Vocabulary
A water route through North America that explorers hoped would lead to Asia
Northwest Passage
important Canadian city in Alberta
Calgary
body of water famous for world's highest tides
Bay of Fundy
John Cabot
One of the first pioneer missionaries to Manitoba
James Evans
Canada's oldest business
Hudson's Bay Company
polar bear capital of the world
Churchill
Canada's longest river
Mackenzie River
opened the way for trade between the French & Indians
Jacques Cartier
American colonists who moved to Canada rather than fight again their king during the war
loyalists
public hwy north of Arctic Circle open year-round
Dempster Highway
one of the world's largest inland ports
Montreal
largest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Superior
helped establish the 1st important French settlement, Quebec
Samuel de Champlain
the type of government Canada has
constitutional monarchy
famous gold rush 1897
Klondike Gold Rush
the capital of Canada
Ottawa
Canada's highest peak
Mt. Logan
discovered the world's largest bay-Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson
only walled city north of Mexico
Quebec City
war between English & French over N. Am. boundaries
French & Indian War
Canada's Gateway to the Pacific
Vancouver
famous waterfall that borders the U.S. & Canada
Niagara Falls
Captains Cook & Vancouver
largest city in Canada
Toronto
Land claimed by France in the New World
New France
Gateway to the West
Winnipeg
the world's largest bay
Hudson Bay
first modern explorer to discover the New World
Christopher Columbus
world's largest inland seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway