11) Canada Company. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Canada Company, land settlement company chartered in England in 1826. It was initiated by the Scottish novelist John Galt, who proposed that Upper Canada (Ontario)... 12) Canada Act. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Canada Act, also called the Constitutional Act of 1982, which made Canada a fully sovereign state. The British Parliament approved it on Mar. 25, 1982, and Queen... 13) Canada. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002 ...Canada Nation in northern North America, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Pacific Ocean and Alaska to the west, and... 14) Canada, Upper. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Canada, Upper: see Ontario, prov.... 15) Canada, Lower. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Canada, Lower: see Quebec, city.... 16) Canada Lake. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Canada Lake, resort village, Fulton co., E central N.Y., on Canada L. (c.3 mi/4.8 km long), in the Adirondacks, 12 mi/19 km NW of Gloversville; 43°10'N 74°31'W.... 17) Canada's Wonderland. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Canada's Wonderland (370 acres/148 ha), theme park and recreation area, S central Ont., Can., 19 mi/31 km NNW of downtown Toronto, E of Hwy. 400 at Rutherford Rd.... 18) Canada balsam. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Canada balsam, yellow, oily, resinous exudation obtained from the balsam fir. It is an oleoresin (see resin) with a pleasant odor but a biting taste. It is a turpentine... 19) Canada Day. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, Canadian national holiday, celebrated July 1. It is the anniversary of the uniting in 1867 of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick,... 20) Trans-Canada Highway. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000 ...Trans-Canada Highway, c.4,800 mi/7,700 km long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest natl. highway, it traverses N. Amer. from St. John's,... |