Discovering Canada 2009

A trip from June 28, 2009 to July 27, 2009, travelling to Vancouver, Jasper, Winnipeg, Toronto …
Going across Canada by train and on a budget.
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06/28/2009 to 07/27/2009
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Sun 06/28/09 (day 1) - Vancouver

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City
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Sun Jun 28 12:00pm - Sun Jun 28 8:30pm
Notes
I found this great deal called a Canrail Pass. It allows 12 - 15 days of travel within a 30 day period and you can go whereever Via Rail travels. Back East we go!

Train #1
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Mon 06/29/09 (day 2) - Jasper

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City
Jasper, AB, Canada
Mon Jun 29 5:30pm - Mon Jun 29 6:00pm
Notes
1.5hr Sightseeing layover
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Tue 06/30/09 (day 3) - Winnipeg

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Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Tue Jun 30 8:30pm - Tue Jun 30 11:30pm
Notes
Late dinner
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Thu 07/02/09 (day 5) - Toronto, Montreal

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Toronto, ON, Canada
Thu Jul 2 9:30am - Thu Jul 2 11:30am
Notes
2 hr layover between trains.
Train #2
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Montreal, QC, Canada
Thu Jul 2 5:00pm - Thu Jul 2 6:30pm
Notes
1.5hr layover between trains.
Train #3
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Fri 07/03/09 (day 6) - Halifax, Dartmouth

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Halifax, NS, Canada
Fri Jul 3 4:30pm - Mon Jul 13 6:00pm
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Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Fri Jul 3 6:00pm - Mon Jul 13 12:00pm
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Sun 07/05/09 (day 8) - Halifax

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Canadian Black culture was born in Nova Scotia; the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia is dedicated to its preser …
Thing to Do
1149 Main St
Halifax, NS B2Z
Canada
+1 902 434 6223
Sun Jul 5 12:00pm - Sun Jul 5 4:00pm
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Thu 07/09/09 (day 12) - Cape Breton Highlands NP

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Cape Breton Highlands NP, NS, Canada
Thu Jul 9 12:00pm
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Mon 07/13/09 (day 16) - Moncton

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Moncton, NB, Canada
Mon Jul 13 12:00am - Tue Jul 14 12:00am
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Wed 07/15/09 (day 18) - Charlottetown

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Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Fri Jul 17 12:00am - Sat Jul 18 12:00am
Wed Jul 15 12:00am - Thu Jul 16 12:00am
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Thu 07/16/09 (day 19) - Gaspe

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Gaspe, QC, Canada
Thu Jul 16 12:00am - Sat Jul 18 12:00am
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Unscheduled - Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
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It all began 12,000 years ago when a huge trench was carved to create Niagara Falls-spectacular natural wonder. At t …
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Valley Way
Niagara Falls, ON L2E
Canada
+1 905 356 6061(Tourist Information)/+1 800 563 25
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Part of the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens administered by the Niagara Parks Commission , the Butterfly Conservator …
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2405 Niagara Pky
Niagara Falls, ON L2E
Canada
+1 905 358 0025
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Unscheduled - Sydney

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City
Sydney, NS, Canada
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Unscheduled - Digby

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Digby, NS, Canada
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Unscheduled - Truro

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Truro, NS, Canada
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Unscheduled - Pictou

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Pictou, NS, Canada
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Unscheduled - Lower Sackville

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Lower Sackville, NS, Canada
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Unscheduled - Halifax

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To walk through the iron gates of the Halifax Public Gardens is to step back a century; Canada's first public garden …
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Halifax Public Gardens (The)
5665 Spring Garden Rd
Halifax, NS B3J
Canada
+1 902 490 3995
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At Maritime Museum of Atlantic, you can explore the hydro-graphic research vessel, CSS Acadia, which is berthed at t …
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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water St
Halifax, NS B3J
Canada
+1 902 424 7490
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Between 1928 and 1971, one million immigrants reached Canada via Pier 21. Tens of thousands of war brides, refugees …
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1055 Marginal Rd
Halifax, NS B3H
Canada
+1 902 425 7770
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