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A 23m aerial view overlooking the George Black Ferry at the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon. It connects one to Highway 9, a scenic gravel corridor better known as the Top of the World Highway that crosses into Alaska. The ferry is a free service that runs 24 hours a day except for a brief maintenance period on Friday mornings. There can be traffic accumulation during peak times as this is the most popular ferry crossing in the north country. Here it leaves the Top of the World Highway back across to Dawson. Paddlewheel ferries have been a historic method of transportation around Dawson City for well over 100 years - the SS Keno is one such ferry on public display in town. Just downstream one can venture to an old paddlewheel graveyard near a campground.
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The capital of Canada is Ottawa, in the province of Ontario. There are offically ten provinces and three territories in Canada, which is the second largest country in the world in terms of land area.While politically and legally an independant nation, the titular head of state for Canada is still Queen Elizabeth.On the east end of Canada, you have Montreal as the bastion of activity. Montreal is famous for two things, VICE magazine and the Montreal Jazz Festival. One is the bible of hipster life (disposable, of course) and the other is a world-famous event that draws more than two million people every summer. Quebec is a French speaking province that has almost seceded from Canada on several occasions, by the way..When you think of Canada, you think of . . . snow, right?But not on the West Coast. In Vancouver, it rains. And you'll find more of the population speaking Mandarin than French (but also Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Farsi, German, and much more).Like the other big cities in Canada, Vancouver is vividly multicultural and Vancouverites are very, very serious about their coffee.Your standard Vancouverite can be found attired head-to-toe in Lululemon gear, mainlining Cafe Artigiano Americanos (spot the irony for ten points).But here's a Vancouver secret only the coolest kids know: the best sandwiches in the city aren't found downtown. Actually, they're hidden in Edgemont Village at the foot of Grouse Mountain on the North Shore."It's actually worth coming to Canada for these sandwiches alone." -- Michelle Superle, VancouverText by Steve Smith.