Explorers
opened valuable trade between the French and the Indians
Jacques Cartier
Quebec City
Quebec
largest wheat growing province
Saskatchewan
Klondike Gold Rush
Yukon Territory
most important natural resource
fish
founded first French settlement in the New World
Samuel de Champlain
St. Johns
Newfoundland and Labrador
City that is named Gateway to the West
Gateway to the Pacific
Vancouver
what main crop does Canada export?
wheat
first explorer to reach the mainland of N. America
John Cabot
Halifax
Nova Scotia
province that is rich in mines and oil reserves
Alberta
Canada's largest Peak
Mount Logan
What two minerals is the Canada the largest producer of?
zinc and nickel
Viking that discovered the N American continent
Leif Erickson
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Canada's "Breadbasket"
Saskatchewan
Only public highway above the Arctic Circle open year round
Dempster Highway
Two Canadians discovered and prepared insulin for diabetes
Best and Banting
Two captains that gave British claims on the Pacific coast
Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver
city in Quebec, world's largest inland seports
Montreal
Polar Bear Capital of the World
Churchill
What native Americans live in Nunavut
Who is the leader of Canada?
Prime Minster