Canada, the 2nd largest country

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Saskatchewan

"Canada's Breadbasket"

Vancouver

"Canada's Gateway to the Pacific", 3rd largest city in Canada

Churchill

"Polar Bear Capital of the World"

Canadian North

1 of the least used & most deserted ares in the world

Canada

2nd largest country in the world; has the longest coastline of any country in the world; largest world producer of nickel & zinc & 1 of the world's leading ore producer; 1 of the world's leading wheat exporters 1 of the most prosperous nations in the world; world leader in manufacture of newsport; world's largest undefended border

Edmonton

Alberta's capital

Superior

the largest freshwater lake in the world

Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world; contain approximately 1/5 of the earth's freshwater supply

St. Lawrence Seaway

the largest inland seaway in the world

Dempster Highway

the only public highway above the Arctic Ocean that's open yr-round

Prince Edward Is.

the smallest but most densely populated province

West Edmonton Mall

the world's largest shopping mall

the CN tower

the world's tallest free-standing structure

Yukon

Canada's 2nd longest river; famous bc of the great Klondike Gold Rush; mining & tourism main sources of income

Mount Logan

Canada's highest peak

Quabec

Canada's largest province in land area & 2nd largest in population

Winnipeg

Canada's leading grain market; "Gate-way to the West"

Mackenzie River

Canada's longest river

Ontario

Canada's most populous province; capital of Canada; 4th largest city

Hudson's Bay Company

Canada's oldest business

British Columbia

Canada's only providence that borders the Pacific Ocean

Iqaluit

capital city

Quabec City

capital of the province of Quabec; ppl mostly French ancestry; the only walled city in Canada or the US

Ericson

discovered the North American continent

Cartier

explorations gave France a claim to Canada & opened the way for a valuable fur trade between the French & the Indians

Bay of Fundy

famous for having some of the highest tides in the world

Niagra Falls

more water flows over per sec than flows over any other waterfall in the world

Ottawa, Ontario

national capital

Churchill Falls in Labrador

one of the world's largest hydroelectric facilities location

Quebec

the 1st important French settlement in the New World in 1608

Columbus

the 1st modern explorer to discover the New World

Cabot

the 1st modern explorer to reach the North American mainland; claimed the land for England

Montreal

the 2nd largest city in Canada; 1 of the largest inland ports

Acadians

the Cajuns of Louisiana are descendants of the French settlers

"New France"

the French claims in the New World

Victoria

the capital of British Columbia

Toronto

the capital of Ontario & Canada's largest city


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