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Hotel du Canada is a towering landmark that leads guests to the Canada pavilion at Epcot World Showcase. The distinctive building, modeled after Ottawa's familiar Chateau Laurier, also boasts a Rocky Mountain and waterfall backdrop.
Near the entrance to the pavilion, guests are often seen snapping photos in the brilliant flower gardens, inspired by Victoria's Butchart Gardens.
The Canada pavilion is a mixture of rustic Native Indian villages, an ornate French-flavored chateau, the Scottish influence of the Maritimes and the ruggedness of the Canadian Rockies.
It combines authentic architectural designs, and features 30-foot totem poles which mark the Native Indian village where a log cabin and its nearby northwest trading post carry out the northwoods theme. Gift shops display authentic Canadian crafts, boutique items and a Roots clothing store.
The flowered pathway leads into a mountain canyon where a 30-foot waterfall cascades into a rushing stream. Rocky, pine-studded slopes surround the shaft opening to Maple Leaf Mine, the entrance to the theater.
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Mickey Interaction 
A seating area located nearby the waterfall at the rear of the pavilion is a great place to relax and escape the crowds. 
The Hotel du Canada is an example of forced perspective, it looks six stories high, but is actually only 3. The same effect is also used for the Rocky mountains, where plants are used (big at the bottom, small at the top) to give the impression that the Rockies are taller than they actually are. 
