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Western Canada

1. Vancouver Aquarium
2. Ucluelet Aquarium
3. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve - Tofino
4. Cave and Basin National Historic Site - Banff
5. Vermilion lakes - Banff

1. Vancouver Aquarium

This aquarium in Stanley Park, Vancouver opened in 1956.

Entrance Vancouver Aquarium.

Fauna and flora of the British Columbia coast.

Pomaulax gibberosus, which occurs along the west coast of North America from California to Alaska.

Mytilus californianus, a mussel found along the entire west coast of North America.

2. Ucluelet Aquarium

This small aquarium in Ucluelet on Vancouver Island is a catch and release aquarium. Animals are caught in the spring and released again at the end of the tourist season.

The interior of the aquarium with a number of touch pools, a large aquarium on the right with a number of smaller aquariums behind it.

Pomaulax gibberosus.

Peltodoris nobilis.

Pomaulax gibberosus.

3. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve - Tofino

This nature reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island has a cool and humid climate.

Ariolimax columbianus

4. Cave and Basin National Historic Site - Banff

The hot spring in Cave and Basin National Historic Site has been known for years. For a long time you could bathe in the warm water. This is the only place for the Banff Springs snail, Physella Johnsoni, to occur.

Physella johnsoni

5. Vermilion lakes - Banff

Vermillion lakes is a series of 3 lakes just outside of Banff in the Bow River valley. The reflection of Mount Rundle in the lakes makes for a beautiful sunset.

Lymnaea stagnalis en Planorbarius sp.