Year: 2015

The Eye of the Wind

Discover The Eye of the Wind in North Vancouver, British Columbia: The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

Partridge Island Quarantine Site

Discover Partridge Island Quarantine Site in Saint John, New Brunswick: A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

Morden Mine Tipple

Discover Morden Mine Tipple in Nanaimo, British Columbia: This hauntingly stark structure is a relic of an industrial past.

Laval Abandoned Drive-In

Discover Laval Abandoned Drive-In in Laval, Québec: This haunted corpse of a drive-in is now a graffiti-covered ruin.

Haughton Impact Crater

Discover Haughton Impact Crater in Devon Island, Nunavut: The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

Narcisse Snake Dens

Discover Narcisse Snake Dens in Gimli, Manitoba: The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

World’s Largest Lobster

Discover World's Largest Lobster in Shediac, New Brunswick: This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world.".

Sunnyslope Shelter

Discover Sunnyslope Shelter in Linden, Alberta: Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle.".

West Edmonton Mall

Discover West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta: This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.

Royston Shipwrecks

Discover Royston Shipwrecks in Courtenay, British Columbia: At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

Wing Sang Building

Discover Wing Sang Building in Vancouver, British Columbia: The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

Mazinaw Rock

Discover Mazinaw Rock in Cloyne, Ontario: This water-locked cliff face is covered in hundreds of ancient pictographs.

Adams River Salmon Run

Discover Adams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia: Every four years, millions of salmon fill a river so densely that its waters appear deep crimson.

Blue Hawk Mine

Discover Blue Hawk Mine in Kelowna, British Columbia: Unlike many reclaimed, abandoned mines, this Canadian cave system is still just a dangerous maze.

Friendship 500

Discover Friendship 500 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia: A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

Hôtel de Glace

Discover Hôtel de Glace in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec: This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

Whistler Train Wreck

Discover Whistler Train Wreck in Whistler, British Columbia: The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

The Bruce Peninsula Grotto

Discover The Bruce Peninsula Grotto in Tobermory, Ontario: This natural sea cave hides a small wonderland of natural turquoise beauty.

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Discover Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, Ontario: One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

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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. 474 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. 499 iv
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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. 135 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. 167 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). 252 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 148 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. 96 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. 166

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