ABC Book of Canada by Colton Bentley

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ABC Book of Canadaby Colton Bentley
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Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by
the provinces of British Columbia to the west
and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest
Territories to the north, and the U.S.
state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of
three Canadian provinces and territories to
border only a single U.S. state (the others
being New Brunswick and Yukon). It is also one of
only two Canadian provinces that
are landlocked (the other being Saskatchewan).
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Bluenose was a Canadian schooner from Nova
Scotia, a celebrated racing ship (and
hard-working fishing vessel) and a symbol of the
province. The name "bluenose" originated as a
nick-name for Nova Scotians from as early as the
late eighteenth century.
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The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario
, Canada, is a communications and
observation tower standing 553.33 metres
(1,815.4 ft) tall. It surpassed the height of
the Ostankino Tower while still under
construction in 1975, becoming the tallest
free-standing structure on land in the world .


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In Canada a Dime is a coin worth ten cents. It
is the smallest (in physical size) of the
currently issued Canadian coins. According to the
Royal Canadian Mint, the official national term
of the coin is the 10 cent piece, but in practice
the term dime is universal. It is nearly
identical in size to the American dime, but
unlike its counterpart, the Canadian dime is
magnetic due to a distinct metal composition
from 1968-99 it was composed entirely of nickel,
and since 2000 it has had a high steel
content.
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The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice
hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
They are members of the Northwest Division in the
Western Conference of the National Hockey League
(NHL).The Oilers were founded on November 1,
1971, with the team playing its first season in
1972 as one of twelve founding franchises of the
major professional World Hockey Association
(WHA).
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Fort Henry (also known as Fort Henry National
Historic Site) is located in Kingston, Ontario,
Canada on Point Henry, a strategic point located
near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it
flows into the St. Lawrence River, at the upper
end of the Thousand Islands. The original fort
was constructed during the War of 1812, when
present-day Ontario was a British colony known as
Upper Canada.
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The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater
lakes located in eastern North America, on the
Canada United States border. Consisting of
Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and
Ontario, they form the largest group of
freshwater lakes on Earth.
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The House of Commons is the name of the
elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments
of the United Kingdom and Canada and historically
was the name of the lower houses of Ireland and
North Carolina.In the UK and Canada, the Commons
holds much more legislative power than the upper
house of parliament (the House of Lords and the
Senate, respectively). The leader of the majority
party in the House of Commons usually becomes the
prime minister.
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Inuit is a general term for a group of culturally
similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic
regions of Canada, Greenland, and Alaska. The
Inuit language is grouped under Eskimo-Aleut
languages.
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Jarome Iginla (born July 1, 1977) is a Canadian
professional ice hockey player for the Calgary
Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). A
five-time NHL All-Star, he is the Flames'
all-time leader in goals, points, and games
played.
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The immigration to and for gold prospecting,
along the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon,
Canada after gold was discovered there in the
late 18th century. In total, about 12.5 million
ounces of gold (about 390 tonnes) have been taken
from the Klondike area in the century since its
discovery.
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The Common Loon has a black-and-white checkered
back with shiny black head, dark pointed bill,
white belly and wing lining, and a necklace of
vertical white stripes and a horizontal black
bill.
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Manitoba is a prairie province in Canada and has
an area of 649,950 square kilometers. Manitoba is
bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east
and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of
Nunavut to the north, and the US states of North
Dakota and Minnesota to the south.
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The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on
the Niagara River, straddling the international
border between the Canadian province of Ontario
and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are
27 km north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and
120 km south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario,
between the twin cities of Niagara Falls,
Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.
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Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a
municipality within the Province of Ontario.
Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern
portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the
southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major
waterway forming the local boundary between the
Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
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The Polar Bear is a bear native largely
within the Arctic circle encompassing the Arctic
Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land
masses. It is the world's largest carnivore
species found on land. It is also the largest
bear, together with the omnivore.
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Quebec is a province in east-central Canada.
It is the only Canadian province with a
predominantly French-speaking population and the
only one whose sole official language is French
at the provincial level.
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Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada.
The city is the second largest in the province
(after Saskatoon), and is a cultural and
commercial metropolis for both southern
Saskatchewan and adjacent areas in the
neighboring American states of North Dakota and
Montana.
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St. John's is the provincial capital of
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and located on
the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the
island of Newfoundland. St. John's is the most
populous Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in the
province.
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Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, (July 28, 1958
June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian,
athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became
famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada
run to raise money for cancer research, which Fox
ran with one prosthetic leg.
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The United Nations Educational and Cultural
Organization UNESCO protects natural and cultural
properties around the world. Canada has 13 UNESCO
World Heritage sites several UNESCO Biosphere
Reserves.
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The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military
engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras,
in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France,
during the First World War. The main combatants
were the Canadian Corps against three divisions
of the German Sixth Army.
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Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of
Manitoba, Canada. Winnipeg is the primary
municipality in the Winnipeg Capital Region,
which is home to more than sixty percent of
Manitoba's population. The name Winnipeg comes
from the Cree words meaning muddy water,
referring to Lake Winnipeg.
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Extreme Temperature The average temperatures of
Canada vary across the country the table below
shows the temperature of various cities across
Canada.
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York University is a university located in
Toronto, Ontario. It is Canada's third-largest
university and has produced several of the
country's top leaders across the humanities and
in sciences such as chemistry, meteorology and
space science
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Canada is divided into six time zones and ranks
fifth among countries with respect to number of
time zones, after Russia (eleven), the United
States (nine), Australia (nine) and the United
Kingdom (eight).