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I'm a petroleum geologist based in Western Canada.

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Bridal Veil Falls

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Bridal Veil Falls

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

Titan Terex

Sparwood, British Columbia

The World's Largest Tandem Axle Truck

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

The Burmis Tree

Bellevue, Alberta

The Burmis Tree

Despite being dead since the 1970s, this Canadian tree is kept upright and intact by adoring locals.

Peace Bridge

Calgary, Alberta

Peace Bridge

With its webbed walls and bright red coloring, Calgary's iconic bridge looks like a finger trap puzzle stretched across the river.

Creative Commons by sean_carney

Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba

Old Pinawa Dam

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

Sleeping Giant on Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay, Ontario

Sleeping Giant

Profile of a sleeping person four kilometers long in 250-meter-high cliffs.

The medicine wheel.

Calgary, Alberta

Nose Hill Siksikaitsitapi Medicine Wheel

This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.

Bar Road uncovered.

Saint Andrews, New Brunswick

Ministers Island

A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.

Remnants of a building and a Celtic cross commemorating Irish immigrants dead of typhus

Saint John, New Brunswick

Partridge Island Quarantine Site

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

Hartland Bridge

Hartland, New Brunswick

Hartland Bridge

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

Skookumchuck Narrows, with rapids as seen from Roland Point.

Egmont, British Columbia

Skookumchuck Narrows

The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.

Fisgard Lighthouse

Victoria, British Columbia

Fisgard Lighthouse

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

Fuchs Wildlife Exhibit
Permanently Closed

Lloydminster, Saskatchewan

Fuchs Wildlife Exhibit

This Canadian exhibit with claims as the largest one man taxidermy collection in North America.

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

When the lake is empty

Improvement District No. 12, Alberta

Medicine Lake

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

Britannia Mines Concentrator Interior

Britannia Beach, British Columbia

Britannia Mine Museum

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

The Campbell House is better known by its nom de plume

Green Gables, Prince Edward Island

Anne of Green Gables Museum

Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.

Low tide

Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick

Hopewell Rocks

Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.

9 O'Clock Gun

Vancouver, British Columbia

9 O'Clock Gun

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

Girl in a Wetsuit, Stanley Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Girl in a Wetsuit’

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

Tunnel Entrance

Kananaskis, Alberta

The Vault

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

Sasquatch Caves. (Creative Commons)

Hope, British Columbia

Sasquatch Caves

A hiking area billed as a possible home to Bigfoot.

Clifton Hill

Niagara Falls, Ontario

Clifton Hill

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The Slash across mountains

United States / Canada

United States–Canada Border Slash

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

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