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Trevor Redmond walked from Stanley Park, BC to the east coast of Canada and back, between 2006 and 2007, for cancer prevention, research and awareness. He covered 11,421 kilometers. [13] [14] In 2009, he completed a 14,632 kilometer [15] bicycle ride across Canada and Back over a 3-month period.
Eastern Canada (French: Est du Canada, also the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay/Hudson Strait and east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces (from east to west): Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.
At the time of the first European settlements in North America, Algonquian peoples resided in present-day Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, New England, New Jersey, southeastern New York, Delaware, and down the Atlantic Coast to the Upper South, and around the Great Lakes in present-day Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The people of Nunatsiavut are the Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut), who are descended from the Thule people. [6] [7] Viking migration to modern day Newfoundland. Leif Erikson and other members of his family began exploring the North American coast in 986 CE. [8] [9] Leif landed in three places, and in the third established a small settlement ...
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950 "Canada Questions and Answers: Everything You Need to Know About Canada" by canadafaq.ca; The Canadian Encyclopedia – click on "people" for links to articles about Canadians; English/French availability
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.The Maritimes had a population of 1,899,324 in 2021, which makes up 5.1% of Canada's population. [1]
Most of the descendants of Acadian returnees now live primarily on the eastern coast of New Brunswick, Canada. Map of the Deportation/Expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1816) In 2003, at the request of Acadian representatives, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada issued a Royal Proclamation acknowledging the deportation. She established 28 July ...
This is a list of notable people who are from Prince Edward Island, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. A