Sunday, November 29, 2009

QUEBEC.....

Finishing the journey of Prince Edward Island i moved on to Qubec .The capital of Quebec is Quebec city.It is ranked Second in population as compared to the other provinces.
The largest city of Quebec is Montreal.The Quebec hockey team is Canadiens and in Montreal there food are so popular such as bagels,poutins,smoked meat.The most common natural resource is Iron ore,the Quebec provencial bird is Snowy owl.
It is known as a french province and the endangered whale is Beluga Whale.The major river in Quebec is St.lawrence lowlands,and in the St.lawrence lowland it has most of its land mass for farming.The three rivers of Quebec are:James Bay,Hudson Bay and St.Lawrence River.In the Appalachian it is good for fishing and it is rolling hills.The three land region in Quebec are:Appalachian,Canadian Shield and Great lakes/St.Lawrence lowlands.In the Northern part of Quebec the Canadian Shield is covering 80% of the province,I find gold in Canadian Shield,I
also see tundra,it is very popular for artic hare and polar bears,if i want to visit a Mountanious range then i would prefer to go the Laurentian Mountains because it is well known for the mountanious range.About 2% of Quebec's workers works in Agriculture area.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND......




From New Brunswick I moved on to Prince Edward Island.Jacques Cartier discovered first the Prince Edward Island in 1534.The Island's first residents were the Mi'kmaq,an Aboriginal tribe.They called this beautiful Island Epekwitk,meaning resting on the waves.The capital of this province is Charlottetown.Prince Edward Island has two main cities or urban centres called Charlettetown and Summerside.The total population of Prince Edward Island is 138,000.It is 224km long and from 6-64km wide.Prince Edward Island is located in Gulf Of St.Lawrence of water.The provential flower of Prince Edward Island is Lady's Slipper and the provential bird is Blue Jay and at last the provential tree is Red Oak.There are three most important industries in Prince Edward Island named:Agriculture,Tourism and Fishing.There most important Natural Resource is the provintial soil,it is used for growing many agricultural products,espacially potatoes.The 1.29km Confederation Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick opened in 1997 and is one of the longest in the world.

NEW BRUNSWICK.....


After I completed my journey to Nova Scotia I moved on to my another destination named New Brunswick.It is also known as "Picture Province".The capital of New Brunswick is Frederiction and it is 752,000 in population.It is rectangular in shape and three sides of New Brunswick are surrounded by water,85% of land mass is covered by forests.The interior of New Brunswick is like rolling plateau,more hilly in the south east.The provential flower of New Brunswick is Purple Violet.The two provinces named Quebec and Nova Scotia and a state named Maine(USA) is at border of New Brunswick.The Northern part of province is quiet Mountanious and the tallest peak in the province is Mount Carleton.There are four main river in New Brunswick named:Miramichi,Nepisguit,Restigouche and Saint John.The Saint john river is 725 km long.It is the only Bilingual province in canada,it is also belong to Appalachian landform.There is a magnetic hill near Moncton,Dulsing is very common in the Grand Manan Island which is located in the Bay Of Fundy.The first New Brunswick National park is Fundy National Park.The tides in the Bay Of Fundy can reached till 15 metres high.At last I want to mention the Confederation Bridge that connect the New Brunswick with Prince Edward Island.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

NOVA SCOTIA.....





After Newfoundland I continued my journey towards Nova Scotia,


and from there I learned alot of intresting things and I wanted to share some of them with you.

First I am going to start with the population.So,the total population of Nova scotia is 936,025.In Nova scotia 24% of population is the age of 19 or younger.The capital of Nova Scotia is Halifax.Nova scotia is always being compared to Scottland,because Nova scotia is a province of Rolling hills,flowing rivers and sharp cliffs,this province's landscape and climate has been compared to scottland.The 28 km Isthmus of chignecta connected Nova scotia to New Brunswick.The coastline of Nova scotia is about 7,400 km in lenght.The highest point in Nova scotia is at White Hill Lake in victoria country.It stands 530 metres above the sea level.The major river of Nova Scotia is the Shubenacadie,which is also the longest river.The largest lake in Nova Scotia is Bras d'or lake and it is located in Cape Breton.The average temperature that falls in Nova Scotia is about 18'c and the spaciality of Nova Scotia's weather is Freezing rain.Blue Berries are exported in more than 20 countries around the world and the provential Berry of Nova Scotia is The wild Blue Berry.The fastest boat that is used for exporting Blue Berries is Bluenose .The provential mineral of Nova Scotia is Stilbite and it is used to clean up oil spills.


Saturday, November 14, 2009

NEWFOUNDLAND....





NEWFOUNDLAND.



I am new in Canada and when I came here i was surprised,because canada is one of the most beautiful country in the world.I start my journey from Newfoundland,it is also known as The Rock.The capital of Newfoundland is St.jhon's.Newfoundland is 568,474 in population,it is in 9th rank in population.Newfoundland is actually a Rocky place.In Newfoundland the weather is colder in summer rather than in winter in ottawa.Newfoundland belongs to the Appalachian landform.There are alot of festivals held on Newfoundland,one of them is Drama festival that is held in capital of Newfoundland called St.jhon's.There are three(3) major cities in Newfoundland,that is:Mount pearl,corner brook,conception bay south.There are alot of Natural resources in Newfoundland and some of them are here:Forests,Ocean fishing grounds,Natural Gas.Newfoundland Industries are most common in Fishing.