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Canada!

  • Mount Logan
    Canada's highest peak; in the Yukon territory
  • St. Lawrence Seaway
    largest inland seaway; allows ships to sail from the Atlantic ocean inland to Lake Superior
  • French and Indian War
    was a result of unclear boundaries in North America; conflicts between France and England grew until this was declared.
  • Jacque Cartier's explorations
    gave France a claim to Canada and opened the way for a valuable fur trade between the French and the Indians
  • Canadian Shield
    horseshoe shaped region which covers half of Canada; source of Canada's mineral wealth
  • Henry Alline
    missionary to Nova Scotia who, tragically, died very young. Called "the apostle of Nova Scotia"
  • Vancouver Island
    largest island on N. America's west coast
  • Alberta
    western province with prairie, mountains, and beautiful national parks; the largest mall in N. America is in West Edmonton in this province
  • Great Lakes List
    List them!
  • Montreal
    second largest city in Canada; one of the world's largest inland ports
  • Appalachian Mountains
    stretch from the southern US up to Nova Scotia
  • Christopher Columbus
    the first modern explorer to discover the New World
  • Hudson Bay
    the world's largest bay
  • Saskatchewan
    prairie province which is called "Canada's Bread Basket"; Cam Ward is from Saskatoon in this province.
  • Samuel de Champlain
    French explorer who established a fur trade with Native Americans and who discovered Lake Champlain
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    Canada's youngest province