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The Sturgeon River Provincial Park is a provincial park in northern Ontario, Canada, that protects about 70 kilometres (43 mi) long section of the Sturgeon River and its banks, [4] from Woods Lake (at the boundary of Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Park in Timiskaming District) to the Sudbury-Nipissing District boundary. It was established in 1989 and ...
An electric railway, Canadian Pacific's Lake Erie and Northern Railway, once operated in Waterford; the official fare from Galt to Waterford was a mere C$1.05 ($13.52 in the day's gold-money) while taking it to nearby Simcoe cost C$1.25 plus taxes (C$43.25 in today's gold-money equivalent at US$1250 per ounce and C$1.33 to US$1 exchange rate). [9]
The now idle line passes through Ontario between Buffalo, New York and Detroit, Michigan. An electric railroad once operated in Waterford; the official fare from Galt to Waterford was a mere $1.05 ($13.52 in today's money) while taking it to nearby Simcoe cost $1.25 plus taxes ($16.1 in today's money). [55]
The canal was covered with network and fitted to trap doors at either terminus. At the time, it was not known where geese made their summer roost. Only a general northward direction was known from settler reports in Northern Ontario. [2] Miner's captured goose was fitted with a tag giving the postal address of the conservationist.
Albany River with Fort Albany, Ontario on the west side of James Bay with Henley House (1743) 160 miles upstream: 1) southwest: up the Albany, up the Ogoki River, cross to Lake Nipigon and south to Lake Superior; 2) West: Albany River to Lake St. Joseph, portage to a river going south to Lac Seul and down the English River (Ontario) to the ...
Ontario [11] Common loon – – White trillium: Eastern white pine: Amethyst: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (loyal she began thus she remains) Prince Edward Island [12] Blue jay: Red fox [13] – Lady's slipper: Red oak – Parva sub ingenti (the small under the protection of the great) Provincial soil: Charlottetown; anthem: "The Island ...
The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). [2] The greater white-fronted goose is migratory , breeding in northern Canada , Alaska , Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia. [ 1 ]
Augustus Adams in his front yard, Sandwich, Ontario, 1906. Old Sandwich Town is home to some of Ontario's oldest and most historically important buildings, such as Mackenzie Hall, built by Alexander Mackenzie, a local stone-mason and builder who went on to be Canada's second Prime Minister, [6] and the Duff Baby House, considered to be the oldest-surviving structure in all of Ontario. [1]