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| by KATE POCOCK Family Travel Ink Canadian Summertime Festivals, Family Attractions and BeachesJune: Winnipeg Children’s Festival, the country’s largest July: Calgary Stampede, Calgary, “The Greatest Show on Earth” August: Klondike Days, Edmonton, celebrating the 1890s Gold Rush July: Quebec City Summer Festival, Quebec City, with hundreds of musical performances all for $8, less for kids June: Yukon International Storytelling Festival, Whitehorse, storytellers from around the world August: Shediac Lobster Festival, Shediac, New Brunswick, family events on a beautiful beach Halifax International Busker Festival, Halifax, zany entertainment July 1: Oh Canada, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada’s biggest birthday bash July: Toronto Street Festival, Yonge St., Toronto, largest in the world with more than 1200 performers and 700 activities July: Just for Laughs, Montreal, offers a kids’ humour festival alongside Gold Rush Days, Yukon TOP TEN FAMILY ATTRACTIONS Vancouver Aquarium and Marine Science Centre UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver Museum of Man and Nature, Winnipeg Metro Toronto Zoo Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto Science North, Sudbury Biodome and Insectarium, Montreal Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax TOP TEN SANDY EXPERIENCES Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Vancouver Island, 11 km curve of sand backed by the Pacific rain forest Lake Athabaska, Alberta, NA’s largest sand dunes Spirit Sands, Manitoba Lake Huron shore, Ontario, white, sandy and safe Wasaga Beach, Georgian Bay, Ontario, largest freshwater beach in the world Sand dunes at Sandbanks Provincial Park, Picton Grand Beach Provincial Park, Lake Winnipeg, powdery white sand among the best in North America Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 300 km of beaches and an August sand castle contest Irving Eco-Centre, La Dune de Bouctouche, white dunes that stretch across Bouctouche Bay, the warmest saltwater north of Virginia Greenwich, Prince Edward Island National Park, PEI, huge parabolic sand dunes and hikes Cavendish Beach, PEI, the quintessential dune-lined family beach |
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