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Huronia (Wendat: Wendake) is a historical region in the province of Ontario, Canada.It is positioned between lakes Simcoe, Ontario, and Huron.Similarly to the latter, it takes its name from the Wendat or Huron, an Iroquoian-speaking people, who lived there from prehistoric times until 1649 during the Beaver Wars when they were defeated and displaced by the Five Nations of the Iroquois who ...
The Eastport–Kingsgate Border Crossing connects the town of Bonners Ferry, Idaho with Yahk, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. U.S. Route 95 on the American side joins British Columbia Highway 95 on the Canadian side.
Garofalo had, on December 6, successfully entered the U.S. at the same crossing with two passengers, then re-entered Canada on December 12 via the Derby Line–Stanstead Border Crossing with her son and a man claiming to be an Algerian national who lacked identification; Canadian authorities allowed them to enter Canada and reported the ...
Greenland has been inhabited at intervals over at least the last 4,500 years by circumpolar peoples whose forebears migrated there from what is now Canada. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Norsemen settled the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century (having previously settled Iceland ), and the 13th century saw the arrival of Inuit .
HBO's new drama "The Last of Us" was filmed at various locations in Alberta, Canada. Edmonton plays Boston, Canmore plays Wyoming, and High River plays Texas.
The East Richford–Glen Sutton Border Crossing connects the towns of Sutton, Quebec and Richford, Vermont on the Canada–US border.During the early 20th century, this scenic road was a major east–west thoroughfare.
Greenland has a 1.2-kilometer-long (0.75 mi) border with Canada on Hans Island. [1] A sparse population is confined to small settlements along certain sectors of the coast. Greenland possesses the world's second-largest ice sheet. Greenland sits atop the Greenland plate, a subplate of the North American Plate.
This is a list of placenames in Scotland that have been applied to parts of Canada by Scottish emigrants or explorers.. For Nova Scotian names in Scottish Gaelic (not necessarily the same as the English versions) see Canadian communities with Scottish Gaelic speakers and Scottish Gaelic placenames in Canada