Canadian Provinces

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Alberta

-Capital: Edmonton -Landmarks:Calgary, Mainly Agrarian -4th largest Canadian province -Above Montana -There are three large lakes, Lake Claire (1,436 km2 (554 sq mi)) in Wood Buffalo National Park, Lesser Slave Lake (1,168 km2 (451 sq mi)), and Lake Athabasca (7,898 square kilometres (3,049 sq mi)) -The longest river in the province is the Athabasca River which travels 1,538 km (956 mi) from the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains to Lake Athabasca.[16]

Kootenay National Park

A park in British Colombia with a variety of biomes: Tundra, Forest, River, and Hot Spring.

Nunavut

An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit Iqaluit

Ontario

Canada's most populous province, capital is Toronto, second biggest province

Prince Edward Island

Canada's smallest but most densely populated island Capital:Charlottetown

British Colombia

Canada's westernmost province, located within the Rocky Mountain range Capital: Victoria

Saskatchewan

Canadian province bordered by Montana and North Dakota to the south, the Northwest Territories to the north, Alberta to the west and Manitoba to the east.

New Brunswick

Canadian province containing the Reversing Falls was created as a result of a petition sent by the Loyalists who settled along the St. Johns River in western Nova Scotia.

Manitoba

Canadian province that was the first to give women the right to vote Knows as the Land of 100,000 lakes Winnepeg

Manitoba Geography

Conifer Forests and tundra in north, agriculture in south

Prince Edward Island Geography and Economy

Geo:rolling hills, pristine forests, white sand beaches, ocean coves and the famous red soil Econ: Small-scale Agriculture

Donjek Glacier

Glacier in Kluane Mountains In 1978 Donjek Glacier went through a minor surge but failed to block the Donjek River.[3] In 1998 a subglacial tunnel in Donjek Glacier collapsed after an outbreak of water flooded the area. The collapse created a 50-metre (160 ft) wide ice canyon.[4]

New Brunswick Geography

Highest Peak: Mt. Carleton Land of a lot of rivers Dry, but not dry enough to kill off crops.

Wood Buffalo National Park

Largest National Park of Canada at 44,807 km2 (17,300 sq mi). It is located in northeastern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories. Larger in area than Switzerland,[1] it is the second-largest national park in the world.[2] The park was established in 1922 to protect the world's largest herd of free roaming wood bison, currently estimated at more than 5,000.[citation needed] It is one of two known nesting sites of whooping cranes.

Kluane Mountains

Mountains in Yukon The primary tree species are white spruce, balsam poplar and trembling aspen. This park contains about 120 species of birds, including the rock ptarmigan and the golden and bald eagles. "Rush to the Klondike" (1897, written by W. T. Diefenbaker), "The Klondike Gold Rush", "I've Got the Klondike Fever" (1898) and "La Chanson du Klondyke". were songs written here.Donjek Glacier

Quebec

Quebec City Biggest city:Montreal Name means in french "Where the river narrows"

Yukon

Territory in northwestern Canada where gold was discovered in the 1890s Capital: Whitehorse This territory once had an Inuit settlement, located on Herschel Island off the Arctic coast.

Northwest Territories

The capital of this territory is Yellowknife Canadian province

British Colombia Geography

The province has very diverse geography. Landscapes include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains.

Newfoundland and Labrador

a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea Capital: St.Johns

Lake Claire

largest lake which is entirely in Alberta, Canada. It is located entirely in Wood Buffalo National Park, west of Lake Athabasca. It lies between the mouths of Peace River and Athabasca River, and is part of the Peace-Athabasca Delta system. The lake is fed by Birch River and McIvor River, and the lake system also contains Baril Lake and Mamawi Lake.

Nova Scotia

the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island Capital:Halifax


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