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
Located two hours southwest of Toronto the Stratford Theatre is Canada's most famous stage It is dedicated to the work of William Shakespeare but other plays are also staged there When the company began in 1953 the actors per formed in a huge circus tent that stood on four 60 foot poles Theatregoers in the first years remember hearing rain on the canvas and the sound of train whistles from a nearby track The tent was replaced after three years by a permanent building Stratford is a place dedicated to the number four There are four theatres the Festival Theatre 1 824 seats the Avon Theatre 1 093 seats the Tom Patterson Theatre 487 seats and the Studio Theatre 260 seats To alert patrons that the show is about to start four trumpeters play the Festival Fanfare four times before each performance Four was the key number of another great Canadian performance Quebec strongman Louis Cyr's most famous show of strength came in 1891 when wearing a special harness he kept four large draft horses in place while they were urged on by their handlers four
