(Encyclopedia) Green Mountains, range of the Appalachian Mts., extending 250 mi (402 km) from north to south and extending from S Que., Canada to Vt. Mt. Mansfield, 4,393 ft (1,339 m) high, in…
(Encyclopedia) Flaherty, Robert JosephFlaherty, Robert Josephflăˈərtē [key], 1884–1951, American explorer and film producer. He was born in Michigan and grew up in Canada. He explored (1910–16)…
(Encyclopedia) Meager, Mount, volcano, 8,793 ft (2,680 m) high, SW British Columbia, Canada, 90 mi (150 km) N of Vancouver. It is the northernmost of the Cascade Range volcanoes and the second…
(Encyclopedia) Lalemant, JérômeLalemant, Jérômezhārōmˈ [key]Lalemant, Jérôme lälmäNˈ [key], 1593–1673, French Jesuit missionary in North America, brother of Charles Lalemant and uncle of Gabriel…
(Encyclopedia) Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron, 1778–1863, British soldier and colonial administrator. He served in Egypt (1801) and Sicily (1806), participated (1808–14) in the Peninsular War, and…
(Encyclopedia) Canadian literature, French, the body of literature of the French-speaking population of Canada.
Except for the narratives of French explorers (such as Samuel de Champlain and Pierre…
Born: Feb. 24, 1972Hockey 2-time gold medallist (1992,94) at the Women's World Hockey Championships as goaltender for Canada; first woman to sign a professional hockey contract; started in goal in…
Distributor:National Film Board of Canada A young Japanese girl experiences both the tragedy of World War II and the power of a volcanic eruption. Based on actual events, this 3-D computer animated…
Born: May 24, 1901Canada's greatest all-around athlete NHL hockey (2 Stanley Cups), CFL football (1 Grey Cup), minor league baseball, soccer, lacrosse, track, amateur boxing champion; member of…
Born: 1915Birthplace: Ontario, Canada Electron lens correction device—Hillier is noted for his contributions to the development of the electron microscope. The electron lens is used to focus a beam…
