by Michael Banovsky
Kluane
Kluane National Park and Reserve is one of the most remote road-accessible parks in Canada. Located about 160 kilometres west of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway, the park includes Mount Logan, our nation’s highest mountain peak at 19,545 ft or nearly 6,000 metres.
Bruce
Bruce Peninsula National Park is one of our most famous for a reason. Right on the Niagara Escarpment, the park is home to awesome cliffs, huge trees, and plenty of black bears. An easy drive from Toronto up Highway 6.
Banff
Banff was our country’s first national park and it’s still a world-famous destination. A must-see on any cross-Canada trip.
Jasper
Jasper National Park is 370 km west of Edmonton or 404 km northwest of Calgary. The Trans-Canada runs through the park so you might as well stop and check out Sunwapta Falls, Mount Edith Cavell, and the Miette Hot Springs.
Pukaskwa
Pukaskwa National Park is on Lake Superior, near Marathon, Ontario. There’s only one road in, but that’s enough. It’s right on the Canadian Shield so bring serious bug spray.
Terra Nova
Terra Nova National Park is right on the northern edge of Newfoundland, 200 km west of St. John’s. This is where the unforgiving North Atlantic crashes into Canada and it’s definitely a sight worth seeing.
Wood Buffalo
Wood Buffalo National Park is one of the largest parks in the world. For a serious adventure, take the winter road between Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan but be prepared to cross ice bridges and bring survival gear.
Glacier
Glacier National Park is awesome in winter or summer, but check to make sure there are no avalanche warnings before you go. The famous Rogers Pass in the centre of the park was one of the most difficult and deadly sections of the transcontinental railway.
PEI
Prince Edward Island National Park is one of the best in the country so long as you avoid Cavendish and the Green Gables tourist traps. Seek out any number of small, unoccupied beaches along the north shore. The backroads of the province are some of the best in the country.
Highlands
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is home to maybe the best driving road in the whole country. The Cabot Trail winds along the side of the highlands overlooking the Atlantic with nothing but a guardrail and a sheer drop separating the road from the water. Avoid Meat Cove though. That place creeps us out.
Kluane
Kluane National Park and Reserve is one of the most remote road-accessible parks in Canada. Located about 160 kilometres west of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway, the park includes Mount Logan, our nation’s highest mountain peak at 19,545 ft or nearly 6,000 metres.
Bruce
Bruce Peninsula National Park is one of our most famous for a reason. Right on the Niagara Escarpment, the park is home to awesome cliffs, huge trees, and plenty of black bears. An easy drive from Toronto up Highway 6.
Banff
Banff was our country’s first national park and it’s still a world-famous destination. A must-see on any cross-Canada trip.
Jasper
Jasper National Park is 370 km west of Edmonton or 404 km northwest of Calgary. The Trans-Canada runs through the park so you might as well stop and check out Sunwapta Falls, Mount Edith Cavell, and the Miette Hot Springs.
Pukaskwa
Pukaskwa National Park is on Lake Superior, near Marathon, Ontario. There’s only one road in, but that’s enough. It’s right on the Canadian Shield so bring serious bug spray.
Terra Nova
Terra Nova National Park is right on the northern edge of Newfoundland, 200 km west of St. John’s. This is where the unforgiving North Atlantic crashes into Canada and it’s definitely a sight worth seeing.
Wood Buffalo
Wood Buffalo National Park is one of the largest parks in the world. For a serious adventure, take the winter road between Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan but be prepared to cross ice bridges and bring survival gear.
Glacier
Glacier National Park is awesome in winter or summer, but check to make sure there are no avalanche warnings before you go. The famous Rogers Pass in the centre of the park was one of the most difficult and deadly sections of the transcontinental railway.
PEI
Prince Edward Island National Park is one of the best in the country so long as you avoid Cavendish and the Green Gables tourist traps. Seek out any number of small, unoccupied beaches along the north shore. The backroads of the province are some of the best in the country.
Highlands
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is home to maybe the best driving road in the whole country. The Cabot Trail winds along the side of the highlands overlooking the Atlantic with nothing but a guardrail and a sheer drop separating the road from the water. Avoid Meat Cove though. That place creeps us out.
