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Serious travelers, to the province of Alberta in Canada, can listen to CKUA heard province-wide on 16 FM and 1 AM transmitter (listed below). The station is also on the StarChoice satellite system through their Windows Media stream at ckua.com for world-wide online listening.
Where ever you are, do like Ya'Gotta does and tune into this fabulous listener supported radio where you'll hear roots, blues, jazz, country, new, old, classical, world-beat music and lots of original and singer-songwriter pieces.
Most importantly, as the CKUA Network is listener supported: go to their website at ckua.com make a pledge of support and pass this along to your freinds that support public radio!
Ya'Gotta and Adventure Central, are not only committed to our customers, but to promoting the adventure and experiential travel industries in general. Click the title of this article to book your international adventure travel experiences!
YaGotta.ca includes information about western Canada's the well known adventure travel destinations and out-of-the-way destinations, for the benefit of those travelers that would like to trek and explore more of what's to see in western Canada.
Our Ya'Gotta Western Canadian Adventure Travel Guide will help trekkers plan adventure travel trips to Western Canada, learn about Canadians, our peoples, history, culture, entertainment and traveling in and around Western Canada and the north. We also have information about accommodations, climate, weather, time zones and shopping as well.
The area of British
Columbia (BC) known as the West Kootenays, is great destination
for a road trip with mountains, ghost towns, hot springs and lake ferry
crossings on the beautiful Kootenay Lake and Upper Arrow Lake. The
West Kootenays are in the south-central part of BC along the US
border with the states of Washington and Idaho, where there are
several boarder crossings (Cascade/Christina Lake, Paterson/Rossland,
Waneta/Trail, Nelway/Salmo, Rykerts, Kingsgate and Roosville).
Click on the article link to read more about this article from YaGotta.ca "Adventure Tourism Information About Places Ya'Gotta Go To!"
Court House, Medicine Hat
Photo Credit: Travel Alberta
Located on the Trans Canada #1 Highway 293km (182 miles) east of Calgary, AB and 434 km (270 miles) east of Regina, SK, Medicine Hat, known to western Canadians as “The Hat”), has 2,512 hours of sunshine annually, making it the sunniest city in Canada.
Click on the article link to read more about this article from YaGotta.ca "Adventure Tourism Information About Places Ya'Gotta Go To!"
The four western provinces in Canada (Alberta, British Coumbia (BC), Manitoba, Saskatchewan) all have excellent opportunities for camping and have very good provincially run campgrounds as well as those in National Parks. There are also amazing opporunities for back country trekking and camping in the mountainous areas of Alberta, BC and the northern parts of all four provinces. For trekkers that venture into these regions, they should be trained in maps and compass use and proper gear, clothing, food storage/disposal and bear avoidance skills are mandatory! When in the back country, in regards to bears and any of the wildlife, trekkers must be aware that they are the intruders and must have respect for all wildlife.
The three northern territories Yukon, Northwest Territories (NWT) and Nunavut also have amazing opportunities for camping and more so than the southern provinces potentially extreme isolation. This is particularilly true for those wishing to travel the Dempster Highway (671 kilo/417 miles) that runs from near Dawson City, in the Yukon, across the Arctic Circle to Innuvik, NWT. For Nunavut, which is in the eastern Arctic it is recommended that even experienced campers hire a guide or outfitter. There is also no access to this territory by road.
The summer camping season in the southern provinces runs from aproximately the Victoria Day long weekend in late May, till the Labour Day weeknd in early September. The season varies with it being shorter in the northern territories to longer on the the west coast, Vancouver Island and the southern parts of all four provinces.
Weather conditions can vary with daytime extremes reach +30 C and night (particularily in the mountains) it can going down to freezing levels. With climat change heavy rains can occur even in semi-arrid areas of the prairies. Prepare for both extremes, although winter wear is not required, clothing should be planned for layers and have outerwear that is waterproof.
During the peak season reservations are suggested. There are also specialyy designated sites for group excursions. For backcountry travel, in the National Parks, permits are required. The following are links to sites about campgrounds in western Canadian provinces and territories:
National Park (Parks Canada) campgrounds can be booked online or by phone. Travellers also require access fees to the parks. For more information about fees in the parks click here.
For more information about Western Canadian adventure travel destination, activities and tourism gateway cities go to YaGotta.ca
If you are planning to travel to western Canada, there is one tradition that music fans need to take in. During
the last quarter century western Canada has become a hot-bed of roots based music and hosts a fabulous selection of folk music festivals. Many of these folk music festivals in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the northern territories in western Canada (Yukon and the Northwest Territories), feature top industry performers, from around the world, as well as the amazing talent developed in our own country! To provide visitors with regional sounds and songwriting flair, many of these festivals also feature local favourites.
For those folk festival fans that can't get enough during the summer; we've also included a few winter/spring folk festivals in western Canada.
Also, so you can find great trekking before or after the festival(s), we've included to our related Ya'Gotta destination feature articles about the locations.
Many of the famous
Alaska cruise lines, depart from Vancouver, BC (beginning in June of each year), with spectacular scenery, glaciers and possible opportunities for whale watching. Alaska cruises are either one week or two weeks, and there are two routes: the Inside Passage and the Gulf of Alaska, but they both take a similar route for most of the trip—travelling along the easterly coast of a long string of islands up the BC coast, on a waterway known as the Inside Passage.
From Skagway, Alaska travellers have the option of continuing into the interior of Alaska, or leaving the United States and returning Canada in the Yukon Territory, where you can visit famous Dawson City the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush.
During the month of April 2008, the following were the most popular western Canadian adventure travel route, park and destination articles, prepared by YaGotta.ca:
YaGotta.ca includes information about western Canada's the well known adventure travel destinations and out-of-the-way destinations, for the benefit of those travelers that would like to trek and explore more of what's to see in western Canada.
Our Ya'Gotta Western Canadian Adventure Travel Guide will help trekkers plan adventure travel trips to Western Canada, learn about Canadians, our peoples, history, culture, entertainment and traveling in and around Western Canada and the north. We also have information about accommodations, climate, weather, time zones and shopping as well.
YaGotta.ca includes information about western Canada's the well known adventure travel destinations and out-of-the-way destinations, for the benefit of those travelers that would like to trek and explore more of what's to see in western Canada. Click here for western Canadian Ya'Gotta destination articles, then start planning your western Canadian vacation from the tourism gateway cities of Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Vancouver, Victoria or Winnipeg; then let Ya'Gotta Travel book your flights, hotels and car rentals.
Our Ya'Gotta Western Canadian Adventure Travel Guide will help trekkers plan adventure travel trips to Western Canada, learn about Canadians, our peoples, history, culture, entertainment and traveling in and around Western Canada and the north. We also have information about accommodations, climate, weather, time zones and shopping as well.
During the month of March 2008, the following were the most popular western Canadian adventure travel route, park and destination articles, prepared by YaGotta.ca:
YaGotta.ca includes information about western Canada's the well known adventure travel destinations and out-of-the-way destinations, for the benefit of those travelers that would like to trek and explore more of what's to see in western Canada.
Our Ya'Gotta Western Canadian Adventure Travel Guide will help trekkers plan adventure travel trips to Western Canada, learn about Canadians, our peoples, history, culture, entertainment and traveling in and around Western Canada and the north. We also have information about accommodations, climate, weather, time zones and shopping as well.
Just search for "YaGotta" for articles about great western Canadian destinations for adventure travel and book your flights, hotels and car rentals with Ya'Gotta Travel for Canadian, United States and worldwide trips and vacations. Ya'Gotta Travel also offers worldwide flights, hotels, car rentals and cruises also has a full range of year round cruises to all parts of the world.
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02 December 2007
Travel From Vancouver via the Canadian Rockies to the Calgary Stampede
Ya'Gotta Travel can arrange spring to fall exclusive combined rail trip through the Canadian Rocky Mountains, from Vancouver to though Mt. Revelstoke, Glacier and Yoho National Parks, via Banff/Lake Louise to Calgary. This trip also includes a travel coach trip on the famous Icefields Parkway to Jasper. During the first two weeks of July this trip is also includes a trip to world-famous Calgary Stampede*
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From late June until early November each year in Canada, there's a truly Canadian tradition that visitors, especially sports fans, should take-in…A Canadian Football League (CLF) game!
Although football in Canada and the United States are very similar and have their origins in rugby. History tells us that during the 1860's Canadian rugby teams were changing the game.
The CFL game is specifically Canadian, as the rules (see below) are much different than NFL football played in the United States and our annual championship Grey Cup Game is 58 years older than the American Super Bowl. Australian rules football (footy) is also much different than either variety of the North American Game.
The two North American games have their origins from a rugby type game played in the 1860's. According to the CFL website, they describe the origins of the game are as follows:
"The rules of a hybrid game of English rugby devised by the University of McGill (sic. Montreal) were first used in the United States in a game at Boston between McGill and Harvard. On May 14, Harvard won 3-0 using Harvard rules. The next day, the teams tied 0-0 while playing Canadian rules. Harvard liked the new game so much they introduced it into the Ivy League. Both U.S. and Canadian football evolved from these games".
Rules changed, during the later part of the 19th century and in 1909 Lord Earl Grey, the Governor General of Canada, donated a trophy to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This became our cherished Grey Cup, now almost 100 years old! Two of the Eastern Conference teams, Hamilton Tiger Cats and the Toronto Argonauts, trace their origins directly back to 1868.
The post WWII period was when the CFL as we know it now. With teams in Vancouver (BC Lions), Calgary (Stampeders), Edmonton (Eskimos)*, Regina (Saskatchewan Roughriders), Winnipeg (Blue Bombers), Toronto (Argonauts), Hamilton (Tiger Cats) and Montreal (Alouettes). Since 1954 only CFL teams compete in the annual play-off, Grey Cup game that occurs in late November. Many of the games are played in league's outdoor stadiums at Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Montreal. If you take-in an outdoor Grey Cup, be sure to dress warm!
* Furthest north professional football team
For NFL fans, you will notice several distinct differences:
The are 12 players on a CFL team
CFL is 3 down football (e.g. 3 chances to make 10 yards)
Our time clock is only 20 seconds
Unlimited backfield motion of offensive receivers
Field goal or convert attempt kicks that are missed can be returned for touchdowns
Opposing teams line-up further apart on the line of scrimmage
No fair catch after a kick (i.e. If you catch it...you must run it and if you don't receive it, the ball's live and can recovered by the other team)
The field is longer (110 yd.) and wider (65 yd.) with longer end zones (20 yd.)
When you come to Canada be sure to take in a CFL game, which Ya'Gotta (being Canadian) feels is the most exciting game of football in North America!
If you would like more information about attending a CFL game visit the league's website.
Because the folks at Ya'Gotta are big fans of roots music and know that many adventure travelers also like this type of music, we've updated our Western Canadian Roots Music Page and added new folk music clubs in Alberta.
We list folk music clubs for the Edmonton and Calgary areas as well as Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Athabasca and Rosebud. We also have links to many of the local singer-songwriter performers in Alberta.
This page is maintained by Ya'Gotta to give western Canadians and our guests a guide to roots-country, folk, bluegrass, blues, singer-songwriter and related music
The David Thomspson Pass Ya'Gotta feature has had the images on the page updated! The David Thompason Pass is is probably the least known, but most scenic and historic route into the Canadian Rockies from central Alberta. The Route gives excellent access to both Banff and Jasper via Alberta's Icefields Parkway
Ya'Gotta Travel can help you plan your trip to the David Thompson Pass and other destinations in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with flights, hotels and car rentals.
In order to make the best of adventure travel in western Canada's David Thompson country, we suggest that you purchase a good, reliable guidebook. Suggested readings for this trip are:
The tourism consulting services of Ya'Gotta Communications & Marketing provides specialist management and development to your particular tourist attraction or destination. We focus on problem-solving or providing advice on a specific aspects of tourism marketing and development and for sustainable tourism (eco-tourism, agri-tourism cultural & historical destinations).
interviewing specialists or attraction visitors and tourists;
making fact-finding "fam" trips to specific sites or destinations;
analysing and evaluating primary and secondary research;
submitting recommendations through presentations and reports;
resolving specific issues as part of a multidisciplinary project team.
Writing Ya'Gotta freature articles for YaGotta.ca (western Canada) of YaGotta.net (international)
Destination or national tourism branding
On our client's behalf we also conduct feasibility studies, strategic marketing and planning, projects enabling urban or rural regeneration, and preparing and appraising applications for financial assistance. Specific examples of projects include:
an assessment of the feasibility of a visitor centre near an attraction or at a destination;
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USA Today reports USA Today in it's "10 great places to leave the swimsuit at home" declared Vancouver's Wreck Beach as"...Canada's first and largest legal clothing-optional beach, is so spectacularly beautiful that it is a mecca for tourists from all over the world...The confluence of the Fraser River with the Straits of Georgia and English Bay, under white cliffs and an emerald-green forest, attracts more than 500,000 visitors annually."
The fabulous collection of pacific northwest aboriginal totems and art at the Museum of Anthopology
More information for getting around this "must see" city on Canada's west coast
Wreck diving on the decommissioned Canadian Navy Chaudière Destoyer Escort, submerged near Sechelt by the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia
We've also included information how Ya'Gotta Travel can help you with your flights to Vancouver, hotels, car rentals. Ya'gotta Travel can also plan escorted tours, and Alaskan cruises, that depart from this amazing Canadian westcoast city!
Ya'Gotta Travel can schedule your trip on the famous Alaska cruise lines, that depart from Canada's west coast city of Vancouver (beginning in June of each year)
Make 2007 the year you cruise to Alaska!
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February is the month for Carnival and Mardi Gras! Ya'Gotta Travel can help get you to any of the Carnivals in the world, especially the big ones in Trindad, Brazil and New Orleans.
(Edmonton, AB. January 07, 2007) Ya'Gotta Communications and Marketting, the publishers of the YaGotta.ca website, about western Canadian adventure travel, can now book trips through the full service online agency Ya'Gotta Travel! Ya'Gotta Publisher Bob Kenyon says "The addition of Ya'Gotta Travel makes Ya'Gotta a one stop service for lodges, guiding services, outfitters and destination management organizations. In addition to being able to provide them with marketing and promotion services through YaGotta.ca we can now bring adventure travellers to their doors with flights, accommodations and car rentals".
Bob Kenyon also notes that "travellers that want to visit western Canada, or anywhere else in the world can also make use of Ya'Gotta Travel" All of the services offered by Ya'Gotta can be found at YaGotta.ca and for international services YaGotta.net.
Are you looking for great adventure travel opportunities in western Canada, with treking, rodeos, aboriginal powwows, folk music festivals, and of course the Canadian Rocky Mountains? Then search for "Ya'Gotta", in your favourite search engine! If you search for us you'll find Ya'Gotta features and information pages published by the Western Canadian Online Outdoors News. If you want to more specific you can use searches like "ya'gotta banff", or "ya'gotta mountains" to narrow the search.
Of course, if that doesn't work, you can go directly to to our website at yagotta.ca
Also Ya'Gotta Travel can help you make all your arrangements for flights, car rentals, tour busses, hotels and even outdoors lodges and guides!
