Canada: Map of Canada

Sent from my dear friend Crystal who lives in Toronto, Canada
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Canada: The Athabasca Glacier

Extending almost to the highway, the breathtaking Athabasca Glacier is the most accessible and the most visited glacier in North America. Located in the Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park, the Athabasca Glacier is one of the six toes of the great Columbia Ice Field. The ice is the thickness of the height of the Eiffel Tower but the lateral moraines show that is has receded 5km and lost half its volume from when it was originally formed.

Postcrossing ID: CA-783286
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Canada: Calgary, Alberta

Calgary is a city in Alberta, Canada. The city anchors the south end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary - Edmonton Corridor".

In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games. It has been consistently recognized for its high quality of life.


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary
Postcrossing ID: CA-783286
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Canada: Banff National Park

The Banff Upper Hot Springs is Canada's highest elevation hot springs and once flowed as a stream to the Bow River. It was protected with the creation of Canada's first national park in 1855. It became Canada's most famous spa and is enjoyed today by visitors from around the world.

Postcrossing ID: CA-783286
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Canada: Mallard

Kids named Cadance and Hayden from the Fort Frances Teen Club sent me this card. :D
Their writing is so cute.

Postcrossing ID: CA-78328
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Canada: Vancouver

Vancouver is renowned as being quite a wet city, though in actual fact out of all the major Canadian cities, it is the second driest. Compared to the rest of Canada, Vancouver has a very mild climate, year round, and rarely drops below freezing.

Source: http://www.infovancouver.com/facts-for-visitors/facts
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Canada: Niagara Falls

Winter temperatures create 1000 feet columns of mist over the American Falls (left) and the Horeshoe Falls (right). In the pool an early ice bridge begins to form.










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Canada: Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort

Located on Lake Placid in New York State, USA, the Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort is a scenic and relaxing location to enjoy the nearby natural features.

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Canada: Vancouver

The City of Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English.

Vancouver is consistently named as one of the top five worldwide cities for livability and quality of life. It has also hosted many international conferences and events, including 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Canada: Parliament Hill - Ottawa

Parliament Hill (French: Colline du Parlement) is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has architectural elements of national symbolic importance.



Also :) an impressive amount of cute washi tapes

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Canada: Canadian Provinces and Territories

Canada is composed of 10 provinces and 3 territories extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Its border with the U.S. is the world's longest land border. About 80% of the country's population of 35 million people live near the southern border.

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Canada: Greetings From... Canada

Some interesting facts that are on the card

1) Maple Syrup - Province of Quebec is the largest producer of maple syrup in the world

2) Winnie the Pooh was based on a Canadian bear named Winnipeg was donated to a zoo in London in 1915

3) The name Canada came from the word "Kanata" which means village in the language of the indigenous.

4) Canada has the world's longest coastline of 202,080 km.

Hope you learned something new and interesting about this country. :)

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Canada: Canadian Flag

As all of you probably recognize, this is the national flag of our northern neighbor, Canada. It has ten provinces and three territories. Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples.

The Canadian flag consists of a red field with a white square at its center, in the middle of which is featured a stylized, red, 11-pointed maple leaf.









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