TRAVEL LIKE A LOCAL | Top 10,000 Places to Visit in Canada
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This beautiful canyon is carved into a 1.2-billion-year-old bedrock by the Sainte-Anne Falls, a 74m high waterfall.
There are three suspension bridges that you can walk over to get an even better view of the canyon. One of them is 60m high. Looking for even more of a thrill? Well, you can also fly over the canyon at 50km/hr with AirCANYON.
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Mont-Sainte-Anne is the highest skiing station in the eastern part of Canada. It is a beautiful ski hill that has fun activities all year long. In the winter, you can enjoy downhill or cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, fat biking or ice canyoning.
While in the summer, the activities include mountain biking, golfing, hiking, canyoning, hand gliding and a ropes course. These activities are even more beautiful in the fall, with a stunning multi-coloured forest canopy.
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Check out this beautiful golf course on your next trip to Beaupre. This golf course overlooks Mont-Sainte-Anne and will charm you with its 18 holes bordered by trees and dotted with 40 pristine white sand traps, four lakes and a wide plain midway through.
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The St. Anne Basilica is more than just one of the four major shrines in Québec and the oldest pilgrimage site in North America.
Millions of visitors each year gather to witness the beautiful artistic masterpieces and discover the extraordinary history. Inside the building, there are beautiful stone and wood sculptures, paintings, mosaics, and stained-glass windows.
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At 83 m, the Montmorency Falls are an as spectacular sight in the summer as in the winter. You can choose between wonder and adventure by taking a cable car to the top of the cliff and crossing the suspended bridge to the belvedere. This is one destination that you do not want to miss.
In the summer, enjoy a picnic at the historic orchard, and you can climb the 487 steps of the panoramic staircase for an even more beautiful view.
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The Edison Phonograph Museum explains the history of Thomas Alva Edison’s invention of the cylinder phonograph. More than 200 are exhibited, including some of the rarest phonographs.
There is also a display of talking dolls and the second commercial application of phonographic technology. You can book a tour both in French and English so that everyone can enjoy the museum.
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The Cap Tourmente National Wildlife area, is a beautiful, protected sot along the St. Lawrence River. There are over 180 bird species, 30 mammal species and 700 plant species that are all protected in this area.
You can take a hike in the Spring and Autumn along the family-friendly trail and witness the tens of thousands of large snow geese surrounding the area. This area of natural scenery is quite spectacular to observe.
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Museum of Wood Sculpture
Visit this exquisite museum that displays incredible hand-made wooden structures. These structures were created by the artists and friends of the workshop and are nothing like anything you have seen before.
You can even meet and talk to the artists as they work on their next project.
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