Canadian Culture: The Northern Mosaic Canada is one of two countries located in North America and is the second largest country in the world. It is situated just north of the United States and constitutes the northern part of the country‚ excluding Alaska. Over the years Canada ’s culture has been influenced by European culture and traditions‚ mainly that of the French and British. Canadian culture has also been influenced by the countries ’ first people‚ the Aboriginals‚ as well as the newer
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Bishop was five her mother was permanently institutionalised and was never reunited with her daughter. Bishop’s maternal grandparents took care of her and she spent her early childhood with them on their farm in Nova Scotia. Bishop was very happy there‚ and it was while living in Nova Scotia that she became a keen fisherwoman. However‚ her father’s family claimed custody of her in 1917 and took her back to Massachusetts. Bishop was very unhappy there‚ and developed chronic asthma. As a result of this
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Alexander Graham Bell In the context of history‚ Alexander Graham Bell has contended to be an inspiring figure who became an inventor‚ an educator‚ a scientist‚ and a linguist in his lifetime. More specifically‚ Alexander Graham Bell conducted important work in inventing and teaching the deaf of the world‚ and eventually ended up making impactful changes to the world in both his childhood and adulthood. In note of this‚ Alexander Graham Bell’s lifetime reflects the multitude of ideas he had to offer
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References: Ha-has were also used in North America. Only two remain in Canada‚ one of which is on the grounds of Nova Scotia ’s Uniacke House (1813)‚ a rural estate built by Richard John Uniacke‚ an Irish-born Attorney-General of Nova Scotia.
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A Report on the movie The Perfect Storm Purpose: To watch a popular Hollywood natural disaster movie and review and summarize the scientific merit of it in a report‚ for my report I chose The Perfect Storm. A movie that is based on the actual storm in late October 1991 later called “The Perfect Storm” (Viets 2000). Also to comment on how realistic the movies’ storyline‚ effects and scientific merit when compared to the real life disaster which it is trying to recreate. Introduction In late
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explorer Leif Eriksson may have reached the shores of Canada in 1000‚ but the actual history of the white man in the country actually began in 1497. This was when “John Cabot‚ an Italian in the service of Henry VII of England‚ reached Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. Canada was taken for France in 1534 by Jacques Cartier. France’s colonization efforts were not very successful‚ but French explorers by the end of the 17th century had gone beyond the Great Lakes and south along the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
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approximately 3 inches across; have invaded shells that range from dark green with yellow markings to orange or red. The Green Crab originated along the coast of the North and Baltic seas. In the 1950s‚ the Green Crab had migrated all the way up to Nova Scotia. They found protected embayment’s filled with molluscs‚ crustaceans and green algae for them to eat. In 1997‚ helped by strong El Nino current‚ the Crab had made it into Oregon‚ Washington‚ and British Colombia Estuaries. Although they have grown
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shortly after people first started to settle in North America for land and improve their lives. It begins on board a boat crossing the ocean from England to the new world then they land in Jamaica for a short time then Charlotte makes her way to west Nova Scotia (present day New Brunswick) where she ends up in three different locations including Baie des Charleurs‚ Blake Brook and finally ends up along the Tabisintack River. The author’s motivation to write this book was in memory to her distant relative
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Important British military leaders and civilians/heroes * George Washington – led colonists during the war. He was a colonel. Made a name for him and the experience of this war helped in the American Revolution. Both civil and military because he led a group of Militia. * General Edward Braddock – He led a group of two thousand men to capture Fort Duquesne. His group was ambushed and he died in the battle. * Earl of Loundoun – He was appointed commander and chief in 1756 of the British
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DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park established in 1893. It is located on the Canadian Shield‚ northeast of Toronto and northwest of Ottawa. The terrain is hilly and heavily wooded‚ with five major rivers and numerous small lakes within its perimeters. The formal recognition encompasses 7571 square kilometres of land‚ 15% of which is WATER‚ and the various buildings‚ structures‚ roadways and pathways contained therein. Jasper National Park is the largest national
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