subject: Visit Our Nearest Neighbors - Natural Sites To Discover In Canada [print this page] Perhaps when you hear someone talk about taking an international vacation, you think about hours of travel, foreign languages and exorbitant costs. Well, if you set your sites to our northern boarder, you may find international travel to be easier and more attractive than you first thought. Canada is the northern neighbor of the United States and offers great opportunity for an international getaway and if you decide to travel by car, you don't even need a passport. A passport card which is much less expensive than a passport is all that is necessary as long as you do not travel by air. It is easy to get a new passport card application online so you can get the process going quickly and easily.
If you chose to vacation in Canada, you will not have to worry about understanding the people as most Canadians speak fluent English. Also, the Canadian way of life is also very similar to that of Americans so while you will have the opportunity see many spectacular sights, you will feel right at home with the people. Occupying the same continent also keeps you with like time zones so when it's time to go home, you won't have to deal with jet lag. If you decide to fly, you will need a passport so remember that a rapid pasport renewal service is available from any of the passport agencies you will find online.
UNESCO has identified places around the world with significant historical or natural importance and they have identified these sites by labeling them World Heritage Sites. There are fifteen such sites in Canada providing a vast opportunity for the enrichment of you and your entire family.
The Nahanni National Park Reserve is located in Canada and gets its name from the Nahanni River which runs through it. This beautiful waterway makes its way through the Canadian terrain until it empties in the Virginia Falls. Two times the height of Niagara Falls, you can only imagine the breathtaking view that is available to the visitor of this park. Also available for exploration at the Nahanni National Park Reserve are sulfur hot springs and tufa mounds thought to be over 10,000 years old and reaching approximately 100 feet into the sky. Exploring some of the open spaces and mountain caverns attract adventure seekers from all over the continent.
One of the most unusual National Parks you will ever visit is the Dinosaur Provincial Park and is laden with dinosaur fossils. The visitor can view a selection from over five hundred excavated fossils some of which have been sent for display in museums all over the world. As we look back to the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, this national park has made a huge contribution to the world's education and enlightenment on this subject.
L'Anse aux Meadows is a site that holds deep connections to Canada's past. As the only known site of a Norse village in North America, this location has allowed us to unravel some of the mystery surrounding our first visitors. As explorers of North America way before Christopher Columbus' time, these Norse visitors left their mark on Newfoundland, and that mark is still visible today.
