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  For more than a century, travelers have explored Canada's vast landscape via train. Vacation options range from cross-country tours to shorter jaunts combined with activities such as whale watching or polar bear sighting.
  
  

Cross Canada by Train from Toronto

• Travel almost the entire breadth of Canada with this seven-day trip from Toronto to Vancouver. Begin and end your vacation with a trolley tour of hotspots in each city, and spend the three days in between riding the rail and enjoying the sights, from Canada's prairies to the Rockies to the Pacific coast. Your ride on board the VIA Rail train includes meals and your choice of semi-private or private sleeping accommodations.
  
  Brewster Vacations Canada
  P.O. Box 1140 - 100 Gopher Street
  Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1J3
  (877) 791-5500
  vacationscanada.travel
  
  

Royal Canadian Rockies Experience

• Dubbed the "Tour of a Lifetime" by National Geographic in 2008, this seven-day tour offers the legendary luxury of the Royal Canadian Pacific train, built between 1916 and 1931 and now restored. The route begins and ends in Calgary and includes such sites as Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the spiral tunnels in Kicking Horse Pass, Lake Louise and the mountain town of Banff. Off-train excursions include a trip to the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel and a boat cruise of the Waterton lakes.
  
  Vacations by Rail
  833 W Chicago Ave Ste 503
  Chicago, IL 60642-7929
  (877) 929-7245
  vacationsbyrail.com/canada
  
  

West Coast Whales and Rockies Vistas

• From Calgary to the west coast city of Tofino on Vancouver Island (or vice versa), this eight-day rail trip aboard the Rocky Mountaineer includes views of Icefields Parkway and the Canadian Rockies and overnight stays in Banff, Kamloops, Vancouver, Tofino and Victoria. This train vacation includes two separate whale-watching excursions, one near Tofino and the other near Victoria. Upgrade options give travelers access to the Rocky Mountaineer's domed window cars and outdoor viewing platforms.
  
  Canadian Train Vacations
  FreshTracks (Canada) Inc.
  Suite #800 - UK Building,
  409 Granville Street
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  Canada, V6C 1T2
  (866) 296-5877
  canadiantrainvacations.com
  
  

Polar Bear Expeditions by Train

• See the province of Manitoba from one end to the next. Take the VIA Rail train from Winnipeg in the south up to Churchill in the north. Three days in Churchill include two days of polar bear sightings via the Tundra Buggy and a day of dog sledding--you get to drive your own team. This seven-day arctic adventure concludes with a flight back to Winnipeg.
  
  Canadian Train Vacations
  FreshTracks (Canada) Inc.
  Suite #800 - UK Building,
  409 Granville Street
  Vancouver, British Columbia
  Canada, V6C 1T2
  (866) 296-5877
  canadiantrainvacations.com
  
  

Rail and Cruise Vacations

• Pair the Rocky Mountaineer train with the Holland America ms Zuiderdam cruise ship. Explore the western Canadian Rockies before or after your Alaskan cruise with ports in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan, Alaska. A day of Glacier Bay scenic cruising is included as well. Vacation packages range from 13 to 18 days.
  
  Rocky Mountaineer
  101 - 369 Terminal Avenue
  Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 4C4
  (877) 460-3200
  rockymountaineer.com