By Vickie Chan
Daily Forty-Niner
After finishing another grueling semester, students who need a place to relax can do so by traveling Canada.
While in Montreal, you should visit Mount Royal Park. According to “Inside Guide Montreal,” this is the largest park in the city that is on a mountain.
The Smith House is the first place to begin exploring, which is at the bottom of the mountain. Inside is an exhibit that provides an overview of the history, environment and the conservation issues regarding the park. There is also an art gallery of paintings done by professional and amateur artists from Montreal.
Next, visitors can go by foot, bike or car to explore the mountain up close on their own, or take a guided tour of the mountain to the St. Lawrence River. There they can rent a boat and paddle across the river to see all the monuments, hiking trails and beautiful flowers and trees.
Next, in Toronto you can spend the day at the Canadian National Tower. According to “Touring Canada,” this tower is the most recognized landmark attraction in downtown Toronto. It stands at 1,815 feet tall with a bird’s eye view of the entire city. Inside the bottom of the tower, tourists can shop at a 12,500-foot marketplace.
If a fear of heights is not a factor, then take an elevator up to the glass floor to see the streets of Toronto from a view of 1,122 feet above. But do not stop there, climb up another floor to the outdoor observation level to feel the breeze to get an even better sense of how high up you are. Once up there, you can check out the food at 360, a revolving restaurant.
And then finally, take an elevator ride up to the sky pod. In the sky pod, tourists can get the full view of Toronto, Lake Ontario and its surrounding regions.
Lastly on your trip to Canada, visit Canada’s largest attraction — Niagara Falls, the world’s greatest waterfall. According to “Econoguide 2003 Canada,” the sheer power and size of Niagara Falls leaves people in amazement, so it is no surprise that this natural wonder attracts over 10 million international travelers every year.
According to “Canada Travel,” the falls are about 175 feet high and 3,500 feet wide, gushing over 37 million gallons of water per minute over the rocks that form a bridge for 20 percent of all the fresh water on earth. The waterfall itself is divided into two sections, each named for the country it borders.
For an even closer look of the falls, take an unforgettable ride in the Maid of Mist ferryboat. These boats take visitors to the base of the American Falls and then on to the basin of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. Tourists can feel and hear the rumble of the falls as water rushes 10 stories above them, generating a thick blanket of mist that creates this foggy atmosphere of the falls.
