Road trips in Canada

Explore 47 itineraries through national parks, wildlife reserves and wild landscapes.

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Road Trip St. Andrews – Ministers Island (Van Horne) & Kingsbrae Gardens
St. Andrews Ministers Island

St. Andrews by-the-Sea, a National Historic Site (1998), is North America's oldest seaside resort — founded by...

5 km 0h30 Summer
history garden manor
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Road Trip Mahone Bay to Oak Island – The Money Pit Curse
Mahone Bay Oak Island

Oak Island, a small 0.57 km² wooded island in Mahone Bay, is the epicentre of modern history's longest treasur...

15 km 0h24 Summer
mystery treasure tv-show
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Road Trip Winnipeg to Birds Hill – Folk Festival & Equestrian Park
Winnipeg Parc Birds Hill

Birds Hill Provincial Park (35 km², 25 minutes northeast of Winnipeg), created in 1967 on glacial eskers and m...

25 km 0h30 Summer
festival folk park
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Road Trip Fredericton to Kings Landing – 1800s Loyalist Settlement
Fredericton Kings Landing

35 km west of Fredericton, along the magnificent Saint John River valley, two complementary attractions bring...

35 km 0h42 Summer
history loyalist living-museum
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Road Trip Tidal Bore – Truro, Shubenacadie, Tidal Bore Rafting
Truro Maitland

The Bay of Fundy has the world's largest tides (up to 16 m). When the tide rises, it pushes a wave — the tidal...

45 km 1h Summer
fundy tidal-bore rafting
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Road Trip Annapolis Valley – Wolfville, Grand-Pré UNESCO, Cape Blomidon
Wolfville Cape Blomidon

The Annapolis Valley west of Halifax is Nova Scotia's historic and wine-growing heart. Sandwiched between Nort...

50 km 1h All seasons
wine unesco acadian
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Road Trip Alma to Cape Enrage – Zip Line & Shorebird Reserve
Alma Mary's Point

Leaving Fundy National Park, the Shepody Bay coast offers a trio of experiences unique to Atlantic Canada: zip...

55 km 1h18 Summer
fundy birds zip-line
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Road Trip Bathurst to Caraquet – Acadian Peninsula
Bathurst Caraquet

The Acadian Peninsula is the heart of Acadian identity in Atlantic Canada. Caraquet, the cultural capital, hos...

90 km 1h18 Summer
acadian heritage culture
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Road Trip Cariboo Gold Rush – Quesnel, Barkerville
Quesnel Barkerville

In 1862, the Cariboo gold discovery triggered a historic rush: 100,000 prospectors flowed up the west coast, a...

90 km 1h18 Summer
history gold rush
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Road Trip Winnipeg to Grand Beach – World-Top Beach, East Shore
Winnipeg Victoria Beach

Lake Winnipeg, the world's sixth-largest freshwater lake (24,500 km², larger than Massachusetts), offers on it...

100 km 1h18 Summer
beach lake dune
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Road Trip Bruce Peninsula – Wiarton, Lion's Head, Tobermory
Wiarton Tobermory

The Bruce Peninsula, a limestone finger between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron, is one of Ontario's most prized n...

100 km 1h30 Summer
national-park grotto escarpment
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Road Trip Halifax to Lunenburg – UNESCO Heritage
Halifax Lunenburg

Lunenburg, founded in 1753 by German, Swiss and French settlers, is UNESCO World Heritage (1995) for its perfe...

100 km 1h30 All seasons
heritage unesco ocean
Road Trip Saint John – Reversing Falls, Uptown Loyalist & City Market
Saint John Reversing Falls

Saint John, Canada's oldest incorporated city (1785), built by British Loyalists expelled from the United Stat...

5 km 0h30 All seasons
loyalist heritage victorian
Road Trip Winnipeg – The Forks & Exchange District
Winnipeg Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba's capital, is one of Canada's most underrated cities. The Forks (confluence of the Red and...

8 km 0h18 All seasons
city heritage museum
Road Trip Edmundston – Republic of Madawaska, Brayonne Fair & Botanical Garden
Edmundston Saint-Jacques

Edmundston, in northwestern New Brunswick at the Quebec, Maine and rest-of-NB borders, proclaims itself "capit...

12 km 0h30 Summer
francophone festival garden
Road Trip Selkirk to Lockport – Catfish Capital & St. Andrews Locks
Selkirk Lockport

Selkirk (10,200 inhabitants), 30 km north of Winnipeg on the Red River's west bank, proclaims itself "World Ca...

15 km 0h24 All seasons
fishing heritage dam
Road Trip Moncton – Magnetic Hill, Zoo & Petitcodiac Tidal Bore
Moncton Magnetic Hill

Moncton, hub of the Maritimes and unofficial capital of Acadia, packs three iconic family attractions into a 1...

15 km 0h42 Summer
family illusion zoo
Road Trip Northumberland Shore – Pictou, Warm Beaches, Hector
Pictou Caribou

The Northumberland Strait separating Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island offers the warmest swimming beaches...

15 km 0h30 Summer
beach scottish ferry