Hot Springs Cove, situated in Maquinna Provincial Park, is a natural hotspring lying on the isolated northern tip of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island. The park is difficult to get to being reachable by boat or water taxi, but it is worth the effort.
From the pier, you will hike along a raised, 2 kilometer-long boardwalk that winds between the trees.
Skookum Savary, a semi-circular island close to Powell River, has been, by some, Canada’s South Sea Isle. In the summer months this island, undoubtedly offers the warmest water on the West Coast of Canada. This quiet island is also home to one of the largest arbutus trees in BC, taking about 6 people to fully encircle the trunk.
Reachable by water taxi, from the small town of Lund, north of Powell River, Savary proves to be one of British Columbia’s Hidden Gems.
Enjoying the amazing scenery on the Sea-to-Sky highway is one thing, but to truly enjoy the scenery one has to visit Whistler on the Whistler Mountaineer Train (http://www.whistlermountaineer.com).
You won’t regret leaving your car behind when you see the steep granite walls and forests on the one side and the beautiful water of the Howe Sound on the other.
Top it all off with the Cheakamus Canyon – a perfect photo opportunity that will leave you breathless.
Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria is a notable Victorian-era manor made up of 39 rooms and is over 20,000 square feet. The castle was built in the 1890s as a family home for the affluent coal tycoon Robert Dunsmuir and his wife Joan. Robert passed away in April 1889, more than a year before construction on the castle concluded. His sons Alexander and James took over the task of finishing the castle after his death.
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Revelstoke Mountain Resort is situated in British Columbia on Mount Mackenzie in the Selkirk Mountains about 6 kilometers southeast of downtown Revelstoke.
The resort offers mountain-goers world-class lifts, snow cats, and helicopter skiing and snowboarding and is growing into a multi-phased resort community with numerous real estate opportunities amongst a village heli-center, restaurants, retail shops, hotels, condominiums, townhouses, and single-family estate lots.