Post by unknownPost by sageI've lived in Ontario AND Manitoba and been to all
the provinces (but none of the Territories)...
I have never 'sussed' this Province/Territory thing. What's the difference?
The first paragraph of this link says it all really ;-) .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada
Just for info, while you are looking at that page look at the map and I am
located at the southernmost point of the finger of orange that hangs down below
the rest of Canada. If you were to take the latitude of the Potteries and follow
it around a globe you would end up halfway down James Bay (the finger of water
between Northern Ontario and Northern Quebec). I am on the same latitude as Rome!
A larger version of that same map is here.....
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Here's another little tidbit for you too. 90% of the Canadian population lives
within 100 miles of the US border. That means there are huge expanses of totally
empty land the further north you go. It is not uncommon for people in the
north to be 50 miles from their nearest neighbour!
Post by unknownAlso (for both of you over there) I have often thought that I would like to take
a holiday (vacation if you are still into the Americanisms) and want to know
what areas would be the Canadian equivalent to the Derbyshire Peak or Lake
Districts or Scotish Highlands where there is the most picturesque scenery.
Its going to be somewhere in the west, but where?
Well, to be honest, this is a land of extremes so it's a bit difficult to try
and answer your question. For huge mountains you would have to travel to British
Columbia (BC) and Western Alberta (AB) which is where the northern limit of the
Rocky Mountains can be found. For gently rolling countryside and 'big sky
country' you would need to visit the prairies of Eastern Alberta, Saskatchewan
(SK) and Manitoba (MB). For 'Scottish type' scenery you would need to visit the
east coast Provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia
and Prince Edward Island, where the land is very much like Scotland and there is
a very strong Celtic presence in both culture and language as many Scots and
Irish made their homes there as it was the first point of contact.
That leaves us with Ontario and Quebec. Both Northern and Southwestern Ontario
are very flat with the middle being a bit more hilly but nothing like Wales for
example. Down where I live it is so flat that it makes Cheshire seem positively
hilly! If you want an area like the Lake District then that would be to the
north of Toronto in what is known over here as 'Cottage Country'. Lots of small
lakes (by Canadian standards but still bigger than the lakes back home, hills
and wooded areas. Actually it is more like the lakes of the Lake District
crossed with somewhere like the Cotswolds.
As far as Quebec is concerned maybe I had better leave that for 'Sage' as he
lives there and will know places far better than I would. I do know there are
some very beautiful places there. Quebec is also the only French speaking
province so the language barrier may be a problem as some Quebecer's
(Quebecoise) will refuse to speak English to you (they are a bit like some of
the Welsh in that respect really!) and the French they speak is a variation on
European French so that compounds the problem too.
HTH
--
Larry Green
