Archives: Atlas Obscuras

Quesnel Forks

Discover Quesnel Forks in Quesnel Forks, British Columbia: A lonely cemetery holds the history of a gold mining town turned ghost town.

Parc des Ancres

Discover Parc des Ancres in Pointe-des-Cascades, Québec: All the anchors found in this park were taken from the nearby river.

Heritage Models Museum

Discover Heritage Models Museum in River Hebert, Nova Scotia: This Novia Scotia museum showcases local history through miniature models built by one man.

Boréalis

Discover Boréalis in Trois-Rivières, Québec: The former site of the world's largest paper mill is now a museum preserving the heritage of Canada's pulp and paper industries.

RMS Empress of Ireland Monument

Discover RMS Empress of Ireland Monument in Toronto, Ontario: The Salvation Army's monument to those who lost their lives in a 1914 shipwreck near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.

Kiskatinaw Bridge

Discover Kiskatinaw Bridge in Parkland, British Columbia: The first curved wooden bridge in Canada was built as part of the Alaska-Canada Highway.

Stanton Friedman Exhibit

Discover Stanton Friedman Exhibit in Fredericton, New Brunswick: An exhibit dedicated to a physicist who dedicated his life to proving the existence of UFOs.

The Dragon’s Lair Unleashed

Discover The Dragon's Lair Unleashed in Hamilton, Ontario: A store that specializes in realistic replicas of pop culture weaponry.

Hastings Pisces Pete

Discover Hastings Pisces Pete in Trent Hills, Ontario: This enormous ode to sport fishing overlooks the region.

Concrete Creations

Discover Concrete Creations in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia: A long and winding trail through an ancient forest of imaginative sculptures hidden behind a garden center.

Silent Witness Memorial

Discover Silent Witness Memorial in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador: Dedicated to the deadliest aviation accidents on Canadian soil.

Age of Sail Museum

Discover Age of Sail Museum in Port Greville, Nova Scotia: A community-owned museum that celebrates the history of the shipbuilding industry in this part of Nova Scotia.

Cape Norman Lighthouse

Discover Cape Norman Lighthouse in Cook's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador: A lone lighthouse on the wind-swept shores of the cape.

Brooks Aqueduct

Discover Brooks Aqueduct in Tilley, Alberta: Built to supply water to farmers in Alberta, this was once was the world's longest elevated concrete structure.

Saamis Tepee

Discover Saamis Tepee in Medicine Hat, Alberta: A standalone wonder amid the prairie badlands of southeastern Alberta.

Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site

Discover Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site in Spruce View, Alberta: This colorful historic site tells the story of Icelandic poetry and community in Central Alberta.

Coleman Frog

Discover Coleman Frog in Fredericton, New Brunswick: This bullfrog grew to an alleged weight of 42 pounds on a diet of whiskey, baked beans, and June bugs.

Red River Floodway

Discover Red River Floodway in Winnipeg, Manitoba: A marvel of engineering built to prevent annual floods from devastating the city of Winnipeg.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features. 98 x
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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