Special Attractions
People from across Canada and around the world love to explore Canada’s many attractions. From the natural wonder of Niagara Falls, to the awe-inspiring man-made Confederation Bridge, the torch relay will showcase some of the locations, buildings and structures that draw visitors to Canada throughout the year. Other world-class destinations the Olympic Flame will visit include:
Marine biologist Wendy Craig-Duncan swims underwater with the Olympic Flame
during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Torch Relay at Agincourt Reef, Great
Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia.
- Alberta: Hoodoos
- British Columbia: Kootenay Pass; at 1770 metres above sea level, this is the highest point the Olympic Flame will reach in Canada
- Manitoba: The Forks, Winnipeg
- New Brunswick: Fundy National Park
- Newfoundland and Labrador: Cape Spear National Historic Site of Canada; Canada’s easternmost point
- Northwest Territories: The Igloo Church, Inuvik
- Nova Scotia: Lunenburg; UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of Bluenose and Bluenose II
- Nunavut: Alert; the world’s northernmost permanently inhabited community
- Ontario: Point Pelee National Park; Canada’s southernmost point
- Prince Edward Island: Anne of Green Gables House National Historic Site
- Quebec: Fortifications of Old Quebec; UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Saskatchewan: Wanuskawin Heritage Park
- Yukon: Old Crow; westernmost point on the Olympic Torch Relay Route
