Cape Enrage (New Brunswick): Just east of Fundy National Park, you'll find surprisingly harsh coastal terrain of high rocky cliffs pounded by the sea. Route 915 offers a wonderful detour off the beaten path.

Signal Hill (Newfoundland): Signal Hill marks the entrance to St. John's harbor. Never mind the history that was made here; it's uncommonly scenic, with views of a coast that hasn't changed in 500 years. The North Head Trail is one of Newfoundland's most dramatic, and it's entirely in city limits.

Bonavista Peninsula (Newfoundland): The peninsula's northernmost tip offers a superb vantage point for spotting icebergs, even into midsummer. You'll also see puffins, whales, and one of the most scenic lighthouses in eastern Canada.

Terrasse Dufferin in Québec City (Québec): This boardwalk promenade with benches and green-and-white-roofed gazebos runs along the cusp of the bluff rearing up behind the original colonial settlement. At its back is the landmark Château Frontenac, and out front is the long silvery sweep of the St. Lawrence, where ferries glide back and forth, and cruise ships and Great Lakes freighters and tankers put in at the port. To the east is the trailing edge of the Adirondacks, and downriver you can see the last of the Laurentian Mountains.

Niagara Falls (Ontario): This is still a wonder of nature despite its commercial exploitation. You can experience the falls from the decks of the Maid of the Mist, which takes you into the roaring maelstrom, or look down from the cockpit of a helicopter. The least scary view is from the Skylon Tower.

Agawa Canyon (Ontario): To see the northern Ontario wilderness that inspired the Group of Seven, take the Agawa Canyon Train Tour on a 184km (114-mile) trip from the Soo to Hearst through the Agawa Canyon, where you can spend a few hours exploring scenic waterfalls and vistas. The train snakes through a vista of deep ravines and lakes, hugging the hillsides and crossing gorges on skeletal trestle bridges.

Moraine Lake in Banff National Park (Alberta): Ten snow-clad peaks towering more than 3,030m (10,000 ft.) rear up dramatically behind this eerily green tiny lake. Rent a canoe and paddle to the mountains' base.

Vancouver (British Columbia): With the most beautiful setting of any city in Canada or indeed the world, there are numerous places to take in the view of mountains, city, and ocean: with a martini in hand from the 42nd-floor Cloud Nine lounge (tel. 604/662-8328); on the oft-snow-clad peaks of Grouse Mountain (tel. 604/984-0661), accessible via a quick tram ride; or from the window of your harborside hotel room in the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver (tel. 604/662-8111). But the best way remains the cheapest: Round about sunset wander to English Bay Beach near the corner of Denman and Davie streets, grab an ice cream or a coffee or nothing at all, and watch as the sun shimmers red, and then descends behind Vancouver Island, lighting the Coast Mountains, Vancouver, and English Bay in a warm red glow.