A Commonplace Book

Category: Canada...

  • driving across the southern tier of Canada
  • spending a winter in an Inuit village in the Northwest Territory
  • the gardens of Victoria
  • traveling across Canada by train from Toronto to Vancouver, spending most of the time in the dome car
  • having a Canadian accent
  • the second largest country in area, two-fifths of North America, yet one of the world's most sparsely populated
  • the seemingly interminable line of trees before you; the mysterious depths amid the multitudinous foliage...the solitude in which we proceeded mile after mile. (A.B. Jameson)
  • the majority of Canada's population living within 185 miles of the U.S. border
  • Canada being on the great circle routes - the shortest line joining any two places on the globe - so many international commercial flights track across Canada
  • Until I came to Canada, I never knew snow was a four-letter word. (A. Manguel)
  • Ooh, Canada, exotic. (J. Hughes)
  • Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler, slower pace - it lends perspective. (P. Anka)
  • the three-dimensional character of Canada's indigenous, French, and British traditions

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