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Vancouver (British Columbia) - geography.
Canada from Hong Kong in the 1990s, many settling in the Vancouver metropolitan area.Lindsay Hebberd/Woodfin Camp and Associates, Inc. The population of the city of Vancouver increased from 384,500 in 1961 to 545,671 at the 2001 census, with growth in every five-year period except from 1971 to 1976. Inthe same 35-year period, the population of the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area more than doubled, from 827,000 to 2,076,100. Between 1996 and 2001, the city’spopulation grew 8.5 percent, and met...
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Vancouver (British Columbia) - Geography.
The Fraser Delta—Burrard Inlet area that is now Vancouver was occupied by Coast Salish people of the Musqueam, Kwantlen, Tsawwassen, and Capilano bands whenthe Spanish explorer José Maria Narvaez and the British naval officer George Vancouver visited the area in the early 1790s. The first permanent white settlement, established around the Hastings sawmill in the 1860s, was colloquially known as Gastown (after a talkative leading citizen, “Gassy”Jack Deighton). This settlement was renamed Granvil...
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Vancouver (ville du Canada)
Vancouver 173 clères et commerciales découlent de sa position géogra phique : aboutissement de quatre grandes lignes de chemins de fer et de la route transcontinentale, lignes aériennes directes avec le Japon et ave~. la Chine. Le port, ouvert toute l'aimée, a un trafic élevé (quelque 50 millions de tonnes par an) et permet l'exportation du blé et d1,1 charbon des provinces des Prairies, ainsi que l'lmportaUon des produits manufacturés. Ja...
- Vancouver, George Vancouver, George (1757-1798), officier de marine et explorateur britannique.
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George Vancouver
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par W. Kaye-Lamb Professeur à l'Université de Colombie, britannique
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- George Vancouver
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Toi qui pâlis au nom de vancouver de Marcel Thiry
TOI QUI PALIS AU NOM DE VANCOUVER MARcEL THIRY. Poèmes, 1975. Marcel Thiry (1897-1977), auteur belge d'expression française, a retenu pour l'ensemble de son œuvre poé tique le titre de son deuxième recueil 0924). n n'a en effet conservé du pre nùer, Le Cœur et les Sens 0919), que quelques textes. L'œuvre de 1924 pré sente les thèmes primordiaux: le voyage, la recherche, l'exaltation quand le but semble proche, la richesse des rencontres de has...
- La ville de Vancouver
- Vancouver George , 1757-1798, né à King's Lynn, dans le Norfolk, navigateur anglais.
- Côtes occidentales des zones tempérées humides Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique Dans les zones tempérées de haute latitude, les vents d'ouest dirigent l'air humide vers les côtes occidentales la majeure partie de l'année.
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Messier Lifts the Curse.
Swept up in the hype, the Rangers came out for game five at the Garden in a virtual sleepwalk. By the start of the third period they were down 3-0. New Yorkscratched back to level the score as Messier culminated the three-goal spurt with a wrist shot midway through the period. Vancouver then stunned the Rangers—andthe sellout crowd—by netting three quick goals to put the game far out of reach. Game six in Vancouver proved even more of a challenge for the Rangers. The team showed little will...
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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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British Columbia - Geography.
hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...
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British Columbia - Canadian History.
hemlock, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, and various cedars, grows rapidly in the mild, wet climate and produces the largest trees in Canada. In the dry lowlands of thesouthern and central interior, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, aspen, and bunchgrass are characteristic. Spruce dominates the Prince George region. Prairie grasses andstands of aspen are found in the northeastern corner of the province. At elevations higher than about 1,800 m (about 6,000 ft), an alpine vegetation of shrubs, mosses,and...
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Victoria (city, British Columbia) - Geography.
routes, and good agricultural land. These advantages were publicized by Sir James Douglas, the chief factor (administrative head) of the company’s Pacific Coastoperations, who founded the fort. They were in turn recognized by the British Colonial Office, which made Victoria the capital of the colony of Vancouver’s Island (the oldname for Vancouver Island) in 1849. The community’s growing commercial importance during the Fraser River and Cariboo gold rushes of the 1850s led to itsincorporation in...
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TOI QUI PÂLIS AU NOM DE VANCOUVER Marcel Thiry : Fiche de lecture
ouvre la poésie sur un prolongement indéterminé et s'accorde avec le mouve ment du temps. Apollinaire lui montre la voie du modernisme qui permet d'ac cueillir tous les mots de la langue usuelle, du taxi au Boeing en passant par le bax ter et l'Alfa Romeo. Le poème, situé dans le temps et l'espace, est un journal rela tant les voyages en avion, en bateau et en train. les rencontres, les villes, les scènes de la rue. Thiry s'est créé un langage p...
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1791 Vancouver quitte l'Angleterre à bord du Discovery, pour parvenir un
an plus tard en vue des côtes américaines.
1416 Ferdinand Ier meurt dans sa trente-sixième année. En quatre ans de règne à peine, il n'a pas eu le temps de mettre en œ uvre une grande politique. Son intelligence et son réalisme sont restés les auxiliaires d'une ambition personnelle, familiale. 1826 Auguste Comte ouvre chez lui, rue du Faubourg-Montmartre, un Cours de philosophie positive, devant un auditoire de choix : le naturaliste Alexandre de Humboldt, l'économiste Dunoyer, Hippolyte Carnot. 1838 Léon Gambetta voit le jour à Cahors....
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Portland - geography.
Garden arena, which opened in 1995. In 2000 the Portland Fire, an expansion Women's National Basketball Association team, began play in the Rose Garden as well. VI ECONOMY Portland enjoys a diversified economy. Major manufactured products include paper, transportation equipment, metal products, sportswear, and electronic componentsand equipment. Major corporations headquartered in the metropolitan region include Nike, a leader in the manufacture of sports footwear, in Beaverton; Louisiana-Paci...
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Kanada - geographie.
der Gebirge gedeihen dichte Wälder mit Tannen, Fichten und Zedern, während in der intramontanen Plateauregion Kiefer die Hauptbaumgattung ist. Der Gürtel des borealenNadelwaldes erstreckt sich in einem weiten Bogen von Neufundland bis ins nördliche Alaska und hat eine Breite von nahezu 1 000 Kilometern. Diese Vegetationseinheitumfasst vorwiegend Fichten, Tannen und Kiefern. Nach Norden geht der Nadelwald in die Waldtundra über, ein Gebiet mit lichteren Baumbeständen. Auf dem nördlichenFestland u...
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Victoria (city, British Columbia) - geography.
Legislative Building, VictoriaThe British Columbian legislature is housed in Victoria, the provincial capital. Britain’s historical influence is reflected in both thearchitecture of the province’s government buildings and the constitution of its legislative body. The province is formally headed by alieutenant governor who represents the Crown, but true executive power rests with the premier, a member of the legislature who isusually also the majority party leader.Geroge Hunter/ALLSTOCK, INC. The...
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Vocabulaire:
CLOPORTE, substantif masculin.
Remarque?: Le f?minin se rencontre. ? [Par r?f?rence au comportement du cloporte ou au sentiment de r?pugnance qu'il inspire] Les mani?res visqueuses et rampantes des cloportes eccl?siastiques (OCTAVE MIRBEAU, Le Journal d'une femme de chambre, 1900, page 325) : ? 3. VANCOUVER, (entrant par le fond et voyant Dardenboeuf embrasser la main de sa fille). ? Ciel!... ma fille. (S'avan?ant sur Dardenboeuf, furieux.) Monsieur!... c'est une l?chet?!... c'est un vol... c'est... Vos armes? vos arme...
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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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THIRY Marcel (vie et oeuvre)
19 75. Dans une forme où les préciosités d'un déca den tisme étudié le disp utent aux auda ces d'un moder nisme alors très inusité, les grands thèmes de l'œu vre future af fleurent déjà : les mirag es de l'évasion, l'escla vage des servit udes, le goût déchirant du bonheur, la bea uté mira culeuse de la femme, l'ince ssante présence urbaine , celle des nouveaux dieux de l'époque : la vitesse, le bruit, le cinéma. On a dit de Thiry que s'il est « moderne...
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Canadian Architecture
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INTRODUCTION
L'Anse aux Meadows
In around ad 1000 Norse Vikings sailed from Greenland to North America and set up a village on the tip of what is now
the island of Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula.
IglooSome Inuit peoples in the Arctic regions of Canada live in domed houses of snow, or igloos, which provide good insulationand protection from wind. The word igloo comes from the Inuit iglu, meaning “house.”George Holton/Photo Researchers, Inc. Canada’s original inhabitants are known as the First Nations. At the time of European arrival, about 40 nations were scattered across Canada. Many of them lived alongthe coasts, where they could fish. These nations can be classified into five major gro...
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Washington (state) - geography.
The crest of the Cascade Range divides Washington into two distinct climatic regions. The area west of the Cascades, which is exposed throughout the year to rain-bearing winds from the Pacific Ocean, has a temperate marine type of climate that is characterized by mild wet winters and cool summers. The Cascades prevent themoist air blowing in from the Pacific from reaching eastern Washington. The Rocky Mountains on the eastern border also represent a climatic barrier. As a result, thesevere winte...
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Washington (state) - USA History.
The crest of the Cascade Range divides Washington into two distinct climatic regions. The area west of the Cascades, which is exposed throughout the year to rain-bearing winds from the Pacific Ocean, has a temperate marine type of climate that is characterized by mild wet winters and cool summers. The Cascades prevent themoist air blowing in from the Pacific from reaching eastern Washington. The Rocky Mountains on the eastern border also represent a climatic barrier. As a result, thesevere winte...
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Toronto - geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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Toronto - Geography.
now a museum. In the far northeast side of the City is the Toronto Zoo, a modern zoo covering many acres and with well-designed animal displays. Originally known as the SkyDome, the Rogers Centre is a state-of-the-art stadium complex that opened in 1989. The stadium features a retractable roof that can openin 20 minutes to expose the playing field and most of the 50,000 seats to the open air. It is the home of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and theToronto Blue Jays of Majo...
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Canada.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Canada - country.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Canada - Canadian History.
Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...
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Indian Treaties in Canada - Canadian History.
Pontiac led an attack on British forts in the Great Lakes area to end British domination and to reinforce Indian autonomy. In response, British king George III issued theRoyal Proclamation of 1763 to try to appease the Indians of the interior. The proclamation set aside land for the Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains anddescribed this land as “lands reserved to [Indians] … as their Hunting Grounds.” The proclamation not only recognized Indian land ownership, but also required thattreaties...