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Canada Best Bangs for your Bucks
By Mitchell Scott
Vol. 6, No. 1 |
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$1—Drop a buck or two on Toronto’s street trolleys and travel the length of Yonge Street, which at 1,178 miles, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “longest street in the world.” With clubs, fashion and the Hockey Fall of Fame, Yonge defines urban safari.
$5—Buy the Bragg Creek & Sheep Valley Kananaskis Country trail map and bike into the epic singletrack of Alberta’s Rocky Mountain foothills. 1-877-MAPS (6277); www.gemtrek.com/recreation_maps.html.
$10—Grab a shuttle up to the town of Devon, Alberta, and float down the scenic North Saskatchewan River back to Edmonton. $40 for four people and four canoes. 780-905-0110; www.discoveralberta.com.
$20—Rent a canoe from the Frontier Lodge, grab your rod and paddle onto McElrea and Mount lakes to cast the day away in northern Ontario. 888-848-2809; www.frontierlodge.com.
$50—Catch a lift on Blackcomb Helicopters with four other snowriders
for a one-way drop on the summit of Rainbow Mountain, across
the valley from Whistler-Blackcomb. 800-330-HELI (4354);
www.blackcombhelicopters.com.
$100—Take a private plane tour of BC’s Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park.
If you’ve ever quaffed a Kokanee Beer, you’ll know from the label how
beautiful a trip this will be. High Alpine Air Services, 888-365-0977; www.highalpineair.com.
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