave
beaches and lots of water sports on lakes operators, the pass costs £24. Family hotels pool, a replica of Christopher Columbus’s
including Lake Okanagan, as there are on ship, semi-submersible rides, and marine life
Wasa and Kootenay lakes in BC’s Rockies. including sealion and penguin habitats.
Ontario’s Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay in
Lake Huron, is the world’s longest fresh-
ON THE ROAD.
water beach. Its white sands and shallow Travel 2 North America product executive
waters are ideal for families. Paul Celaschi says: “Hiring a car or
In Ontario, families can stretch their motorhome is probably the best way to
budgets further when they visit Toronto, explore Canada, especially for families.
thanks to a tie-up between Ontario Tourism “Many people will say ‘west is best’ but for
and CityPass. The Toronto CityPass, available me, the province of Quebec has much to
from some operators, now costs around £36, offer including wilderness scenery, superb
a saving of £31 on the usual price. It offers Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall: the world’s largest indoor theme park whale-watching, lakeside amblings, treetop
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