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Winnipeg
Winnipeg 11s clpaux services collectifs de la zone : transports, urba nisme, etc. 4 Bénéficiant d~un réseau de communications très dense (deux lignes de chemin de fer transcontinentales, plu sieurs autoroutes, un aéroport International), Winnipeg profite aussi de sa proximité des !:lats-Unis. Ses activités commerciales sont très Importantes. Le .. Winnipeg Grain Exchange .. est l'un des principaux marchés de grains du monde. La ville est célèb...
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Winnipeg - geography.
city of the province. The city is also the site of the University of Winnipeg.Tom McHugh/Photo Researchers, Inc. Winnipeg grew up around the district called The Forks, at the river junction. For many years this historic site was covered by railroad yards, but in recent years it has beenredeveloped as a heritage park and recreation center. Winnipeg also has an impressive collection of pre-1914 buildings, especially in the Exchange District, with itswarehouses and office blocks. Old Market Square,...
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Winnipeg - Geography.
about to become a territory of the Dominion of Canada, the Métis seized Upper Fort Garry because Canadian expansion was a threat to their own territorial claims andto their unique way of life. This began the Red River Rebellion, which ended with Canada’s 1870 agreement to make Manitoba a self-governing province. Winnipeg wasmade the provincial capital. The young city came into its own after 1885, when the Canadian Pacific Railway was extended to the Pacific Coast, but it did not really boom unti...
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Grey Cup Champions.
1977 Montréal Alouettes Edmonton Eskimos 41-6 1978 Edmonton Eskimos Montréal Alouettes 20-13 1979 Edmonton Eskimos Montréal Alouettes 17-9 1980 Edmonton Eskimos Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48-10 1981 Edmonton Eskimos Ottawa Rough Riders 26-23 1982 Edmonton Eskimos Toronto Argonauts 32-16 1983 Toronto Argonauts British Columbia Lions 18-17 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47-17 1985 British Columbia Lions Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-24 1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Edmonton Eskimos 39-15 1987 Edmonto...
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Grey Cup Champions
The first Grey Cup was played in 1909 and was awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada.
1977 Montréal Alouettes Edmonton Eskimos 41-6 1978 Edmonton Eskimos Montréal Alouettes 20-13 1979 Edmonton Eskimos Montréal Alouettes 17-9 1980 Edmonton Eskimos Hamilton Tiger-Cats 48-10 1981 Edmonton Eskimos Ottawa Rough Riders 26-23 1982 Edmonton Eskimos Toronto Argonauts 32-16 1983 Toronto Argonauts British Columbia Lions 18-17 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hamilton Tiger-Cats 47-17 1985 British Columbia Lions Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37-24 1986 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Edmonton Eskimos 39-15 1987 Edmonto...
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Stanley Cup Winners
Year
Champion
1893
Montréal AAA
1894
Montréal AAA
1895
Montréal Victorias
1896
Winnipeg Victorias
1897-98
Montréal Victorias
1899 Feb.
1989 Calgary Flames 1990 Edmonton Oilers 1991-92 Pittsburgh Penguins 1993 Montréal Canadiens 1994 New York Rangers 1995 New Jersey Devils 1996 Colorado Avalanche 1997 Detroit Red Wings 1998 Detroit Red Wings 1999 Dallas Stars 2000 New Jersey Devils 2001 Colorado Avalanche 2002 Detroit Red Wings 2003 New Jersey Devils 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning 2005 No Winner* 2006 Carolina Hurricanes 2007 Anaheim Ducks * Season was canceled. Source: Source: National HockeyLeague.Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1...
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Manitoba - Geography.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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Manitoba - Canadian History.
E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...
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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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Si le « Canada utile » n'occupe qu'un dixième de la superficie,
au sud, sur les rives des Grands Lacs et du Saint-Laurent, là où
vivent les neuf dixièmes de la population, les espaces agricoles,
les villes, les industries qui s'y rassemblent font du pays une
grande puissance.
arc de cercle, se déploie un chapelet de grands lacs, depuis celui de l'Ours jusqu'au lac Ontario. Le bloc des hautes terres offre de grandioses paysages de montagnes avec des pics acérés, des cirques, des auges : les sommets des Rocheuses s'élèvent autour de 3 500 m (mais 3 954 m au mont Robson) ; les chaînes pacifiques ont aussi des glaciers et, sur la côte, des fjords. Sur 2 000 km, les Prairies sont des plaines à très faible pente (1 000 m à Calgary, 300 m à Winnipeg). En Gaspésie et dans le...
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Le Canada
• le Canada compte de nombreux lacs de grandes dimensions. • Avec ses 27 750 km' en territoire canadien, 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 d...
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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...