Take a journey across Canada to visit our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks. WithCanada's World Wonders, you'll visit Banff National Park, the first link in a vast network of natural parks and heritage sites that has grown to include Old Quebec, the Rideau Canal, and the Fortress of Louisbourg. UNESCO World Heritage Sites, such as Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in Alberta and the Gwaii Haanas totems in British Columbia, as well as such Indigenous cultural sites including the locations of ancient inuksuit, are also part of the journey. You'll travel through the worlds longest and deepest railway tunnel, cruise the Trans-Canada Highway, explore the Grosse Îsle and Pier 21 immigration memorials, tour the graves of the failed Franklin Expedition, and visit the Vimy Ridge War Memorial, all with Ron Browns engaging historical commentary.

Ron Brown is a geographer and heritage writer. He has authored more than twenty books, includingRails Over the Mountains andThe Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore. A past chair of the Writers Union of Canada, he also conducts tours along Ontarios back roads. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

INTRODUCTION Canadas World Wonders: What are They?ONE Canada on the World StageTWO They Came from Outer Space: The Charlevoix Meteor Crater and Bisosphere ReserveTHREE Headless Valley and Other Grand CanyonsFOUR The Giants Rib: The Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere ReserveFIVE Rocky Mountains HighSIX Jurassic Park North: Albertas World-Famous Dinosaur GraveyardsSEVEN Water, Water, Everywhere: Canadas Greatest LakesEIGHT Group of Seven Country: Canadas Thirty Thousand Islands Biosphere ReserveNINE The Frontenac Arch Biosphere ReserveTEN The Amazon of the North: Canadas Great Bear RainforestELEVEN Pingo! and Other Arctic OdditiesTWELVE Inuksuit: The Stone Men of the ArcticTHIRTEEN The Watchers: Canadas West Coast TotemsFOURTEEN Head-Smashed-In Buffalo JumpFIFTEEN The Tide Is High: Fundys Giant TidesSIXTEEN In the Footsteps of the Vikings: Following Newfoundlands Viking TrailSEVENTEEN Welcome to Canada: From Grosse-Île to Pier 21EIGHTEEN: Behind Those Walls Old Quebec City World Heritage SiteNINETEEN Bluenose Country: Old Town LunenburgTWENTY Fortress of Louisbourg: North Americas Largest Historic Re-CreationTWENTY-ONE Ho! For the KlondikeTWENTY-TWO Canadas Elusive Northwest PassageTWENTY-THREE The Rideau Canal: A Waterway from the PastTWENTY-FOUR Bridging the Gap: Canadas Engineering MarvelsTWENTY-FIVE Black Gold: Still Pumping After All These YearsTWENTY-SIX Riding the Rails: Canadas World-Renowned Train TripsTWENTY-SEVEN The Trans-Canada Highway: Canadas Second National DreamTWENTY-EIGHT La Gaspésie: Quebecs Lighthouse TrailTWENTY-NINE Cape Bretons World-Famous Cabot TrailTHIRTY From Sea to Sky and BeyondTHIRTY-ONE Sasquatch and Other Wandering WondersTHIRTY-TWO The Vimy Ridge Memorial: The Final ChapterACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIMAGE CREDITSINDEX