Geography of Canada Geography of Canada Alpine Meadows Lodge is a Bed and Breakfast Inn of noteworthy architectural beauty in British Columbia, Canada, on a wilderness setting (150 wooded acres) in the Canadian Rocky Mountains outside Golden, British Columbia near six National parks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alpine Meadows Lodge"
The Beaufort Sea is a large body of water north of The Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canada's arctic islands that is a part of the Arctic Ocean. Its northwestern boundary is defined by a line connecting Point Barrow, Alaska, and Lands End Prince Patrick Island. It is about 450 thousand square kilometers in area. The sea is named after British hydrographer Sir Francis Beaufort. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beaufort Sea"
The Boreal Shield is a region in northern North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boreal shield"
The British Columbia Coast is one of Canada's two continental coastlines, the other being the coastline from the Beaufort Sea of the Arctic Ocean via the Northwest Passage and Hudson Bay to the Ungava Peninsula and Labrador and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Nova Scotia. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Columbia Coast"
The Canadian Council for Geographic Education (CCGE) is a joint initiative of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the National Geographic Society of Washington, D.C. established in 1993. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Council for Geographic Education"
The Canadian prairies is a vast area of flat sedimentary land that stretches from Ontario and the Canadian Shield to the Canadian Rockies covering much of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta — the Prairie Provinces. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian prairies"
The Canadian Shield is a large craton in eastern and central Canada and adjacent portions of the United States, composed of bare rock dating to the Precambrian Era (between 4.5 billion and 540 million years ago). It is also called the Precambrian Shield, Laurentian Shield, or Laurentian Plateau. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Shield"
The Carolinian forest is a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by a predominance of deciduous, or broad-leaf trees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolinian forest"
The Clay Belt is an area between Kapuskasing, Ontario and Ottawa, on the Quebec border. It lies right in the middle of the Canadian Shield, which is a vast rock covered area, streching from the western edge of Hudson Bay all the way to Labrador and Newfoundland on the Atlantic Ocean. In most of this area, farming is impossible because of the rocks. The Clay Belt is a unique region in the Boreal Forest that has a rich clay soil in contrast to the low fertility of the muskeg and exposed bedrock shield surrounding it. Moreover, the combination of its general fertility, flat topography, high water table and relative accessibility to an extensive network of roads for logging and mining make it suitable for some types of farming. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clay Belt"
The Dixon Entrance is a strait about 80 km (50 miles) long and wide in the Pacific Ocean at the International Boundary between the United States ( Alaska) and Canada. The northern and southern islands of Haida Gwaii which are the continuously occupied homelands of the Haida Indigenous Peoples lie on either side of the Strait. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dixon Entrance"
The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of western Canada into one-square- mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences. The DLS is the dominant survey method in the Prairie provinces, but it is also used in British Columbia along the Railway Belt (near the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway), and in the Peace River Block in the northeast of the province. The survey was begun July 10, 1871, shortly after Manitoba and the North-West Territories became part of Canada. Covering about 800 000 square kilometres, the survey system and its terminology are deeply ingrained in the rural culture of the Prairies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dominion Land Survey"
This is a list of the extreme communities in Canada. They are further east, north, south or west than any other community, though they are generally not further than the extreme points of Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme communities of Canada"
See also: Extreme points of U.S. states ...more on Wikipedia about "Extreme points of Canadian provinces"
With the creation of Nunavut on April 1, 1999, Canada gained its only "four corners". It is located at the rough intersection of the boundaries of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, around at 60°00' north, 102°00' west, on the southern shore of Kasba Lake. It is in remote northern wilderness, hundreds of kilometres from any road, railway, or airport. ...more on Wikipedia about "Four Corners (Canada)" shortopedia Dreamteam.
The geography of Canada is vast and diverse. Occupying most of the northern portion (precisely 41%) of the continent of North America, Canada is the world's second largest country in total area after Russia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of Canada"
The Grand Banks are a group of underwater plateaus southeast of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. These areas are relatively shallow, ranging from 25 to 100 metres in depth. The cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream here. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand Banks"
Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary, is the outlet of North America's Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gulf of Saint Lawrence"
The Hope Slide was one of the largest landslides ever recorded in Canada. It occurred in the morning hours of 9 January 1965. An earlier, small avalanche had forced four people to stop their vehicles a few miles southeast of the town of Hope, British Columbia (two hours east of Vancouver), on a stretch of the Hope-Princeton Highway below Johnson Peak. As those people contemplated waiting for clearing crews or turning around, a small earthquake below the mountain triggered the main slide, which obliterated the mountain's southwestern slope. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hope Slide"
The Jacques Cartier Strait ( French Détroit de Jacques-Cartier) is a strait in eastern North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jacques Cartier Strait"
The Labrador Current is a cold current in the north Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia. It is a continuation of the West Greenland Current and the Baffin Island Current. ...more on Wikipedia about "Labrador Current"
The Lancaster Sound is a body of water lying between Devon Island and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. East of the sound lies Baffin Bay, and heading west one enters Viscount Melville Sound. Farther west a traveller would enter the M'Clure Strait before heading into the Arctic Ocean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lancaster Sound"
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This is a list of National Wildlife Areas in Canada. It uses data from Environment Canada ** . The symbol * has been placed after a National Wildlife Area's name if that site has been recognized as a Wetland of International Significance under the Ramsar Convention. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of National Wildlife Areas in Canada"
This list of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin contains Canadian places whose names originate from the words of the First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, collectively referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada. When possible the original word or phrase used by Aboriginals is included, along with its generally believed meaning. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin"
The National Topographic System or NTS ( French: Système national de référence cartographique) is the topographic system used by Canada for providing general purpose maps of the country. NTS maps are available in 1/50,000 and 1/250,000 scales. The maps provide details on landforms and terrain, lakes and rivers, forested areas, administrative zones, populated areas, roads and railways, as well as other man-made features. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Topographic System" The article you are reading is from www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
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