Why Canadians Don’t Brag About Their Beautiful Wilderness



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Photo by Naina Rishiraj Hawkins

Canada has some of the most dramatic landscapes on Earth, yet I’ve found that Canadians rarely talk about them like they’re extraordinary. After eight years living in Canada, I’ve noticed that Canadians do not make grand speeches about their country’s beauty, nor do they make dramatic claims about national places you must see before you die. Instead, recommendations generally arrive in a casual, humble and almost apologetic way. “Oh yeah, it’s nice there.” Nice. Nice. Nice is a humble word for m...

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