Loonies and Toonies: A Canadian Number Book

Loonies and Toonies: A Canadian Number Book — page 7
Canadians share an 8 891 kilometre long border with their neighbours in Oregon Washington Idaho Montana North Dakota Minnesota Michigan New York Vermont New Hampshire Maine and Alaska The International Border Commission maintains a six metre path in wilderness areas and also maintains smaller monuments that mark the border Let's cut a border You take A wandering A line The number three is very important in Canadian geography There are three Maritime provinces Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick and three prairie provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta There are also three northern territories the Northwest Territories the Yukon and Nunavut Despite their great size The Great Bear Lake Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg are all entirely within our boundaries Canada is a land of mighty rivers The Mackenzie River system runs more than 4 000 kilometres through the Northwest Territories The St Lawrence River carries ships from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean The Columbia Fraser and Yukon Rivers flow into the Atlantic three