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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Great Bear Lake

                Great Bear Lake (Grand lac de l'Ours) is the largest lake entirely within Canada (Lake Superior and Lake Huron straddling the Canada-US border are larger), the fourth largest in North America, and the eighth largest in the world. It had a surface area of 31,153 km2 (12,028 sq mi). The lake is in the Northwest Territories and is situated on the Arctic Circle between 65 and 67 degrees of northern latitude and between 118 and 123 degrees western longitude, 186 m (610 ft) above sea level. 
                Great Bear Lake is covered with ice from late November to July. There are 2 settlements on the shores of the lake: Deline and Port Radium. The primary outflow is Great Bear River.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Winnipeg

               Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 730,018. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. 
               The main landmarks of Winnipeg are: Legislative Building, The Forks, Portage and Main featuring the Richardson Building and Canwest Place, the Assiniboine Park Pavilion, Osborne Village, the Esplanade Riel, Pavilion Gallery Museum, Downtown Winnipeg, Albert Street, Exchange District, Winnipeg's Chinatown, Osborne Village, Royal Canadian Mint, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Shaw Park, Winnipeg Public Library, Esplanade Riel, Manitoba Museum, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Western Canada Aviation Museum, Centennial Concert Hall, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre, MTS Centre, Winnipeg City Hall, University of Manitoba.

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Assiniboine Park Canadian Museum for Human Rights Esplanade Riel Manitoba Centennial Centre

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Mount Logan

               Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley (Denali). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon and is the source of the Hubbard and Logan Glaciers. Logan is believed to have the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth, with the massif containing eleven peaks over 5,000 metres (16,400 ft). Because of active tectonic uplifting, Mount Logan is still rising in height, which is 5,959 metres (19,551 ft). 
               Temperatures are extremely low on and near Mount Logan. On the 5,000 m high plateau, air temperature hovers around −45 °C (−49 °F) in the winter and reaches near freezing in summer with the median temperature for the year around −27 °C (−17 °F).

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Montreal

              Montreal is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the largest city in the province, the second-largest in the country (after Toronto) and the fifteenth-largest in North America. As of 2011, the city of Montreal had a population of 1,649,519. 
              The main landmarks of Montreal are: Bonsecours Market (Marché Bonsecours), La Joute, Notre-Dame Basilica (Basilique Notre-Dame de Montréal), Saint Jacques Street (Rue Saint-Jacques), Saint Joseph's Oratory (Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal), University of Montreal (Université de Montréal), Montreal Biosphère, Habitat 67, Montreal's Underground City (La Ville Souterraine), Saint Catherine Street (rue Sainte-Catherine), Old Montreal (Vieux-Montréal), Old Port of Montreal (Vieux-Port de Montréal), Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal City Hall (Hôtel de Ville de Montréal), Place d'Armes, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, Montreal Science Centre, Place Saint-Henri, Mount Royal, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Tour de la Bourse (Stock Exchange Tower), Place Ville Marie (Royal Bank Tower), Casino de Montréal, McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal, Jacques Cartier Bridge.

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Bonsecours Market Casino de Montréal Habitat 67 Montreal

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Yellowknife

              Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories (NT), Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. It had a population of 19,234. Yellowknife is on the Canadian Shield, which was scoured down to rock during the last ice age. The surrounding landscape is very rocky and slightly rolling, with many small lakes in addition to the larger Great Slave Lake.
               The main landmarks are: Pilots Monument, Northwest Territories Legislative Building, RCMP headquarters, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Wildcat Cafe, Gold Range Bar, Capital Area Park, Yellowknife City Hall, Sir John Franklin High School.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lake Huron

              Lake Huron (Lac Huron) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the west by the state of Michigan in the United States. By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 23,000 square miles (59,600 km2) making it the third-largest fresh water lake on Earth. Lake Huron is separated from Lake Michigan, which lies at the same level, by the narrow Straits of Mackinac, making them geologically and hydrologically the same body of water (sometimes called Lake Michigan-Huron). Lake Superior drains into the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie which then flows southward into Lake Huron. 
              In Lake Huron lies Manitoulin Island - the largest lake island in the world. The following settlements are on the banks of Huron lake: Bay City, Alpena, Cheboygan, St. Ignace, Port Huron in Michigan; Goderich, Sarnia in Ontario.

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Vancouver

              Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. The 2011 census recorded more than 603,000 people in the city, making it the eighth largest Canadian city. 
              The main landmarks of Vancouver are: University Endowment Lands, Lions Gate Bridge, Granville Street Bridge, Burrard Bridge, The Millennium Gate, Stanley Park, Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Empress Hotel, Hotel Vancouver, Christ Church Cathedral, Robson Square, Vancouver Library Square, Woodward's building, Canada Place, Convention Centre, Pan-Pacific Hotel, Vancouver City Hall, Marine Building, Living Shangri-La, Hotel Georgia, One Wall Centre, Shaw Tower, Harbour Centre, Royal Centre, Bentall 5, Park Place, The Fairmont Pacific Rim, Four Bentall Centre, Scotia Tower, Vogue Theatre.

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British Columbia Parliament Buildings Canada Place Christ Church Cathedral Dominion Building

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Ottawa

              Ottawa (Ville d'Ottawa) is the capital of Canada, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and together they form the National Capital Region (NCR). Founded in 1826 as Bytown and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city had at the 2011 census a population as 883,391. 
              The main landmarks of Ottawa are: Centre Block of Parliament Hill (Édifice du centre), National War Memorial (The Response), Downtown Ottawa (Centre-Ville), National Gallery of Canada (Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), Louise Bourgeois' Maman, Rideau Canal (Rideau Waterway), Château Laurier, Alexandra Bridge, ByWard Market (Marché By), Parliament Hill (Colline du Parlement), Library of Parliament (Bibliothèque du Parlement), Peace Tower (tour de la Victoire et de la Paix), Supreme Court of Canada (Cour suprême du Canada), Elgin Street (Rue Elgin), Terrasses de la Chaudière, Place de Ville, Minto Metropole, Bytown Museum, Ottawa City Hall (Hôtel de ville d'Ottawa), University of Ottawa (Université d'Ottawa), Langevin Block (Édifice Langevin), Laurier House (Maison Laurier).

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Alexandra Bridge Central Chambers Centre Block of Parliament Hill Château Laurier

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Churchill River

                Churchill River (Rivière Churchill) is a major river in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. From the head of the Churchill Lake it is 1,609 km long.
                Churchill River's source is a number of lakes in Central-East Alberta which flow into a series of lakes in Saskatchewan (Churchill Lake, Peter Pond Lake), and Manitoba. The main tributary, the Beaver River (Canada), joins at Lac Île-à-la-Crosse. A large amount of flow of the Churchill River after Manitoba - Saskatchewan border comes from the Reindeer River, which flows from Wollaston and Reindeer lakes. From there, the Churchill River flows east through a series of lakes (Highrock, Granville, Southern Indian and Gauer), then flows via a diversion for hydro-electric generation into the Nelson River (60% of flow), and the rest flows as the Churchill River into Hudson Bay at Churchill, Manitoba.

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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Athabasca lake

            Athabasca lake (lac Athabasca) is a lake located in the northwest corner of Saskatchewan and the northeast corner of Alberta between 58° and 60° N. The lake covers 7,850 km2 (3,030 sq mi), is 283 km (176 mi) long, has a maximum width of 50 km (31 mi), and a maximum depth of 124 m (407 ft), and holds 204 km3 (49 cu mi) of water, making it the largest and deepest lake in both Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the eighth largest in Canada.
            Water flows northward from the lake via the Slave River and Mackenzie River systems, eventually reaching the Arctic Ocean. The Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58°, are adjacent to the southern shore. The settlements around the lake are: Fort Chipewyan, Uranium City, and Camsell Portage.

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Columbia river

            The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. 
             The river is 1,243 miles (2,000 km) long. The main tributaries are Snake River, Willamette River, Kootenay River, Pend Oreille River, Deschutes River.  It's crossing Revelstoke, BC, Tri-Cities, WA, Portland, OR, Vancouver, WA, Longview, WA, Astoria, OR. 

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Quebec City

           Quebec (Ville de Québec) s the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. As of 2011, the city has a population of 516,622, and the metropolitan area has a population of 765,706, making it the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about 233 kilometres (145 mi) to the southwest.
          The best places to visit are Château Frontenac, Gare Palais, Hôtel de ville de Québec, Hôtel du Parlement, Musée de la civilisation, Notre Dame des Victoires, Pont de Québec, Université du Québec. 

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Château Frontenac Hôtel de Ville de Québec Hôtel du Parlement Notre Dame des Victoires

Friday, August 3, 2012

Nelson river

             Nelson river is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its full length is 2,575 kilometres (1,600 mi), it has mean discharge of 2,370 cubic metres per second (84,000 cu ft/s), and has a drainage basin of 892,300 square kilometres (344,500 sq mi), of which 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) is in the United States. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs 644 kilometres (400 mi) before it ends in Hudson Bay.
             Nelson river is crossing the following cities: Norway House, Cross Lake, Split Lake, Gillam and Sundance. Fort Nelson, a historic Hudson's Bay Company trading post, was located at the mouth of the Nelson River at Hudson Bay and was a key trading post in the early 18th century. Its main tributary is the Burntwood River.

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