To celebrate Canada’s 148th birthday, Maclean’s presents 148 videos of the country’s most incredible people, places and experiences. “What it feels like to be Canadian” will roll out this summer—starting now. Experience some of these first-person videos below, and find the rest of the eye-popping visuals at our #Canada148 hub. We’re adding new videos all summer.

What it feels like to…

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  Pick up HitchBot the hitchhiker

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  Be a Winnipeg Jets fan

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  Get tackled by a CFL linebacker

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  Ice fish in the Yukon

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  Race in a dragon boat

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  Climb a 61-m Douglas fir

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  Be a sled dog in the Yukon

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  Drive a bobsleigh

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  Fly fish at Tunkwa Lake, B.C.

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  Seed canola in Saskatchewan

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  Watch the sunset on Parliament Hill

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  Race on a mountain biking course

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  Attend prayers at a Calgary mosque

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  Enter the National Gallery’s vaults

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  Swim with sharks at Ripley’s

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  Remember veterans on Nov. 11

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  Be The Raptor

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  Throw a hammer

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  Can beer at a craft brewer

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  Kayak in the Bay of Fundy

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  Stay at an Ice Hotel

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  Conduct the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

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  Play pond hockey

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  Jump into Lake Rosseau on May 24

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  Roll up the rim

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  Guard the Stanley Cup

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  Dance like a ballerina

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  Perform on Toronto’s streets

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  Play wheelchair rugby

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  Kite-ski in the Northwest Territories

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  Climb Niagara Falls in winter

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  Drive the Top of the World Highway

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  Change a seven-metre-high tire

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  Play box lacrosse

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  Feed the penguins at the Toronto Zoo

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  Drive in P.E.I.

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  Dance in a powwow

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  Skate in Red Bull’s Crashed Ice

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  Dance at Ranchman’s bar in Calgary

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  Be shot putter Dylan Armstrong

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  Fly over B.C.’s Purcell Mountains

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  Watch the Barenaked Ladies

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  Experience the St. Lawrence Market

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  Sculpt Parliament Hill

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  Lose to a chess grandmaster

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  Shuck oysters like a champion

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  Join the Sourtoe Cocktail Club

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  Snowmobile in Dawson City

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  Hang with bison

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  Examine an early map of Canada

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  Play Glenn Gould’s piano

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  Play bicycle polo

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  Crew a tall ship

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  Mint coins in Winnipeg

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  Walk on top of the CN Tower

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  Be Jennifer Jones’s curling rock

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  Sing with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir

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  Raise the flags on Parliament Hill

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  Be a toddler at the ROM

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  Race an Olympian sprinter

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  Be Peter Mansbridge

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  Play in a steel pan orchestra

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  Skate the Rideau Canal

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  Play rec-league soccer

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  Hear a former GG read a bedtime story

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  Drive a train on Montreal’s Metro

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  Play sledge hockey

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  Take a penalty kick

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  Fly with the Snowbirds

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  Harvest oysters in P.E.I.

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  Ride a zipline

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  Row with Canada’s rowing team

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  Toss a pizza

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  Become an honorary Newfoundlander