In the seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies England and France waged a bitter rivalry for control and resources of a vast new land which was to become Canada Because of the crucial role of both founding nations Canada has two official languages English and French we use 2 languages Marc says vite One girl's But in English Most Francophones live in the province of Quebec but there are pockets of French speaking people all over the country Twenty three of every 100 Canadians list French as their mother tongue That's why in Canada writing on everything from cereal boxes to hundred dollar bills is in French and English Our First Nations people retain 50 lan guages of their own including Algonquin Inuktitut and Athapascan tWO
Here's one thing you should understand languages in this land Hannah says fast's finale is another man’s last But Canada's a word that's so easy to say English or French it's pronounced the same way STOP ARRÊT
Canadians share an 8 891 kilometre long border with their neighbours in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota Minnesota Michigan New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine and Alaska The International Border Commission maintains a six metre path in wilderness areas and also maintains smaller monuments that mark the border Let's cut a border You take A wandering A line The number three is very important in Canadian geography There are three Maritime provinces Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick and three prairie provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta There are also three northern territories the Northwest Territories the Yukon and Nunavut Despite their great size The Great Bear Lake Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg are all entirely within our boundaries Canada is a land of mighty rivers The Mackenzie River system runs more than 4 000 kilometres through the Northwest Territories The St Lawrence River carries ships from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean The Columbia Fraser and Yukon Rivers flow into the Atlantic three
border 3 metres a side take your half and I'll take mine wandering line through woods and stone and running water and mud and loam line that's shared by the best of friends where Canada begins and America ends
