From Calgary to the coast on a cold winter day.
Have you always wanted to fly to the West Coast of Canada but can't make it there? This little flight on a cold winter day might help. The flight took one hour and 13 minutes, but this clip will entertain you at four times the speed.
"2024::A Flight From Calgary to the Coast"
Video Clip: Private Collection
After de-icing the wings, the plane takes off to the clear skies above, looking down on the blanket of snow that had fallen on Alberta overnight. Flying west of Calgary, the grandness of the Canadian Rockies comes into view, and the plane soon crosses the Alberta-British Columbia border before entering the serene scene of the Bugaboo and Monashee Mountain Ranges. Approaching the Okanagan Valley, the clouds set in and follow the plane to the Pacific Coast. After flying over the Strait of Georgia and the Gulf Islands, the clouds break to reveal the rolling green hills of South Vancouver Island as the plane descends across the Saanich Inlet and lands at the Victoria International Airport.
Through the lens of history, this bird's-eye view of Canada's West can transport you back to the time of our ancestors. Back when desperate miners arrived searching for minerals and gold on the Fraser River and in the Cariboo. Back when impoverished immigrants from around the globe arrived by boat or by train in search of a better life. Back when the Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors created a passageway through the Rocky Mountains, connecting Canadians from coast to coast. Back when the Royal Engineers surveyed the 49th parallel and constructed the Cariboo Road, conquering impossible engineering feats. Back when kings, queens, explorers, politicians and lawmakers grappled with the challenges of a new world. Back when volunteer soldiers in British Columbia rode the rails across the country on their way to defend Canada's freedom in distant lands. Back when Indigenous Peoples assisted navigators and pathfinding map-makers to help mark their way. Back when Indigenous tribes of the coast traded heavily with the Russians, the Chinese, the Europeans, and the North and South Americans. Back when the Indigenous tribes banded together to defend their rights and freedoms. Back when explorers claimed this land for the rulers of their own. And back when the Indigenous Peoples, the original protectors of these lands, welcomed the world to their home in this remote paradise called The West.
"2024::A Good Tip!"
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