Travel

Toronto, capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario, is an art enthusiast’s dream.  The city, the fifth largest in North America, is home to several major galleries and museums.

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is the largest in Canada with more than 40 galleries.  The museum displays both art works and natural history items and has the largest collection of avian and mammalian skeletons in the world.  The museum’s Far East Collection, the largest collection of far eastern artifacts outside of China, is anchored by the Ming Tomb, a complete seventeenth century warriors tomb and the only complete Chinese tomb in the West.

The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art was, at one time affiliated with the Royal Ontario Museum.  This specialized museum is home to more than 2,000 pieces of ceramic art.  Their collection features everything from pre-Columbian pottery to classic European porcelains of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The Art Gallery of Toronto has strong collections of European and Canadian art.  One of the main attractions of the Gallery is its collection of Henry Moore sculptures, one of the largest in the world.  Henry Moore personally designed the exhibit space for this collection in 1974.

For more than thirty years the Textile Museum of Canada has celebrated international fiber art. Their permanent collection contains more than 12,000 textiles, from pieces as much as 2000 years old to modern designs, with samples from more than 200 regions of the world.

The Bata Shoe Museum is housed in a whimsical, shoebox-shaped building designed by architect Raymond Moriyama.  The museum is home to a 4,500-piece, semi-permanent “History of Shoes” exhibit that highlights examples of footwear spanning time and the globe, from ancient Egyptian sandals to the sleekly sexy stilettos of 1990s.  The Bata also has three additional galleries that display special exhibits throughout the year.

It seems that Canton city first origins were in 1850. In 1890 Canton had already a population of 400 , a bank, flour mills, sawmills. In 10 years the city doubled his population and already was having 2 local newspaper and 3 general stores.

In 1915 the first hotel,Dixie Hotel was offering the best lodging and food in the city. But the city become to be an established one just in 1919. During the 1920′ lots of people attracted bye the Texas oil fields established  in Canton city and surroundings. Because the industry was booming those days they, bought land and established themselves in the surroundings of Canton city. Also in 1933 the local Academy had 500 white students and 27 black students.The city continued to expand and in 1950 the biggest flea market from the world was born. At the beginning it was a market that people from surrounding meet in the weekend before the first Monday from the month,to trade goods. But Canton  First Monday Trade Days evolved in the biggest flea market from the work on 30 acres of land. Also do to this fact the habitants didn’t pay any city taxes until 2006.

In our days everything you need for a modern city is there, lots of restaurants, banks, super stores, all the cable TV companies, all the facilities that usually a big city has. And if we compare the living expenses are at the half of the national average.Also Canton city is having a very active cultural life, so lots of exhibitions and events are held almost every week.

No win these days Canton city is a very quiet city mostly  with a population of more or less 5,000  . You can find everything you need in the city, and due to the Canton Monday Trade Days the city has plenty of Bed and Breakfast motels, but also camping spaces .If you want something different you can spend you holiday days at an ranch.

Divided between two states, with Colorado having the majority holding, Dinosaur National Monument is a “must see” park for anyone interested in Dinosaurs, and especially any family with a budding paleontologist in their midst.

Before entering Dinosaur National Monument, remember that you are in a desert area and stock up accordingly!  Although you may be able to purchase refreshments within the park, this isn’t a theme park and so there may be quite a drive between the visitor centers.  Also ensure that everyone in your party has a hat and that you leave an itinerary of where you intend to be exploring in the park with someone who will raise an alert if you don’t return by nightfall.  Also observe all safety recommendations that are posted by the park personnel.   This is especially important if you intend to be hiking in the park.

Having observed the safety requirements, visit the visitor center and find out what activities are happening in the park that day, and pick up a map so that you know what there is to see and the best way to get there.  If you are just passing through the area, you could leave your proposed itinerary with the center staff so that they know where you are heading.

One of the most interesting sections of the park for visitors is the Dinosaur Quarry.  This is actually located in Utah, close to the town of Jenson.  Here, in the Dinosaur Quarry building, you’ll see hundreds of dinosaur fossil bones exposed from the rock.  The quarry itself was proclaimed to be the largest single collection of dinosaur bones found.  Although it’s possible that visitors could be lucky enough to find a previously undiscovered fossil, it’s illegal to remove any such item from the park and if you are fortunate enough to be the first person to discover a fossil, you must have it in to the appropriate authorities in the park.  Other points of interest in the park are the petroglyphs along Park Drive, and cabins that are reported to have belonged to homesteaders.  For those looking for a more physical thrill amongst the ancient history, there are river trips of various lengths and skill levels on the Green and Yampa Rivers.

Dinosaur National Monument is a “in the field” museum which shows ancient history in the shape of the Dinosaur remains that have been uncovered there, the Indian art that was discovered and also the more modern history of settlers.  It’s a unique experience to record for your vacation photo album.