Most of my research on the cities that my family and I have been to, I have gotten them from
~ google.com
~ wikipeadia.com
~ halifax.ca or halifax.com

Vancouver

Population: 611,869
Population Density: 735.6 per square kilometre
Ecozone: Pacific Maritime
Landforms:
~Vancouver is in the western cordillera landform region
~ Mountains with small areas of coastal plains
 Latitude: N 49º 16’ 36”
 Longitude: W 123º 07’ 15”
Climate:
~ Mild winters, and cool summer
~ mildest climates in Canada with temperatures averaging around 3 degrees celsius in January and 18 degrees celsius in July
Closest National Park: Pacific Rim

Day 1~

This is my last city that I have travelled to for my family vacation, My family chose to end in Vancouver because our grandparents live there so we can stay at there house while there on their crouse. The first thing that we booked to due was the ''Vancouver North Shore Day Trip With Capilano Suspension Bridge and Grouse Mountain'' this day trip is half a day long. The tour departed from downtown Vancouver hotels, and we came back to our original departure point at 5:00pm. Some highlights about the tour are seeing views over Vancouver harbor from Lions Gate bridge, taking the grouse Mountain skyride to the chalet on top of the mountain the tour guide people said it's about 1,200 meters (3,700 feet) abouve the city, visiting the trading post it's one of the best gift shops in the city, and seeing native indian totem pole carvers at work. We also got to cross the Capilano Suspension bridge which is the world's largest suspension foobridge and I also got to watch some of the grizzly bears at the refuge for endangered Wildlife. After spending the whole day on the tour we started to drive back to my grandparents house (and hour drive away from the departure point) but on the way home we went to the grocery store to buy some food to make a nice home cooked meal. My momma made chicken and rice. After my yummy dinner it was already 9:00pm so me and my sister headed out for bed.

Day 2~

It's now day two (my last day) in Vancouver and my dad suprised us by taking my mom, sister and I on a kayaking trip. The buses depart from Vancouver hotels and the departure time is 9:00am and the kayaking trip is approximaly 7 hours long and we arrived back at the to the original departure point around 4-5:00pm. While we were kayaking we seen seal lions, and the sore lines covered with barnacles, mussels and crabs, seal lions. But the harbour seals often kept on poping there heads up once in a while. We stoped for lunch at a small uninhabited island with great views of the inlet, sense it was a beautiful sunny day all of us took a small swim. After lunch we walked through the woods before we started kayaking again and returned back. The qualified and knowledgeable guides helped us spot out some of the wildlife around us that we could not see (example: whales, seals, rare birds). Once we got back to the city the guide seeing helpers arranged a 3-course gourmet beach barbecue. The barbecue was very fun and yummy, once it started to get a little late we headed back to my grandparents house to pack and to start driving home. And oh ya it's going to be a long way back home !

Edmonton

Latitude: 53 34' 20'’ North

Longitude: 113 30' 48'’ West

Population: 730,372

Climate: semi-humid, and dry

Ecozone: Boreal Plains

Closet National Park: Elk Island, Banff, Waterton Lakes, Jasper                                                       

Industry:Oil                                                                                                                                        

Tourism: west Edmonton mall                                                                                                           

Landforms: Interior plains                                                                                                                       

Population Density: 1067 km2

Day 1~

It’s my first day in Edmonton and I’m loving it, first my hotel is beautiful, second my family and I are heading to Banff National Park. It took us an hour and a half to get to Banff National Park, once we arrived at the park (around 12:00pm), we could not decide what to do first because there was so much interesting stuff to do. So when my dad, mom, and sister were talking to each other about what to do I wondered off to look around and found a pamphlet that said ‘’Banff Culture Walk’’ (it celebrates the arts, culture and heritage throughout Banff) so I grabbed one a brought it back to the rest of my family and then we decided to take the culture walk first. The culture walk was about 3 hours long, the culture walk tour people took us all around the park they showed us Banff’s most interesting and vibrant art galleries, museums, and attractions. After the culture walk we seen a site for ‘’ Holiday On Horseback- Warner Guiding and Outfitting’’ tour. My family knew that I was personally going to enjoy this tour, the riding was an hour and a half long and they took us all up through the national parks mountains, trails, beside the lakes let’s just say they took us through the whole park basically. By the time we got back to the entrance of the park it was 4:30pm so we chose to start driving back to the hotel before it got to dark out. It was a long drive back to the hotel and we were too tired to even eat dinner so we did not bother phoning room service. I just can’t wait for tomorrow !!

Day 2~

My last and final day in Edmonton, for the last day we chose to go to Edmonton’s ‘’Valley Zoo’’. It took about 2 hours to get to the zoo but it’s worth the drive. The zoo is huge it has every animal you can possibly think of, it had many mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians (has more that 350 animals) The most interesting thing that I’ve learned about the zoo is that they mostly focussed on conservation for the animals. The zoo helps many animals from getting hurt and endangerd, we spent the whole day in the zoo because there was so much to learn on the different kinds of species, and many different animals to look at. The most enteraning thing that I've seen was the elephant show, the trianers made the elephants do tricks (like painting, standing on their heads and spraying the crowd with water and juggiling). By the time we wanted to go look at the tigers it was starting to get close to the closing time (4:00pm because it was a saturday). We started to drive back to the hotel and pack and get on the road to start driving to the next destination.

Montreal

Latitude: 45 30 North

Longitude: 73 40 West

Population: 3, 868, 831

Climate: Summer~ hot and humid with average high temperatures of 24, 26 C (74, 79 F) and lows of 13, 16 C (55, 60 F)

Winter~very cold, snowy, windy and at times icy weather, with an average high temperature of -2, -6 C (25-28 F)

Ecozone: Boreal Shield

Activities:
~ Montreal City Guided Sightseeing Tour (it’s 3 hours long and it costs $43.57
~ Montreal Museum Of fine arts (It’s the largest museum in Montreal)

Closest National Park: La Mauricie

Landforms: clay, sand, gravel, plains and low hills

Industries: tobacco, steel

Population Density: 4,439 km2

                                                                                    

Day 1~

As I was waking up in my hotel bedroom (Le St. Martin Hotel) I was hoping to look out my bedroom window to see my neighbours but instead I got to see a beautiful city. My mommy already ordered our breakfast from room service my mom ordered pancakes with strawberries, and French toast. After our breakfast we all headed out for our tour of Montreal, we are taking our tour with the ‘’Montreal City Guided Sightseeing Tour’’ the tour is 3 hours long and it departs at 10:00am sharp. It was hard waking up at 9:00am to get everything ready for the tour, once we arrived at the tour place they all loaded us on the tour bus. The tour was amazing we got to see lots of the old styled buildings, it took us to down town Montreal, and they even let us got off to go buy some souvenirs. Once me and my family got back to the hotel and put our stuff away we had lunch in the hotel, after we ate it was already 1:30pm and my mommy and I wanted to find a museum with some of Montreal’s fine art. So my mom and I headed down to the hotel lobby and asked the front desk people ‘’where is the best museum in Montreal that show cases art’’? The front desk people said that the best and largest art museum in Montreal to go to is the ‘’Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’‘. After asking where’s the museum my family and I headed to the location of the museum. Once we arrived we went inside and looked around for a while, there were lots of beautiful pieces of art (paintings and sculptures and modern art). We stayed at the museum for ever, the museum was very big and we did not really get a chance to take a look at everything. By the time we left the museum and drove back to the hotel it was 6:00pm, we decided not to eat in tonight so we looked up a nice restaurant to go to. The one that we found was the ‘’ Rib’N Reef Steakhouse ‘’, the steaks were so delicious, juicy, thick they were to die for. I have never had any kind of steak like this, there were many different flavours that you chose from. After our dinner and got back to the hotel we started to head to bed, I can’t wait for tomorrow !

                                                       Day2~

It’s my second day in Montreal, my sister and I happened to wake up at 12:20pm. I asked my parents why they didn’t wake us up? They said that they wanted us to get lots of rest before they took us for our surprise, we asked what the surprise. My parents took us to a D. Johnson's Antique store,  D. Johnson's Antiques is located just ½ mile north of the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada on Hwy 138. When we arrived my family and I seperated from each other to look around and to find antiques that we might want to bring home. When I was looking around I found some stachuse that looked like elephants, horses, and some that looked like the greek gods. My mom and dad didn't let me and my sister buy anything, but they bought a bedside table and two small lamps. My parents said it's time to  go so we can start eatig our picnic that my mommy packed. It took us and hour to drive to our destination and we arrived there at 2:30pm. We had left over steaks, and she also packed carrots, cucumber, salad, and peanut butter sandwhiches. After our picnic we packed up and started to drive back to the hotel before night falls, we got back around 4:30pm. We had to start packing for our next city if we wanted to make there on time, we left the hotel at 5:00pm and headed out on the road. I can't wait for the next city!

Halifax

Day 1~
On my first day in Halifax, my sister and I left over parents at the hotel to go surfing and rock climbing. The walls that we climbed were insane, I climbed every wall whether it was too high or too advanced I climbed and climbed but on the other hand my sister Natasha only climbed the walls that were for little kids that were only 8ft high. After we were finished rock climbing we wanted to go swimming but the beaches waters were too cold for us. Once both of us get back to the hotel my parents tell us that were going to an army museum, right when we got to the museum around 12pm I’ve noticed someone in the crowd that I have recognized, it turned out to be my friend from geography class (Robert. K). Robert introduced my family and I to his mom and dad after the introduction we all went and looked at the army artifacts, some of the artifacts that we have looked at were some of the old army clothing and some of the vehicles. I’ve learned a lot of interesting facts.Well all I got to say is that the first day in Halifax was amazing I wonder what the second day will bring me?

Day 2~
This is my second and last day in Halifax, my family and I went out for breakfast at the ‘’Robie’s End B&B. My mom ordered sausage and eggs, my dad ordered bacon and me and my sister Natasha ordered pancakes with blueberries, eggs, and four pieces of bacon YUMMY. After our lovely breakfast we all went back to the hotel, at the hotel we have seen Robert and his family once again and so from there we decided to tour/explore together for the rest of the day. After my family and I toured around with Robert’s family, me and my family went whale watching. Our tour guys name was Hemlet and Rachel, once we got out further into the waters we were allowed to take lots of pictures of the whales (one kind of whale that I’ve seen was the blue whale, which was the most common whale). After whale watching me and my family had to start leaving for the next city. I wonder what will happen next? I can't wait.

Some Facts On Halifax:
Population: 360,000
Climate: ~Winter temperatures are higher, summer temperatures are lower than those encounted in towns farther inland
~Halifax has an eastern maritime climate, but has short warm summers and very cold winters
Ecozone: Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
Activities (mostly outdoor):
~ Sea kayaking
~ Rock Climbing
~ Snow shoeing
~Hiking
~ Sailing
~ Surfing
~Skiing
~ Golfing
~ Swimming
Latitude: 44 degrees 38 degrees North
Longitude: 63 degrees 35 degrees West
Industries:
~ Manufacturing
~ Fisheries
~ Minning
~ Forestry
~ Transportation energy
~ Department of Defense
Closest National Park: Kejimkujik
Tourism: whale watching
Landforms: hills and coastal plains