Canada's Olympic Torch Relay

The Olympic Flame flew from Olympia, Greece and embarked on a 106-day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver February 12, 2010 to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The Olympic Flame will travel across Canada on the longest torch relay within a single country in Olympic history, with nearly 200 communities across Canada, and 12,000 torchbearers participating. ( 28 photos total)

The torch is seen during the Olympic Torch Relay in Qualicum Beach, B.C. November 2. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward)

The members of the torch assembly team work on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch October 20 in Montreal. Global train and plane manufacturer Bombardier, designer and manufacturer of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch, reached a milestone with the completion of 6,000 of the 12,000 torches that will be used in the cross-Canada Olympic Torch Relay. (ROGERIO BARBOSA/AFP/Getty Images) #

Greek actress Maria Nafpliotou, playing the role of high priestess, lights a torch during a handover ceremony in Athens at Panathenian stadium in Athens October 29. Greece handed the Olympic flame to Canada, setting it off for the biggest-ever national relay ahead of the February 12 opening ceremony. (REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis) #

The Olympic flame sits across six seats on a plane as it is separated into six different miners' lanterns before leaving Athens October 30. The Olympic flame travelled overnight by plane to Victoria to start the relay. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Chief Gibby Jacob and other Canadian First Nation Chiefs transport the Olympic Flame in a miners lantern across Victoria harbor during the torch lighting ceremonies October 30 in Victoria. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) #

Medal-winning Canadian Olympians Simon Whitfield and Catriona Le May Doan run with their torches during the lighting ceremonies October 30 in Victoria. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) #

Canadian rowing coach Albert Van Schothorst dances on a dock as he carries a torch during the relay in Saanich October 30. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) #

Men's eight Olympic gold medalist teammate Kevin Light of Sidney, B.C. (right) passes on the Olympic Flame to the coxswain of the junior team during the relay in Victoria October 30. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

Dan Scott carries the torch as he leaves Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site during the relay October 31 in Colwood, British Columbia. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) #

Young performers dress in costumes as they perform in a relay celebration during the lighting ceremonies October 30 in Victoria. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) #

Surfer Ruth Sadler, 72, carries the Olympic flame into the Pacific Ocean for a torch exchange with surfer Raph Bruhwiler during the relay in Pacific Rim National Park near Tofino, B.C. November 1. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck) #

Raph Bruhwiler surfs with the Olympic Torch on Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park November 1. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Allan Benjamin carries the Olympic Flame while running in snowshoes in Old Crow, Yukon November 4. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Jonathan Hayward) #

Annika Trimble (left) passes the Olympic Flame off to Mark Lee Orbell, who is travelling in a snow grooming machine in Inuvik, NWT November 4. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Abel Tingmiak is seen wearing his traditional clothing as carries the Olympic Flame past the igloo church in Inuvik, NWT November 4. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

A polar bear pauses along the road as the Olympic flame arrives in Churchill, Manitoba November 8. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

Brenda Eckalook carries the Olympic Flame across the frozen Resolute Bay in Nunavut November 9. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

Brenda Eckalook carries the Olympic Flame across the frozen Resolute Bay in Nunavut November 9. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

Nickshantess Penashue holds the Olympic Flame in Sheshatshui, Newfoundland November 11. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Viking impersonators give a speech as torchbearer Frank Humber holds the Olympic Flame in a Viking hut in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland November 12. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Frank Humber carries the Olympic Flame in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland November 12. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

The Olympic Flame burns in the community cauldron in St. Anthony, Newfoundland November 12. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Mike Adam, an Olympic gold medalist in curling, slides on a curling rink with the Olympic Flame in St. John's, Newfoundland November 13. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward) #

Two torchbearers hold the Olympic Flame outside the Basilica Cathedral in St. John's,, Newfoundland November 13. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) #

Olympic sprint canoe teammates Andrew Russell (right) and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny paddle with the Olympic Flame on the historic Shubenacadie Canal in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia November 18. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan) #

Pittsburgh Penguins hockey player Sidney Crosby lights the torch of snowboarder Sarah Conrad during the relay run in downtown Halifax November 18. (REUTERS//Paul Darrow) #

Former Canadian Olympic hockey player Cassie Campbell-Pascal arrives in a horse and buggy at the gate of the Anne of Green Gables House November 22 in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. The buggy is driven by Wayne Bernard, and Anne is played by 12-year-old Laine Smith. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Brian McInnis/Charlottetown Guardian) #

Brazil's Cesar Cielo, Olympic swimming gold medalist and world-record-holder in the 100m freestyle, runs with the Olympic flame at the Hopewell Rocks on the coast of New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy November 24. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Adam Huras/New Brunswick Telegraph-Herald) #

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Canada's Olympic Torch Relay