Top Things to do in Canada
Top 10 Forests in Canada, Canada
World class skiing, decadent European style cuisine, ornamental cathedrals, peaceful island life…Canada is a patchwork of thriving cities and majestic wilderness. Montreal beckons travelers with its French charm and booming cultural landscape. In Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario is a vision of Frank Gehry architecture and national artistic treasures. The gleaming mountain ranges of Banff set a stunning backdrop for an exploration of the Canadian Rockies.
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1. Great Bear Rainforest
2. The Ancient Forest
3. Beckwith Nature Trail
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By Anneofcuriosity - Carleton Place, Canada
We enjoy the Beckwith Trail throughout the year. The path is easy to walk on in Spring, Summer and Fall. It’s a beautiful place to cross country ski in the winter. There are wonderful views and friendly people who also enjoy the trail. We highly recommend this nature adventure.
4. Durham Regional Forest
5. Cathedral Grove
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 975 reviews
Reviewed By brockgs - Winnipeg, Canada
Cathedral Grove is a wonderful place to stop and experience the quintessential Vancouver Island forest experience, marked by a unique and beautiful arrangement of stunning trees.
6. Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park
7. Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 294 reviews
Ontario's hidden outdoor recreation, education and entertainment gem. Haliburton Forest, is a unique, privately owned forest located on over 100,000 acres of rolling hardwood forests, beautiful lakes, meandering rivers and extensive wetlands in the Haliburton Highlands of central Ontario, 3 hours north of Toronto. An outdoor lover's paradise, Haliburton Forest, features wilderness adventure activities including the Wolf Centre, the Walk in the Clouds forest canopy tour, groomed snowmobile/atv trails, mountain biking, dog sledding, fishing, hiking, astronomy, wildlife observation, wolf howls, natural history presentations, guided experiences, wilderness camping and accommodations, and an array of educational programs.
Reviewed By 808milam - Toronto, Canada
We are a group of nature lovers and decided to book a cottage there for a weekend getaway. It was a unique experience for us. The cottage was clean, comfy, well furnished, and a decent place to stay. There’s also a nice restaurant close by. The highlight of the trip was the Canopy Walk tour, with canoeing and hiking. It was fun and we love it!! Ted and Page were amazing in their jobs. If you love nature and the outdoors, Haliburton Forest is the place to be...Lakes, forest, trails, wildlife...We got to see the wolves at the Wolves Centre and strong packs of huskies (for winter dog sledding). The staff were nice and very helpful. Be aware that there’s a swarm of mosquitoes (in June). Just come prepared. Other than that, it was our first time in HFWR and we had a great time. Highly recommended.
8. Strathcona Provincial Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 97 reviews
Strathcona Provincial Park, designated in 1911, is the oldest provincial park in British Columbia. Located almost in the centre of Vancouver Island, Strathcona park is a rugged mountain wilderness comprising more than 250,000 hectares. Mountain peaks – some perpetually mantled with snow – dominate the park. Lakes and alpine tarns dot a landscape laced with rivers, creeks and streams. To see and enjoy much of the scenic splendour means lacing up your hiking boots to backpack through the dense forests, stunning sub-alpine and alpine regions. While the high mountain peaks and deep shaded valleys of Strathcona Park are dramatic, it is easy to forget that beneath your feet lays a history stretching back 380 million years. Two areas – Buttle Lake and vicinity and Forbidden Plateau – offer a variety of visitor-oriented developments. The rest of the park is largely undeveloped and appeals primarily to people seeking wilderness surroundings.
Reviewed By ozcan1 - Bunbury, Australia
Four of us trekked a ten-kilometre loop, pausing mid-way for lunch at Helen MacKenzie Lake. Naturally, the uphill trek (around fifty minutes) took a little longer than the downhill walk, although we took many more photos on the second leg. Trekking poles assisted us uphill, although they can be a sticking point on boardwalks, at times. It's worthwhile including a water bottle, pocket knife or multi-tool, an apple and trail mix / muesli bars. While the trail is often shaded, a hat is worth clipping onto your light pack. Flyfisherfolk may be interested to learn that the lakes can be productive, with two different fishermen having caught-and-released rainbows on the afternoon we were up there. * At HMcL, we met two Strathcona Park Rangers, Harry and Chris, who were happy to provide interesting information on marine species in Lake MacKenzie, Buttle Lake and Battleship Lake.
9. Metepenagiag Heritage Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Home to two National Historic Sites, Augustine Mound and Oxbow Site, dating back 3000 years. We are the custodians of the archeological sites in Metepenagiag First Nation. The Metepenagiag Heritage Park is a beautiful modern facility with walking trails and camping sites with view of the river. You will see some very happy people either fishing or swimming in this fresh water river. So come join us and have some fun.
Reviewed By Asha9NB
Our family was touring the Miramichi area and we decided to make a stop here. Well worth it. We signed up for the food tour and had a fantastic time. We went wandering in the woods to pick some leaves for tea, made some bread that we cooked in the sand under hot coals and had a meal of moose meatballs, fiddleheads and the bread and tea that we'd made. We also had an elder from the community come and sing/share stories which was a nice treat. The displays in the museum are also really well done. My 11-year was fascinated by the birchbark canoe, the stuffed moose head and the sturgeon hide, plus he really enjoyed the videos and short audio stories of how life used to be. The best part was the staff though. They were so engaging and enthusiastic. They answered all of our questions and were so happy to teach us things.
10. The Enchanted Forest
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 643 reviews
Imagine old world fantasy in the magical setting of The Enchanted Forest where you can discover over 350 jolly fairy folk figurines amongst 800 year old cedars. You can climb BC's tallest and grandest tree house, paddle in real beaver ponds with a self guided row boat tour and enjoy a nature walk through a lush forest and boardwalk. In 2010 The Enchanted Forest celebrated its 50th Anniversary and continues to provide a lifetime of wonderful memories. Wonderful family fun! Come and be enchanted and discover the magic!
Reviewed By looseink - Princeton, Canada
I remember this place in the 1970s. I'm so glad to see that it is still around in an age where entertainment is either delivered to handheld devices or more extreme in nature. My wife, Brenda, and I wanted to stop by here last October but they were closed so...for our late-season annual vacation this year we made sure The Enchanted Forest was open. Essentially you walk an easy grade path through a stunningly lush forest environment to various childhood nursery rhymes that come to 'life' through cement figures. Some are truly very creative and others are not as much but all are very entertaining. We killed over an hour in the walking tour, taking tons of photos and laughing at some of the creative displays. The fish/duck pond was worth seeing and the gift shop is incredible. After we toured the site, we pulled out our cooler from the car and ate lunch in the parking lot watching traffic zip by. A highly recommended stop - at the very least to support entrepreneurs who have continued to keep an old-time roadside attraction open and in superb condition. Thanks!
