Quebec, The Province, The People, The History Quebec is a province in eastern Canada, bordered on the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; on the east by Labrador (Which is a part of Newfoundland), the Strait of Belle Isle, and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the south by New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Ontario; and on the west by Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay. The name Quebec is derived from an Algonquian term for "place where the river narrows," referring to the Saint Lawrence River near the site of present- day Quebec City, the capital of the province. Quebec is sometimes called "the Storied Province," Quebec became part of the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, as one of the four original provinces. The province of Quebec was first colonized by France and was formally acquired by Great Britain in the Treaty of Paris of 1763. The mass majority of Quebec's population today use French as their first language. Beginning in the 1960s the Quebecois (French-speaking residents of Quebec) made strong efforts to preserve their French heritage as well as to gain additional powers for the province, which led to conflicts with the national government that have yet to be fully resolved. This is apparent in the recent "Referendum" where theQuebecois tried to get Quebec special provincial concederations based on the fact the mass majority of Quebec residents speak French. Quebec is the largest of all the Canadian provinces. Its large area of 1,540,680 sq km (594,858 sq MI) accounts for 15.5 percent of Canada's total area and includes 183,890 sq km (71,000 sq MI) of inland freshwater surface. This is a major draw for Industry in Quebec. Elevations in Quebec range from sea level to 1622 m (5322 ft), atop Mont D'Iberville in the Torngat Mountains in the northeast. Anticosti Island and the Magdalen Islands, (which are both in the Gulf of St. Lawrence), are part of Quebec, which has a tidal shoreline of some 13,775 km (some 8560 MI). Montreal is the leading industrial and commercial center and largest city in the province of Quebec. The climate of Quebec varies drastically. Quebec's climate is effected by regional variations in altitude and by the pce's northern location, and its exposed position between the cold waters of Hudson Bay and the cold ocean currents along the Labrador coast. Montreal has an average January temperature of about -9° C (about 16° F) and an average July temperature of about 22° C (about 72° F). The recorded temperatures in the province have ranged from -54.4° C (-65.9° F), in 1923 at Doucet in the south, to 40° C (104° F), in 1921 at
on the West. This meant that the Canadians would have to attack over open ground
Bordered by the North Sea, France, and the Netherlands is Belgium, at 50 50 N, 4 00 E. This small country located in Western Europe is highly urbanized similarly to a country border by 3 oceans and the United States of America, Canada. With the longitude and latitude of 60 00 N, 95 00 W, Canada is a large country with the area of 9,984,670 square kilometres. Even though their land area may be different, the 2 countries also have similar aspects in their human, physical, and economic geography.
Canada: The Quiet Revolution in Quebec The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Quiet revolution, right after a new Liberal government led by Jean Lesage came in 1960. Thus was the beginning of the Quiet Revolution.
Macfarlane, Daniel. "Rapid Changes: Canada and the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project." University of Waterloo. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2013. .
vicinity of Brody island also it is on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and was built in 1872
Source 2 is a visual representation of The Louis on its yearly trip, and it patrols the ever-known Northwest Passage, and Jonathan Hayward from the Canadian Press depicts at the fact the questioned sovereignty over the Arctic by Canada, and more than ever these ships are as important as ever. Geographical nationalism is an emotional tie between the people of a land and the different and vast geography of a nation-state. The First Nations were the first group to inhabit Canada, and this is why their spiritual beliefs are based upon Mother Nature because these groups have such a deep connection and deep respect for this land. In this connection it is shown Canada’s deep connection to hold onto to the Arctic because we have individual and collective
Canada is known by outsiders to be a very peaceful country. But if you ask any Canadian they well tell you that is unfortunately not the case. For there is a large ongoing conflict between Canadians. The conflict is between the French and the English, or more specifically between Quebec and the rest of Canada. As a result of this conflict, along with some wrongdoing and propaganda. Quebec has considered and has gone as far to hold referendums over Separatism (Surette,2014). Separatism is that the province of Quebec separates from the rest of Canada to form its own country. Which would have immense effects on indubitably Quebec but also the rest of Canada (Martin, 2014). This report will focus on the root causes and origin of Quebec Separatism, the current state of Quebec Separatism and finally how we as a society can act towards Quebec Separatism.
Even in July and August, temperatures rarely rise above 15 degrees Celsuis. No matter what time of year you're visiting, you should pack warm clothing in case of wind, rain, or snow!
Precisely so, the Algonquin are located in between the major waterways of the St Laurent and Ottawa Rivers.
In 1604, Champlain sailed to Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia) with Pierre Dugua de Mons to establish a French colony at Ile Ste-Croix. This colony needed to move to Port- Royal, in 1605, due to its more sheltered location. However, this colony did not last long for it had to be abandoned,
The Quebec separation all started when a separatist group called the “Front de Liberation du Quebec (also known as FLQ) began a terrorist campaign to win sovereignty for Quebec in 1963. However, not a lot of people supported the FLQ after they kidnapped the British commissioner, James Cross, and assassinated Quebec’s Labour Minister, Pierre Laporte, in 1970. On the other hand, Rene Lévesque, the leader of another separatist group called “Parti Quebecois” provided a more peaceful way to get separation. Furthermore, Lévesque confessed that the French-speaking Quebec might not survive within the Canadian federal system, so he recommended that Quebec should become politically independent but keep some form of economic union with Canada. The Quebec separation can be justified by the argument that it is a distinct society as the result of their language, legal system, and the origin of their culture.
This report covers three field trips have been done for the course of “Geology of Nova Scotia”. Nova Scotia is a province located in Eastern Canada fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The geological history of the province spans more than 1.2 billion years . Nova Scotia has a great variety of coastal landforms. Most of the land in this province is bedrock. As the result, erosion and transportation of unconsolidated material, have been doing formed beautiful landforms like beaches and marshes. These deposits are also being eroded and/or flooded by the rising sea level. However, it is still possible to intact out crop of formation and see how tectonically complex is the geological history of Nova Scotia.
The separation of Quebec has been a very controversial issue. Quebec has unique history and allows Canada to be considered as bilingual country. If Quebec stays, Canada maintains its large piece of land, the history that goes along with it, and millions of people living there. Since 1980 there was a referendum to separate Quebec from Canada. This referendum was defeated when 41.5% of the people voted Yes and 56.5% voted No. Furthermore, in 1995 there was a motion to pursue Quebec independence, which defeated by 50.58% Yes and $9.42% No. There are important Questions to be answered:
Vancouver was initially founded as a fort in the summer and fall of 1827[2.3]. Hudson’s Bay Company built Fort Langley as a trading post on the south side of the Fraser River. The fort was subsequently moved upstream to be closer to its farms in 1839[2.3&6]. The fort was built along the river because the river was an important trade route for both the fort and the natives to the area[1]. This fort, while trading large quantities of merchandise with the local natives, only truly controlled what was within its walls and had very little effect on the native control of the area[2.3].
Through its early beginnings, the Golden Age itself and the industries subsequent decline, the ebbs and flows experienced by the region will be illustrated to assess the true value of the Golden Age of Sail in Saint John. With the global demand for New Brunswick timber on the rise, shipbuilding has become essential for the Province. From 1803 to 1816 the Napoleonic Wars, between Napoleon’s French Empire and coalitions led by Great Britain, broke Britain’s lumber supply relationship from the Baltic Sea and made way for a new relationship with New Brunswick (Houston and Smyth 95). Since New Brunswick “possessed hundreds of kilometers of coastline suitable for launching ships, timber merchants built shipyards and increased their output to meet this demand” (MCCORD-MUSEUM). Saint John began producing ocean-going rigs to utilize their close proximity to timber, which created jobs given the manpower that was necessary to fulfill labor demands.