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Did You Know? Bull moose Mighty Moose
wandering With an estimated one million moose
Canada’s national Canada’s across Canada, you’re likely to run into at
symbol, the North northern least one of these solitary creatures, with
American beaver, forests in their massive muzzles and broad antlers.
has teeth that never the snow In some rural towns you might even find
stop growing. them wandering the streets. There’s a
large population in the Algonquin Provincial
Park (p218), where you can go on moose
safaris in a kayak. Moose are strong
swimmers, so you might even find them
paddling alongside you at some point.

Bald Eagles
Found all over the country,
the white-headed, white-
tailed bald eagle is Canada’s
largest bird of prey. For a
particularly good chance of
spotting them, head for the
archipelago of Haida Gwaii
(p124), which is home to a
large population. Sightings
are also common on Cape
Breton Island (p316) on the
Atlantic coast.

Grizzlies on a BC beach, A majestic bald eagle
and polar bears (inset) perched on the branch of
on the snow in Churchill a tree in Haida Gwaii

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