A large province in a large country, Canada’s British Columbia is almost three times the size of Germany. So how do you begin to wrap your head around this remote, rugged and ravishing region? Just start at the edge, among the nearly 40,000 islands and 16,000 miles of coastline.

It’s one of those typical Vancouver mornings when relentless rain defeats your best-laid plans for an outdoorsy excursion. But that doesn’t mean you have to hide under the sheets in your hotel room and wait out this particular umbrella-snapping tempest.

With recreational cannabis use set to become legal in Canada on October 17, globetrotting connoisseurs are eager to get high in the Great White North. But what does legalization mean for Canada tourism? And if you choose to partake, how can you do so legally, safely and responsibility? Sounds like it’s time for the 4-1-1 on a 420 trip to Canada.