The Wander Canada Bucket List: September Edition
The Wander Canada Bucket List: September Edition
This started as my own bucket list, scribbled and added to over the years whenever a place caught my attention. Some of these I’ve been lucky enough to see. Others I’m still saving up for. Each month I’ll add a few more, with a bit on why they earned a spot and a link to go find out for yourself. Maybe a few will end up on your list, too.
Wells Gray Provincial Park
Clearwater, B.C.
Nicknamed “Canada’s Waterfall Park,” Wells Gray, near Clearwater,B.C. boasts 42 named waterfalls. Helmcken Falls, Canada’s fourth-highest, plunges 141 metres into a canyon or you can walk behind the cascading curtain of Moul Falls.
My personal favourite is Canim Falls, where you can dangle your feet in the water and just lose yourself in your surroundings. I used to visit every year on my birthday.
Wells Gray has so much to see and do beyond the falls: 22 volcanoes, hiking and mountain biking, horseback riding, whitewater rafting, paragliding — the list goes on.
Cedar Meadows Resort & Spa
Sleeping With The Wolves
Timmins, Ontario
Cedar Meadows offers an unforgettable experience: a night in a glass chalet where you can fall asleep beside a pack of wolves.
Previously housed in a zoo, the wolves now roam 10 acres of forest on the resort grounds. For me, someone who’s loved wolves since watching Death of a Legend back in grade two, this would be a dream come true.
Solo adventurers and families are welcome. On-site amenities include a restaurant, Nordic baths, day spa, gym, and wilderness tours.
You can book your stay and check out the chalet options directly on the Cedar Meadows website.
→ https://sleepingwiththewolves.com/
Glamp Good
Twin Lake, Wetaskiwin County, Alberta
I stumbled across this gem via a Facebook reel and instantly added it to the list. About an hour from Edmonton, Glamp Good offers geodomes, A-frame cabins, and a unique Firefly Tent.
What really sold me? The Ritual Floating Sauna on Twin Lake. You paddle out to the sauna and spend four blissful hours floating. Heaven.
It’s off-grid, solar-powered, and pet-friendly, but still close to spas, yoga studios, a golf course, and even a meadery.
I’ve already suggested a weekend there to my two best friends.
Churchill: Polar Bear Capital of the World
Churchill, Manitoba
Straight out of high school, I spent a summer working at the port in Churchill.
See beluga whales, tour Fort Prince of Wales, boat out to Sloop’s Cove where explorer Samuel Hearne carved his name into the rock, and head out in a tundra buggy to spot polar bears. And the birdwatching is incredible.
Don’t miss the Itsanitaq Museum, home to one of the finest collections of Inuit carvings and artifacts in the world, some dating back to 1700 B.C. And if you’re curious about Churchill’s quirky side, go find Miss Piggy, a freight plane that made an emergency landing among the rocks in 1979 and never left.
→ https://www.travelmanitoba.com/churchill/
The Enchanted Forest
7060 Trans Canada Hwy, B.C.
I remember visiting here when I was around 10. It was an impulse stop on the part of my parents but the place stuck with me over the years. Set in the old-growth forest 32 km west of Revelstoke, this is a place that dreams are made of for youngsters.
The park boasts over 350 fairy tale figurines, including old favourites like Winnie-the-Pooh and Goldilocks and the Three Bears, B.C.’s tallest treehouse and even a dragon.
There is also a 2-kilometre self-guided nature walk, including an 800-year-old giant cedar grove.
A new addition since my visit is the twin attraction, SkyTrek Adventure Park, which looks to be an incredible aerial park.
→ https://enchantedforestbc.com/
→https://skytrekadventurepark.com/
Canada is vast, beautiful, and full of destinations most of us have never heard of. These five are just the beginning. If you want more travel inspiration, check out my About Me page to see where my journey started.
Look them up and start your own list.
