Hikes through spectacular national parks such as Banff and tours of historic sites such as the Viking settlement at L'anse au Meadows in Newfoundland are now available on Google Street View.

You can now visit the Fortress of Louisbourg on Google Street View and 'walk up and down the village streets, hike along trails inside and outside of the fortress walls and check out the huge battlements.' (Google Blog)

Google and Parks Canada announced today that more than 70 Parks Canada locations across the country can now be explored online.

"From planning a summer vacation to augmenting classroom lesson plans, the partnership between Parks Canada and Google will better connect Canadians to the amazing places and geography that defines this country," wrote Parks Canada's Michael White on the Google Canada blog.

The Google Maps team visited the sites this past spring and summer, collecting imagery using its Street View cars and on foot using its Trekker backpack technology.

Virtual visitors can tour the rooms and hallways of historic sites such as Green Gables on Prince Edward Island, home of author Lucy Maude Montgomery's fictional Anne. (Google/Parks Canada)

It started with the Fortress of Louisburg National Historic Site in Nova Scotia, which was celebrating its 300th anniversary.

White said you can now "walk up and down the village streets, hike along trails inside and outside of the fortress walls and check out the huge battlements."

Other virtual tours take users inside the rooms and corridors of historic sites such as the Halifax Citadel and up trails showcasing the natural beauty of parks such as mountainous Yoho National Park in B.C.

Google plans to visit dozens of other Parks Canada sites and eventually include 120 of them on Google Maps. But so far, you can explore: