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When exploring Canada, you'll probably come across carefully balanced stacks of
rocks called inuksuits. These rock piles often are shaped in human form and populate
mountain paths, the flat tundra, and even the shoulders of the Trans-Canada Highway.
For centuries the nomadic Inuit people created inuksuits as symbolic structures
that aided navigation, marked abundant fishing sites, and acted as “frames” for sacred
orimportantplacesinthelandscape.WhistlerOlympicParkishometoseveralfamous
inuksuits, which were created as emblems for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park
One of the most spectacular winter stops lies in northern Squamish at the Brackendale
Eagles Provincial Park, called the Winter Home of the Bald Eagle. The park hosts the
largestgatheringofbaldeaglesintheworld,andnearly4,000birdshavebeencounteddur-
ing a single migration along the Squamish River, stuffing themselves with salmon and oth-
erfish.DuringthepeakmonthsofDecemberandJanuary,volunteerssharetheirbinoculars
with visitors at the main viewing facility on the municipal dyke, located across from the
Easter Seal Camp on Government Road in Brackendale. Eagle sightings are common from
mid-November through mid-February.
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