It's the "
Canada See It Now" Contest! There's no obligation to purchase, and no entry fee, and you can win one of five cool vacations in Canada! You can enter via text message (key word "Canada" and 477493) or through the internet, at
canadaseeitnow.com. And what do you win? (All the trips are valued at approximately $5,000 each. Click on photos for larger images.)
Round-trip air fares and ground transportation to and all hotel accommodations for you and your guest in your choice of:

1.) "Sea to Sky": a ten-day trip to British Columbia and Alberta, starting in Vancouver itself, then to Vancouver Island, then airfare to Calgary, ground transport to Banff, and then to Lake Louise. Or,

2.) A six-day, five-night trip to beautiful cosmopolitan Ontario and 400-year-old Quebec City (The "Urban Fare Trip"), including city passes. Or,

3.) A nine-day, eight-night vacation (the "High Tide Trip") in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with the highest tides in the world, including a kayaking excursion and tidal bore rafting trip. Or,

4.) "The Beluga Bliss Trip", a five-day four-night trip to Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba, which includes a snorkeling expedition and a beluga whale and arctic wildlife excursion. Or,

5.) The Northern Exposure Trip, a six-day, five-night adventure to the Yukon Territory, starting in Whitehorse, then Dawson City, including a whitewater rafting trip or guided private hiking trip, as well as a flight-seeing trip in Kluane National Park. There's also a heli-shuttle excursion to Tombstone Territorial Park, a gold-field tour and even gold-panning lessons!
You'll have to share some minimal personal information (name, address, email, phone, and date of birth) to enter this great contest, but it could help you win the trip of a lifetime! Here's a quick introductory video about the contest. Go to canadaseeitnow.com for the details and contest rules today. Entry deadline is May 31, 2010. (Photographs courtesy of National Park Service, npac, roots canada)
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