A Tour Guides Guide

By: Ian McDonald
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  • Let's visit the Canadian Rockies, plan that Alaska cruise with help on what not to miss in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Sitka and Icy Point Strait. Explore great cities like Vancouver, Seattle, Victoria, Whistler, Banff and Jasper. Join your Tour Guides Guide, Ian McDonald, as he takes you through the sites, history and characters of British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon Territory, Alaska and the US Pacific Northwest.
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Episodes
  • The Pig War

    The Pig War
    Aug 4 2024

    British Columbia in 1859 and just south of Vancouver on San Juan Island an American potato farmer shoots a British Pig. How did this turn into a major international event? In this episode of A Tour Guides Guide we have a look and the last Canada - United States border dispute.

    Photo by Dan Renco on Unsplash

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    10 mins
  • Victoria, BC - The Ghost of Fan Tan Alley

    Victoria, BC - The Ghost of Fan Tan Alley
    Jul 19 2024

    Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is a fascinating place and the best part is Fan Tan Alley. It is a narrow alley only three feet wide at the entrances and it's said that cold breeze that sometimes rushes past you, might be a ghost.
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    11 mins
  • Georgia Engelhard, She Climbs to Conquer

    Georgia Engelhard, She Climbs to Conquer
    Jul 11 2024

    Beginning in the 1920's Georgia Engelhard would spend the better part of 25 years climbing the mountains of the Canadian Rockies In British Columbia and Alberta as well as the Purcell and Selkirk Mountain ranges. And she did it while wearing pants shattering the norms of female mountaineering in the Victorian era.


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    9 mins
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