Visitor Information

For advance information on British Columbia, contact Tourism British Columbia, P.O. Box 9830, Stn. Prov. Govt., 1803 Douglas St., 3rd Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 9W5 (tel. 800/435-5622 or 250/356-6363; www.hellobc.com).

To request information on Alberta, contact Travel Alberta, Box 2500, Edmonton, AB T5J 2Z4 (tel. 800/252-3782; www.travelalberta.com).

For information on Canada's national parks, contact Parks Canada National Office, 25 Eddy St., Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5 (tel. 888/773-8888; www.pc.gc.ca).

For Canada-wide travel information, see the official tourism site for Canada at www.travelcanada.ca.

The excellent travel directories www.canadatravel.ca and www.canada.worldweb.com have thousands of links to websites for destinations and activities across the country.

Here are some other useful provincial and city sites:

British Columbia: www.discoverbc.com, www.travel.bc.ca

Alberta: www.explorealberta.com, www.discoveralberta.com

Vancouver: www.tourism-vancouver.org

Whistler: www.whistler.com; www.whistlerblackcomb.com

Victoria: www.victoriabc.com

Banff: www.banfflakelouise.com, www.banff.com

Calgary: www.tourismcalgary.com, www.discovercalgary.com

Edmonton: www.discoveredmonton.com, www.edmonton.com.