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A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. [5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. [6] In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight ...
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Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
The provinces and territories are sometimes grouped into regions, listed here from west to east by province, followed by the three territories.Seats in the Senate are equally divided among four regions: the West, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes, with special status for Newfoundland and Labrador as well as for the three territories of Northern Canada ('the North').
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Mountain ranges of Canada by province or territory (10 C) Mountains of Canada by province or territory (11 C) Peninsulas of Canada by province or territory (8 C)
There is some support for a union with Canada, but the islands' small economy and Canada's involvement in Haiti made that controversial. In 1917, Robert Borden first suggested for Canada to annex the islands. In 1974, Canadian New Democratic Party MP Max Saltsman introduced a failed attempt at consolidating the islands.