From the top 15 places to see in Canada before you die, here is the glorious Banff National Park featuring the Ice Fields. I live 4 hours from here, and whether I travel to Jasper and then south east, or to Calgary and then north west, this is one of my favorite drives. I’ve worked, camped, backpacked and climbed mountains all through here. It’s truely worth making your way out here to see. Summer has great camping and climbing while the winter has great skiing either in Banff or Jasper. Hostels are very nice as well.
Forbes has pictures and descriptions of a few more places in Canada to see before you die, and I was pleasantly surprised that I had been two a couple of them, even having a great dinner and fabulous bottle of wine at the Pointe Restauraunt in the Wickaninnish Inn in Toffino.

I got a couple of great ideas as well, namely the Cabot trail on Canada’s east coast as seen in this picture here, and the Polar Bear expedition in Churchill. Traveling by train through the Rockies is part of my plan as well, and has been for a long time as part of my own things to do before I die.

Patricia Shultz released the book “1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List” back in 2003 and just recently released her 1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die version. These photos are from the Forbes website article on the subject.

Drawing on her years of travel and research, Patricia has some tips for travelers–especially those just starting off. “Start small–a few memorable days in Paris or a week in California driving the Pacific Coast Highway with stops along the way,” she says.

Make travel a priority. As an internet marketer, I sit in front of a computer for days on end, but make time for 3 to 5 day mini vacations each month with my girlfriend Darlene. We plan for it and make it happen.

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