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Seattle, Ketchikan, Prince Rupert, Nanaimo, Victoria
Seattle is a coastal seaport city, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and the northernmost city and the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The city lies on several hills and has over 2.242 ha of parkland. Among its highlights, visit Pike Place Market, its downtown public market which has been in business since 1907, Space Needle, the vertical icon of the city looks like a spaceship on stilts and gives a great view of the city from the top, the Olympic Sculpture Park, an outdoor sculpture garden. which spreads over 9 acres of a seaside bluff north of downtown, transformed from an industrial backwater into the home of artwork, Seattle Art Museum and Seattle’s Chinatown, which is almost as old as the city, emerging in the 1880s. Take a long walk at downtown waterfront, a broad sidewalk along the harborfront with shops, eateries (fish and chips is always a favorite) and wooden piers, make a stop at Seattle Aquarium and take a ride on Seattle Great Wheel, a 175- foot tall Ferris wheel, which offers magnificent views.
Ketchikan, the Salmon Capital of the World, clutches the shores of the Tongass Narrows, with many shops and houses, which are built on stilts, right out over the water. The main attractions are Creek Street, the Tongass Historical Museum, Totem Bight State Park and Saxman Native Village. Of the popular activities is the flightseeing trip to Misty Fjords National Monument, home of the indigenous Tlingit Indians and the largest totem collection in the world. In the land of the legends, you can watch totem pole carvers and get an idea of their rich culture.
Located on Kaien Island, Prince Rupert's sheltered harbour is the deepest ice-free natural harbour in North America and the 3rd deepest natural harbour in the world. It is visited by many cruise ships during the summer en route between Alaska to the north and Vancouver to the south. Prince Rupert is also the starting point for many wildlife viewing trips, including whales, eagles and grizzly bears.
Located on Kaien Island, Prince Rupert's sheltered harbour is the deepest ice-free natural harbour in North America and the 3rd deepest natural harbour in the world. It is visited by many cruise ships during the summer en route between Alaska to the north and Vancouver to the south. Prince Rupert is also the starting point for many wildlife viewing trips, including whales, eagles and grizzly bears.
Nanaimo is a tourist city and harbor on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The city’s seawall is a pedestrian walkway along the waterfront and past the Bastion which is now a museum. Don’t miss the unique "Bathtub Racing”, an annual event during which bathtubs converted into boats race through the harbor.
Seattle is a coastal seaport city, the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and the northernmost city and the fastest-growing major city in the United States. The city lies on several hills and has over 2.242 ha of parkland. Among its highlights, visit Pike Place Market, its downtown public market which has been in business since 1907, Space Needle, the vertical icon of the city looks like a spaceship on stilts and gives a great view of the city from the top, the Olympic Sculpture Park, an outdoor sculpture garden. which spreads over 9 acres of a seaside bluff north of downtown, transformed from an industrial backwater into the home of artwork, Seattle Art Museum and Seattle’s Chinatown, which is almost as old as the city, emerging in the 1880s. Take a long walk at downtown waterfront, a broad sidewalk along the harborfront with shops, eateries (fish and chips is always a favorite) and wooden piers, make a stop at Seattle Aquarium and take a ride on Seattle Great Wheel, a 175- foot tall Ferris wheel, which offers magnificent views.