Canada the Beautiful

Fellow blogger David Folstad recently started a new series on his blog called O Canada. Needless to say, I can’t think of a better theme, so, in the spirit of David’s new Canada series, when the following pictorial tour of Canada came my way the other day in an email chain, I knew it was something I wanted to share. I don’t know who started this off, but whoever it was, thank you so much. (Thanks to Ernie for forwarding it to Bill and to Bill for including me on his email list!)

Here goes.

Our country is the world’s second largest in size. It’s incredibly diverse and often looks nothing like people imagine it. Let’s get a taste of how diverse Canada is in terms of architecture and landscapes. I hope you enjoy the tour.

This isn’t Greenland. It’s Canada. (Baffin Island, Nunavut)

This isn’t New York. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

This isn’t Croatia. It’s Canada. (near Tobermory, Ontario)

This isn’t Paris. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t Morocco. It’s Canada. (Athabasca Sand Hills, Saskatchewan)

This isn’t London. It’s Canada. (Ottawa)

This isn’t Japan. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t India. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

This isn’t Australia. It’s Canada. (Cheltenham Badlands, Ontario)

This isn’t Austria. It’s Canada. (Whistler, British Columbia)

This isn’t Cornwall. It’s Canada. (Prince Edward Island)

This isn’t the Netherlands. It’s Canada. (Ottawa)

This isn’t New Zealand. It’s Canada. (Chesterman Beach, British Columbia)

This isn’t Scotland. It’s Canada. (Hatley Castle, Vancouver Island)

This isn’t Finland. It’s Canada. (Canadian Shield)

This isn’t Normandy. It’s Canada. (Québec)

This isn’t Arizona. It’s Canada. (Big Muddy Valley, Saskatchewan)

This isn’t Italy. It’s Canada. (Niagara Wine Country, Ontario)

This isn’t Sydney. It’s Canada. (Vancouver)

This isn’t Ukraine. It’s Canada. (Saskatchewan)

This isn’t Rome. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t Sweden. It’s Canada. (Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia)

This isn’t France. It’s Canada. (Mont Tremblant, Québec)

This isn’t Europe. It’s Canada. (Québec)

This isn’t Northern Italy. It’s Canada. (Okanagan, British Columbia)

This isn’t Bergen. It’s Canada. (St. John’s, Newfoundland)

This isn’t New England. It’s Canada. (Lake Simcoe, Ontario)

This isn’t Florida. It’s Canada. (Parlee Beach, New Brunswick)

This isn’t Norway. It’s Canada. (Newfoundland)

This isn’t France. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t Estonia. It’s Canada. (Sandbanks, Prince Edward County, Ontario)

This isn’t the Faroe Islands. It’s Canada. (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)

This isn’t Switzerland. It’s Canada. (Banff, Alberta)

This isn’t Art Deco along the English coast. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

This isn’t Seattle. It’s Canada. (Victoria, British Columbia)

This isn’t Ireland. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

This isn’t Zaragoza. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t Valencia. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

This isn’t China. It’s Canada. (Montréal)

This isn’t Belgium. It’s Canada. (Toronto)

Once again, many thanks to whoever intially put this picture tour together.