In Vancouver is where this holiday started. Although i had read a lot about this area, it looked a bit different to how i had thought about it. This city is different to any other in the world. Surrounded by snow and green trees with little iceberg tops, this scenery is stunning. No matter what time of day or night, there is always something to do.  What a way to start our Canada tours.  As a further note i have arranged for Vancouver holidays for the rest of my staff as well.

Then there is a 450 mile drive to Calgary, we decided to just go for it so we could spend s good amount of time in there. We drove through Kamloops on the way, but didn’t have enough time to stop. I was absolutely shattered, we arrived in Calgary and just went to sleep for a while. Lucky for us something called the Calgary Stampede was going on. This is a massive event that they hold each year and is often referred to as the greatest outdoor show in the world. The best way to explain it is; this is a place for cowboys, then afterwards a nice circus event, where they have all kinds of dangerous acts. This is a holiday that anybody could enjoy.

We then embarked on our final 600 mile drive to Winnipeg. We had to go to the Millennium Library, one of the most famous in the world, filled with a huge array of books. After we had visited some of the sites like the Winnipeg art gallery and the Manitoba Museum, we knew it was time to leave. Neither me or my wife think that we had been on a better holiday before this.  Alaska Cruises also do something like the fly drive, only all you have to do is relax.

In 1858 Vancouver was not yet established, but almost 26,000 people walked over it in search of the Fraser Gold Rush. in 1863 a wood mill was created and this and a pub was all that Vancouver consisted of, however it was a very key area for the rest of Canada providing the railways with wood. Alaska Cruises have become very popular travelling through Canada and parts of America.

Vancouver was incorporated on April the 6^th in 1886, and named so to honour George Vancouver, the naval officer who was a famous explorer. Interestingly though only a few months later a fire broke out and the entire city was razed, it was rebuilt very quickly after this. The overall growth of Vancouver has been significant, but over twenty years after its establishment, it grew by 10′000%.

At the end of the 1920’s the Great depression got under way. Skilled workers missed out the most, they were extremely badly affected by all of this, they were taken to internment camps. The people had enough of these camps and marched out, heading towards Mission City. There was one problem, Mission City was ready and waiting for them, the train carrying all the people was met by a rather large Gatling Gun.

Vancouver is now a great tourist destination, with a wide range of arts and cultures celebrating many different festivals. Vancouver is home to all kinds of sports arenas and some quality sports teams. Canada tours usually travel through this wondrous city. Why not try Vancouver holidays this year and discover the history of Canada.