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English-speaking countries. Canada

English-speaking countries. Canada. Geography.

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English-speaking countries. Canada

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  1. English-speaking countries. Canada

  2. Geography Canada occupies a major northern portion of NorthAmerica, sharing land borders with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean. By total area (including its waters), Canada is the second largest country in the world—after Russia—and largest on the continent. By land area, it ranks second. The population density, 3.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.1/sq mi), is among the lowest in the world

  3. 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.

  4. A satellite image of the Great Lakes

  5. Niagara Falls

  6. What else?

  7. History First Nation and Inuit traditions maintain that indigenous people have resided on their lands since the beginning of time, while archaeological studies support a human presence in the northern Yukon from 26,500 years ago, and in southern Ontario from 9,500 yearsago. Europeans first arrived when the Vikings settledbriefly at L'Anse aux Meadows around AD 1000;following the failure of that colony, there was no furtherattempt at North American exploration until 1497, whenJohn Cabot explored Canada's Atlantic coast forEngland, followed by Jacques Cartier in 1534 for France.

  8. Name of Canada The name Canada comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word, kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier towards the village of Stadacona. Cartier later used the word Canada to refer not only to that particular village, but also the entire area subject to Donnacona (the chief at Stadacona); by 1545, European books and maps had begun referring to this region as Canada.

  9. History • The English established fishing outposts in Newfoundland around 1610 and colonized the Thirteen Colonies to the south. A series of four Intercolonial Wars erupted between 1689 and 1763. Mainland Nova Scotia came under British rule with the Treaty of Utrecht (1713); the Treaty of Paris (1763) ceded Canada and most of New France to Britain following the Seven Years' War.

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  11. Motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare  (Latin)"From Sea to Sea" Canadian Flag

  12. Parliament Hill, Ottawa

  13. Canadian Provinces

  14. Saskatchewan • Coat of arms

  15. Ontario Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin)("Loyal she began, loyal she remains")

  16. What else?

  17. Canadian Cities

  18. Ottawa The Parliament Building The Royal Canadian Mint

  19. Ottawa This spider is in front of The Art Gallery. It cost more than 3 million Dollars to build it

  20. TORONTO

  21. Quebec City

  22. What else?

  23. Canadian Animals

  24. Canada goose

  25. North American Beaver

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