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Carthew-Alderson Trail, part of the Great Divide Trail, in Waterton Lakes National Park. While the Great Divide Trail is a recognized hiking trail, [3] only portions of it are officially acknowledged by Parks Canada, and the rest is often not signed and occasionally not even an actual trail—merely a wilderness route.
Inscription at the end of the Alexander Mackenzie's Canada crossing located at . The Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail (also Nuxalk-Carrier Route, [1] Blackwater Trail, or simply The Grease Trail) is a 420 km (260 mi) long historical overland route between Quesnel and Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada (53.269N,123.149W to 52.968N, 125.704W) Of the many grease trails connecting the Coast ...
In 1908, the station was equipped with a state-of-the-art 36-foot (10.97 m) motor lifeboat built to a United States Lifesaving Service specification by the Electric Launch Company (Elco) of Bayonne, New Jersey. it was the world's first purpose-built motor lifeboat , and over the next half-century hundreds of similar boats would be constructed ...
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The Bruce Trail is the oldest and longest marked hiking trail in Canada. Its name is linked to the Bruce Peninsula and Bruce County, through which the trail runs. The trail is named after the county, which was named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin who was the Governor General of the Province of Canada from 1847 to 1854.
Mount Logan in the Saint Elias Mountains of Yukon is the highest peak of Canada. The following sortable table comprises the 150 highest mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [a] The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Trans Canada Trail – In Canada, this trail extends to around 15,000 km (9,300 mi) from coast to coast and is still in need of completion. American Discovery Trail – Extends from coast to coast in the USA, the longer Southern route is 8,158 km (5,069 mi) long. Grand Italian Trail – This trail is around 6,000 km (3,700 mi) through Italy.
The Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899) transformed the Chilkoot Trail into a mainstream transportation route to Canada's interior. The gold rush was primarily focused in the region around Dawson City in Yukon and the Yukon River. Of the several overland routes, the Chilkoot Trail was the most direct, least expensive, and, soon enough, most popular.