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Sir Robert Borden.
of the British Empire, Laurier proposed creating a Canadian navy that in case of war could be incorporated into the British navy. The plan was opposed by theConservatives, who thought that Canada should simply provide ships for the British navy. The Québec nationalists also opposed the plan because they did not wantCanada either to participate in the British navy or to have a navy of its own. At the last moment before election day in 1911 it looked as if the Liberals might win. The government ne...
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Sir Robert Borden - Canadian History.
of the British Empire, Laurier proposed creating a Canadian navy that in case of war could be incorporated into the British navy. The plan was opposed by theConservatives, who thought that Canada should simply provide ships for the British navy. The Québec nationalists also opposed the plan because they did not wantCanada either to participate in the British navy or to have a navy of its own. At the last moment before election day in 1911 it looked as if the Liberals might win. The government ne...
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le Canada (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Géographie - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)
• le Canada compte de nombreux lacs de grandes dimension s. • Avec ses 27 750 km' en territoire canad ien, contre 53 600 km' aux États Unis , le lac Supérieur est le plus vaste des Grands lacs d 'Amérique du Nord . Bordé au nord et à l'est par l'Ontario , à l'ouest par le Minnesota (É.-U .) et au sud par le Wisconsin ( É .-U.) et le Michigan (É.-U.), il s'étend sur 258 km du nord au sud et sur 616 km d 'ouest en est. Situé à 183 mau-dessus du niveau...
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La Nouvelle-France des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, devenue colonie
britannique en 1763, puis État confédéré du Québec en 1867, est
la plus grande province du Canada, à 80 % francophone.
volume 8 Québec - maisons à galeries de bois, page 4196, volume 8 Québec - la Haute Ville à Québec, page 4196, volume 8 Canada - paysage forestier, page 837, volume 2 forêt - la forêt des rives du Saint-Laurent au Québec, page 1962, volume 4 Québec - l'automne dans les Laurentides, page 4194, volume 8 Québec - paysage lacustre au nord de Havre-Saint-Pierre, page 4194, volume 8 La vie économique. L'apothicaire français Louis Hébert fut le premier colon en 1618, avec dix arpents de terre....
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Alexander Mackenzie.
depression continued, manufacturers and farmers began to think a protective tariff might bring relief. The finance minister seemed ready to agree, but during a visit toScotland in the summer of 1875, Mackenzie declared that the principles of free trade were “the principles of civilization.” When he returned to Canada, there was nomention of a higher tariff in the budget of 1876. Personal characteristics also influenced Mackenzie's failure. As minister of public works he spent up to 14 hours a da...
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Alexander Mackenzie - Canadian History.
depression continued, manufacturers and farmers began to think a protective tariff might bring relief. The finance minister seemed ready to agree, but during a visit toScotland in the summer of 1875, Mackenzie declared that the principles of free trade were “the principles of civilization.” When he returned to Canada, there was nomention of a higher tariff in the budget of 1876. Personal characteristics also influenced Mackenzie's failure. As minister of public works he spent up to 14 hours a da...
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Alexander Mackenzie - Canadian History.
depression continued, manufacturers and farmers began to think a protective tariff might bring relief. The finance minister seemed ready to agree, but during a visit toScotland in the summer of 1875, Mackenzie declared that the principles of free trade were “the principles of civilization.” When he returned to Canada, there was nomention of a higher tariff in the budget of 1876. Personal characteristics also influenced Mackenzie's failure. As minister of public works he spent up to 14 hours a da...
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Museum.
History museums are dedicated to promoting a greater appreciation and knowledge of history and its importance to understanding the present and anticipating thefuture. They range from historic sites and small historic house museums to large, encyclopedic institutions such as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of AmericanHistory in Washington, D.C. Many cities and states have historical societies that operate museums or historic sites. History museums usually collect a wide range ofobjects, includi...
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Canada Le plus vaste État d'Amérique et le deuxième du monde par sa superficie, s'étendant du N.
États-Unis et le Mexique, l'«Accord de libre-échange nord-américain» (en angl. NAFTA), destiné à organiser une zone économique capable d'équilibrer la Communauté européenne et de tenir tête à l'expansion japonaise. Histoire. Les Indiens furent les premiers habitants connus du pays. Le Canada fut reconnu par Cabot en 1497, exploré par Verrazano (1524) et par Cartier (1535-1536, remontée du Saint-Laurent), qui en prit possession au nom de la France. L'occupation de la Nouvelle-France, difficile à...
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Canadian Pacific Railway - Canadian History.
roads constructed inland from the lakeshore. However, this changed with the outbreak in Saskatchewan of the Northwest Rebellion by Louis Riel and his supportersagainst the authority of the Canadian government in March 1885. Despite the fact that the railway was not completed, a contingent of troops was able to reachWinnipeg from Montréal in only seven days, much faster than they could have gone overland, and get from there to Saskatchewan in time to successfully put down therebellion. This actio...
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Lester Pearson.
a vacant seat. The by-election followed a major Liberal victory in September, and as a Liberal Party candidate, Pearson won by a comfortable margin in Algoma East,Ontario. He was reelected to the House of Commons in elections between 1949 and 1965. He was immediately made secretary of state for external affairs in the cabinetof Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. In this post, Pearson set a new standard of frank exchange and cooperation that brought him respect and esteem. However, manyCanadians w...
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Lester Pearson - Canadian History.
a vacant seat. The by-election followed a major Liberal victory in September, and as a Liberal Party candidate, Pearson won by a comfortable margin in Algoma East,Ontario. He was reelected to the House of Commons in elections between 1949 and 1965. He was immediately made secretary of state for external affairs in the cabinetof Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent. In this post, Pearson set a new standard of frank exchange and cooperation that brought him respect and esteem. However, manyCanadians w...
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La région des Grands Lacs
Grands Lacs s1 4 Les Grands Lacs se comportent comme une . vérl· table mer Intérieure sujette à des tempêtes. Leur influence sur le climat est très sensible. Dans une région où les températures ont de fortes amplltu~es, l'hiver reste rela&lvement clémenL Au centre des Lacs, durant une vingtaine de nuits par an, la température descend au-dessous de -15 oc contre -40 oc à la même latitude sur le continent. De même, l'été connan une chaleu...
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L'histoire de la province du Québec
minéraux. Or, argent, cuivre, zinc sont exploités à Rouyn, Noranda et Val d'Or dans la ceinture d'argile près de lafrontière avec l'Ontario. On extrait de l'or et du cuivre à Chibougamau et près du lac Mistassini. L'un des plus richesgisements de fer au monde se trouve dans la trouée du Labrador. Les mines sont situées près de Schefferville etGagnon et près de Labrador City à Terre-Neuve. La région des Appalaches est connue pour ses mines de cuivre surla péninsule de Gaspe, où l'on trouve égalem...
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La province du Québec
minéraux. Or, argent, cuivre, zinc sont exploités à Rouyn, Noranda et Val d'Or dans la ceinture d'argile près de lafrontière avec l'Ontario. On extrait de l'or et du cuivre à Chibougamau et près du lac Mistassini. L'un des plus richesgisements de fer au monde se trouve dans la trouée du Labrador. Les mines sont situées près de Schefferville etGagnon et près de Labrador City à Terre-Neuve. La région des Appalaches est connue pour ses mines de cuivre surla péninsule de Gaspe, où l'on trouve égalem...
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L Amérique du Nord et centrale
• Les États-Unis partagent quatre dés Grands Lacs avec le Canada (Supérieur, Huron, Érié et Ontario : 98 900 km' aux États-Unis), le lac Michigan (58 300 km') se trouvant totalement en territoire américain. LE CLIMAT • La superficie du territoire explique la diversité des climats. • l:ouest est dominé par des climats steppiques et désertiques, avec des températures très élevées en été (plus de 40 °C) et une pluviosité rare. • Le climat tempér...
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bibliothèque (institution).
3. 1 Bibliothèques de l'Antiquité Les bibliothèques les plus anciennes furent celles des Sumériens, renfermant des tablettes d'argile sur lesquelles étaient gravés en écriture cunéiforme des textes de loi et des traités commerciaux. Les bibliothèques sumériennes furent détruites par des tremblements de terre et des incendies, mais un grand nombre de tablettes d'argile ont survécu et se retrouvent aujourd'hui dans les musées. La première bibliothèque égyptienne, contenant environ 20 000 parchemi...
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Arthur Meighen.
Liberal Party. The election was disastrous for the Conservatives, who returned only 50 members. The Liberals won 117 seats and the Progressives 65. Meighen himselfwas defeated in Portage la Prairie. He resigned as prime minister on December 29, 1921. V OPPOSITION Meighen soon regained a seat and returned to lead the opposition, since the Progressive Party had refused to be the official opposition. His first major clash with Kingcame in September 1922, when Britain asked for Canada's help in the...
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Arthur Meighen - Canadian History.
Liberal Party. The election was disastrous for the Conservatives, who returned only 50 members. The Liberals won 117 seats and the Progressives 65. Meighen himselfwas defeated in Portage la Prairie. He resigned as prime minister on December 29, 1921. V OPPOSITION Meighen soon regained a seat and returned to lead the opposition, since the Progressive Party had refused to be the official opposition. His first major clash with Kingcame in September 1922, when Britain asked for Canada's help in the...
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French and Indian War.
Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...
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French and Indian War - Canadian History.
Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...
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Canadian Forces.
As the Land Force Command component of the CF, the Canadian army is responsible for land combat and for physically protecting people and land-based resources. Itis the component of the CF most often called on to support international military operations and peacekeeping missions and to maintain order in times of civil unrest. A Organization The 20,900 personnel who comprise the army’s regular force are organized into four geographically based areas. Land Force Atlantic includes the provinces of...
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New France - Canadian History.
the colony now consisted of a governor-general, an intendant , and a Sovereign Council, all located at Québec, with local governors at Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and law courts for all three districts. The senior official was the governor-general, responsible for military matters and for relations with the indigenous nations and theEnglish colonies. The intendant, a noble trained in law, was the official responsible for civil affairs: justice, law enforcement, and the maintenance of the colon...
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Canadian Parliament.
government’s legislative program. Members of Commons can also present a motion in response to the Budget Speech, which reviews the government’s economicrecord, taxation, and expenditure plans, and to Supply Motions, which concern budgets for individual departments. If a majority of MPs support a no-confidence motion,the government must resign. Also, if Parliament rejects a significant government proposal, the government is expected to resign and request the governor-general to call an election....
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La Littérature canadienne anglaise
t lei, souvent. sous le règne de l'hiver morne La plain e envahie par le froid. la tempête et la neige. Autour du f'eu de bois s'installent les pionniers t Pour raconter tous leurs sentiments. leurs sou venirs>. De ces heures paisibles passées ensemble S'ensuiv e nt les doux plaisirs de l'amitié. Chaque honnête homme ressent une joie en lui A r eviv re son passé et ses sou.f(rcmces A partager la détresse aiguè' Qui jalonnait son progrès dans...
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Toronto (Canada)
Toronto 161 casse-tête pour les autorités. Toronto est le premier aéro port canadien avec une fréquentation annuelle de plus de 10 mllllons de passagers. 4 Un tlors de la production manufacturière canadienne se trouve concentrée dans la région dite du a Triangle d'or "• qui s'étend à 150 kilomètres autour de la ville. Le Toronto Stock Exchange représente le deuxième marché rtnancler nord-américain, en raison de l'Importance des échanges dus...
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Citations avec manufacturier, adjectif.
Ottawa — Les livraisons manufacturières ont chuté pour un deuxième mois consécutif, en raison de la baisse dans la fabrication automobile. Le Devoir.com Car les Etats-Unis, malgré un niveau d’emploi très élevé, ont aussi perdu, en une décennie, 10 millions d’emplois industriels et manufacturiers . Le Monde.fr L’étude du CRIQ révèle également qu’un nombre limité d’entreprises manufacturières exercent une activité de veille concurrentielle et technologique. Le Devoir.com L’essentiel p...
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Chutes du Niagara ?
Ch UT ES du N lAqAARA Des cataractes grandioses Sur la frontiere entre Canada et Etats-Unis, les chutes du Niagara constituent run des lieux touristiques les plus frequenter du monde. Une merveille de la nature qui a ete domptee par les hommes... Formees a la fm de l'ere gla- claire, it y a quelque 30 000 a 50 000 ans, les chutes du Niagara accidentent le cours d'eau du meme nom, qui Arend sa source a l'extremite nord-ouest du lac Erie et se precipite dans le lac Ontario par d'impression- nantes...
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Lac Supérieur ?
Villes et agglomérations e plus de 30 000 hab. • plus de10 000 hab. • moins de 10 000 hab. Ports principaux -- Routes principales · · ····· ·· Territores indiens Fôrets et réserves naturelles ) Caribou 50 km LAc SupÉRiEuR Une forme de croissant Le lac Supérieur est le plus septentrional et le plus occidental des cinq grands lacs nord-américains. L e lac Supérieur est bordé à l'est et au nord par la pro vince canadienne de...
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Sir Mackenzie Bowell.
government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...
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Sir Mackenzie Bowell - Canadian History.
government. B Retirement Bowell's political career was not quite over. He remained Conservative leader in the Senate until 1906. He did not forgive his rebellious colleagues, even when some ofthem joined him in the Senate. In 1905 he reasserted in a speech that they had been “a nest of traitors.” Even his retirement in 1906 struck a bitter note. TheConservative senators elected one senator to succeed Bowell, but not before another senator had been led by Bowell to expect the position. Microsof...
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Géographie LE CANADA
Le Canada 0 500 N l OC ÉAN GLACIAL ARCTI QUE 1000 km MER DE importants étant le lac Winnipeg (24000 km2), dans le Manitoba, le Grand Lac des Esclaves (28 500 km2) et le Grand Lac de l'Ours (31 000 km2), dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Un climat rude Le Canada est un pays au climat rigoureux où les hivers, qui durent de quatre à six mois, connais sent des températures extrêmes pouvant des cendre jusqu'à -sooc et sont marqués par des chu...
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Wrestling.
(4) Escapes are scored when a wrestler, controlled by the opponent on the mat, frees himself or herself and moves to a standing position, facing the opponent. Common escapes include the standup and the sitout. V HISTORY Wrestling has been popular throughout recorded history. Origins of the sport can be traced back 15,000 years through depictions in cave drawings in France. EarlyEgyptian and Babylonian reliefs depict wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport. In ancient G...
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Chronologie mondiale de 1789 à 1914 (histoire)
survit sous forme d'organisations locales jusqu'en 1814, date à laquelle le pape Pie VII le rétablit. 1773 - 1774 Révolte des serfs en Russie Dans un contexte de crise sociale, les mesures prises par la tsarine Catherine II, qui aggravent la situation des serfs, provoquent une révolte de ces derniers, menés par le cosaque Pougatchev. Parti de l’Oural, il rassemble le s mécontents et menace le pouvoir, avant d’être vaincu et décapité en 1774. 16 décembre 1773 Tea Party de Boston...
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Canadian Literature
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Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.
William Henry DrummondPoet William Henry Drummond described the lives of French Canadian farmers, loggers, and rural workers in verse thatreflected their mix of French and English speech. He gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Library of Congress In the early 19th century, most Canadian poetry imitated earlier British poetry. Poets Oliver Goldsmith (grandnephew of the Anglo-Irish writer of the same name),Charles Sangster, Charles Mair, and Levi Adams exemplified literary...
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French Canadian Nationalism - Canadian History.
The revolution ended in independence for the Americans, who named their new country the United States of America. In the aftermath, thousands of people who hadopposed the American Revolution migrated from what was now the United States to British North America. These people, known as the United Empire Loyalists, settledin the Maritimes, where they greatly increased the British majority over the Acadians, and in Québec. Some settled near francophone communities around Montréal andin the Eastern T...
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Québec - Geography.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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Québec - Canadian History.
facilities. Tributaries south of the St. Lawrence include the Richelieu, the Saint-François, and the Chaudière rivers, which are only a few hundred kilometers long. TheRimouski and Matane rivers, also south of the St. Lawrence, are popular areas for recreation and salmon fishing. In the Canadian Shield, the longest rivers are theRupert, Eastmain, Grande Baleine, and La Grand-Rivière, which is the site of a huge hydroelectric complex. C Coastlines Québec has two systems of saltwater coastline. O...
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John Diefenbaker.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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John Diefenbaker - Canadian History.
only Conservative elected from Saskatchewan, which had gone solidly to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a coalition party dedicated to social andwelfare reforms. In 1952 the Liberals in Saskatchewan abolished Diefenbaker's Lake Centre seat altogether by merging it with the neighboring legislative district of Moose Jaw, where theCCF had a vast majority. In 1953 Diefenbaker decided to run for election in Prince Albert. Again he was the only Conservative returned to Parliament fromSa...
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Health Care System in Canada.
With a few exceptions, provincial health plans cover all medically necessary services, so that patients need not pay directly for anything except so-called incidental costs.These incidental costs include items such as a patient’s private hospital room, unless it is specified by a physician, and transportation to the hospital. Provincial healthplans also do not cover some nonessential procedures, such as laser surgery for the eye, cosmetic surgery, procedures to reverse sterilization, and, in mos...
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Brian Mulroney.
At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...
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Brian Mulroney - Canadian History.
At the party convention Mulroney was one of the candidates who ran against Clark. This time Mulroney did not have to contend with a rival candidate from Québec. Healso had the support of the remnants of the Diefenbaker faction—who disliked Clark even more than they disliked Mulroney. Mulroney was also endorsed by asubstantial group of members of Parliament; this endorsement helped allay concerns about whether he could provide effective leadership in Parliament. Mulroney waselected leader of the...
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Folk Art
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Carved Native American Figure
This figure of a Native American trapper was carved from a single pine log (about 1850-1890).
that young Native American women were taught to weave by Ursuline nuns. The overall spirit of French-Canadian folk art is colorful, happy, and, at the same time,devout. B Anglo-Canadian Folk Art The English tradition in the Maritime provinces is strong in the decoration of utilitarian objects, in graining, marbling, and incising, and in ship carvings (both figureheadsand stern-board decorations). The emigration to Canada of many New Englanders during and after the American Revolution led to int...
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Birding - biology.
swallows, and rock doves nest on buildings in cities, towns, and farms. The chimney swift has abandoned hollow trees for chimneys as a nest site in urban areas.Mallards and Canada geese—once exclusively wild, migratory species—now live year-round in the open spaces found in city parks and golf courses. Nearly all purplemartins, a songbird species that once used the abandoned nests of woodpeckers or the natural cavities of cliffs or dead trees, now live primarily in structures specificallyconstru...
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Native American Architecture
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Native American Architecture, traditional architecture of the peoples of who lived in North America before Europeans arrived.
Mound Builders who resided in the area.John Elk III/Bruce Coleman, Inc. Another mound building culture, named Hopewell, also appears to have originated in Ohio but expanded west to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma, south to Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama, east to Georgia and the Appalachian Mountains, and north to Wisconsin, Michigan, and lower Ontario in Canada. The Hopewell culture lastedfrom about 200 BC to 400 AD. Hopewell people built large, linear mounds to create enclosures in geometrical...