Country guide
12 places across the five collections. Start with what draws you here, then build a journey that gives each place enough time.
Country orientation
See how the 12 entries are distributed, then choose a cluster that suits the journey you want. Numbers on this map refer to the list alongside it.
Representative points, including broad regions and shared-border entries. A pin is not a visitor entrance or evidence of a direct travel connection.
The Original 100 · Turquoise lakes and great mountain roads through the Canadian Rockies.
Honourable Mentions · A coastal landscape that reveals the movement of continents.
Honourable Mentions · A great waterfall system experienced from several changing perspectives.
Extraordinary Discoveries · A fortified city above the Saint Lawrence
Extraordinary Discoveries · A Norse foothold on an Atlantic shore
Extraordinary Discoveries · An archipelago whose forests and shores are inseparable from Haida culture.
Further Horizons · The coast changes dramatically with the tide, making time as important as location when understanding the landscape.
Further Horizons · Badlands erosion exposes a fossil-rich landscape where the shape of the ground and its ancient inhabitants are inseparable.
Further Horizons · River canyons and a powerful waterfall anchor a remote northern landscape that rewards careful, specialist planning.
The Wider World · A vast northern park connects boreal habitat, wetlands and the conservation of distinctive wildlife populations.
The Wider World · Sandstone landforms and rock art form a cultural landscape with enduring significance for Blackfoot people.
The Wider World · A planned town, a working waterfront and brightly coloured buildings connect the streets to Atlantic maritime history.
Plan a country journey
Banff and Jasper can anchor a mountain journey; Writing-on-Stone and Dinosaur Provincial Park add different geological and cultural stories. Check the actual driving sequence before treating them as neighbouring stops.
Old Québec, Lunenburg, the Bay of Fundy and Newfoundland’s sites belong to several separate regions. Choose a manageable area, with time for the communities between the listed wonders.
Haida Gwaii, Nahanni and Wood Buffalo require their own access planning. A point on a national map does not imply a road-accessible visitor entrance.
These are editorial starting points, not timed itineraries. Use the linked place guides for practical details, then build your own route in the travel workbench.
The country guide gathers The Original 100 and every alternative included elsewhere on the site. A shared regional wonder may appear in more than one country.
1–100 · 1 place in this country
6 · Canada
Turquoise lakes and great mountain roads through the Canadian Rockies.
101–200 · 2 places in this country
196 · Canada & United States
A great waterfall system experienced from several changing perspectives.
201–300 · 3 places in this country
301–400 · 3 places in this country
389 · Canada
The coast changes dramatically with the tide, making time as important as location when understanding the landscape.
395 · Canada
Badlands erosion exposes a fossil-rich landscape where the shape of the ground and its ancient inhabitants are inseparable.
400 · Canada
River canyons and a powerful waterfall anchor a remote northern landscape that rewards careful, specialist planning.
401–500 · 3 places in this country
401 · Canada
A vast northern park connects boreal habitat, wetlands and the conservation of distinctive wildlife populations.
409 · Canada
Sandstone landforms and rock art form a cultural landscape with enduring significance for Blackfoot people.
415 · Canada
A planned town, a working waterfront and brightly coloured buildings connect the streets to Atlantic maritime history.
Begin with an anchor place and its suggested base. Compare the guides’ seasonal notes and allow separately for time spent travelling. A collection of places in one country is not automatically a sensible route, particularly where islands, mountains or remote regions are involved.
Use the travel workbench to record your chosen overnight stops and the transport information you have checked. It keeps unresearched connections visible and produces a day-by-day outline you can print or export.
For international travel, check current entry requirements, regional advice and the operating details of the actual transport and visitor authorities. Country and territory labels here organise the guides; broad shared landscapes do not imply unrestricted border crossings.