For advance information on British Columbia, contact Tourism British Columbia, P.O. Box 9830, Stn. Prov. Govt., 1803 Douglas St., Third Floor, Victoria, BC V8W 9W5 (tel. 800/HELLO-BC or 250/387-1642; 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 general information about Canada's national parks, contact Parks Canada National Office, 25 Eddy St., Hull, PQ 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, www.vancouverplus.ca
- Whistler: www.whistler.com, www.whistlerblackcomb.com
- Victoria: www.city.victoria.bc.ca, www.victoriabc.com
- Banff: www.banfflakelouise.com, www.banff.com
- Calgary: www.tourismcalgary.com, www.discovercalgary.com, www.calgaryplus.ca
- Edmonton: www.edmonton.ca, www.discoveredmonton.com, www.edmontonplus.ca, www.edmonton.com
Travel Blogs -- If you enjoy blogs, there are a number dedicated to food and travel in Canada. Try http://blogs.canada.travel and www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada, which offer a compendium of private blogs of travelers as they make their way across the country.
