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CANADA
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CANADIAN HISTORY
Canada was found by Jacques Cartier Named from an Iroquois word Kanata meaning villageThis is because the Vikings had a small village near or maybe in CanadaThen the War of the League of Augsburg began in 1689The war started in the east but was also fought in the westThe English were stronger in terms of population and wealthDespite the odds New France still won
HISTORY CONTINUED
Some credit the win to the disunited English colony who was also full of mutual jealousy
The English planned a big attack on Quebec but it failed
At one time Canada was all French
English-speaking immigrants came over in 1867
Newfoundland was the first part of Canada explored and the last to become a providence
Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867
GEOGRAPHY
60 00 N, 95 00 W is the exact location of Canada
Total area of Canada is 9,984,670 sq km
Climate varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
Second largest country behind Russia
Made mostly of hills
GEORGE CARTIER HOUSE
House of the founder of Canada
Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Has been modernized
Opened in 1885
Was a hotel but became a historical site
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A big attraction sense hockey is their national sport
It’s a place to honor some of the best NHL players to have played the game
Cost for general people is $17.50
Now includes the NHL zone which is 6,000 sq ft of new exhibits
NHL zone has two nine-foot statues “guarding” the entrance
NIAGRA FALLS
The falls are 36 miles in length
More than 6 million of cubic feet of water go over the Crestline a day during tourist highpoints
The Canadian falls drop an average of 57 feet into the lower Niagara River
the speed of the falls is 68 mph
May be the fastest moving water
The falls have moved back seven miles in 12,500 years
CASA LOMA
A house for Sir Henry Pellatt and Lady Mary Pellatt
Took three years and $3.5 million to build
Equipped with secret passageways throughout the house
The house put the two in debt so they had to leave it behind
Was converted into a hotel
One of Toronto's top ten tourist attractions
CN TOWER
It is 1,815 feet tall
A concrete communications and observations tower
Construction started in 1972
Biggest attraction is the edgewalk
A lot of people like seeing the glass floor
The look out level is a great attraction there
MODERN FACTS
Hockey is currently the biggest sport in Canada
Canada holds 9% of the worlds water supply
The moose is Canada's national animal
French is the official language of Canada
77% percent of Canada's population is Christian
Canada is the largest producer of zinc and uranium
TRIP TO TORONTO
Flown by Air Canada
Flight number 7274 there
Flight number 7275 back
Straight flight
August 2013
Total price: $452.48
WORK CITEDhttp://www.canadahistory.com/index.html
http://erwin.bernhardt.net.nz/america/canadafacts.html
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blccanada.htm
http://wanttoknowit.com/interesting-facts-about-canada/
http://www.hhof.com/
http://www.cntower.ca/Intro.html
http://www.niagaraparks.com/media/geology-facts-figures.html