A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

The "Crow Boat" of Kootenay Lake, sold for a dollar and now on display as "the world's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler."

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

The remains of the worst maritime disaster in the history of the "Graveyard of the Pacific."

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.