加拿大公共假日.docVIP

加拿大公共假日 在以下加拿大全国法定节假日期间，政府部门、学校、银行都不办公；各省和行政区另外有自己的节假日。 新年（New Years Day）?1月1日基督受难日（Good Friday）?复活节（春分满后第一个星期日）前星期五，如2006年4月14日复活节周一（Easter Monday）?复活节次日，如 2006年4月17日维多利亚日（Victoria Day）?5月25日之前第一个星期一加拿大国庆日（Canada Day）?7月1日（如果7月1日是星期日则延到7月2日）劳动节（Labour Day）?9月的第一个星期一感恩节（Thanksgiving Day）?10月的第二个星期一停战纪念日（Remembrance Day）?11月11日圣诞节（Christmas Day）?12月25日节礼日（Boxing Day）?12月26日 节日期间，有些商店和饭馆可能停业，但大多数还是照常营业。 除了新斯科舍省以外的各省允许周日购物，但是全加拿大各地的许多商店仍旧选择周日休息。如果你要安排购物时间，最好事先确认商店的营业时间。 Introduction The largest land predator on earth today, is the polar bear. Weighing in at around 600kg and standing up to 3 metres tall when on their hind legs, this is truly an animal to respect. And seeing polar bears in their own habitat is just the ultimate wildlife encounter. For a short time each year, the remote Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba is transformed into the ‘Polar Bear Capital of the World’. This curious place, with its long main street, low rise buildings and distinctly ‘pioneer’ feel, becomes the centre of attention – for bears and visitors alike. In October and November, as many as 1200 bears gather here on the icy tundra, waiting for the sea to freeze so they can wander out onto the ice in search of seals. After fasting for the summer, the bears are particularly hungry. Churchill is perched on a spit of land between the western shore of Hudson Bay and the Churchill River. For centuries, this peninsula has been the bear’s natural access point into the bay. Our trips to Churchill get you out into the frozen wilderness in an outsized ‘Tundra Buggy’ which allows you to observe the bears, at a safe distance. With their huge special tyres, the buggies easily navigate the uneven terrain and offer an elevated position, giving a clear view of the animals outside. The buggies are heated, and there is a basic restroom onboard as well as an outside rear viewing platform that provides outstanding photographic opportunities. The bears arent at all bothered by such a powerful all-t