CANADA

BY: PA

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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