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What Does Canada Look Like?

Identify the top five geographical features in an assigned region of Canada.


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Title: Over Canada: An Aerial Adventure
Description: In this 58-minute film, viewers journey in a helicopter through all the provinces and territories in Canada.
Type of Resource: Video (available on LearnAlberta.ca - requires Sign In)
Published by: Vancouver, BC: The Jim Pattison Trade Group, 2001
URL: /Resources/content/aeve/movieLauncher.html?movie=smil/over_canada.mov

 

Title:

Canadian Forest Service Publications

Host:

Natural Resources Canada

Description:

This website contains the newsletter Information Forestry from the Pacific Forestry Centre. The April 2005 newsletter has information about a Canadian Forestry Service database that tracks tree planting activities that convert nonforested land into forested land.

Navigation Tips:

Scroll down to access complete PDF file of the newsletter.
URL:

http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/?id=25268

 

Title: Glenmore Reservoir
Host: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Description: This website contains information about the Glenmore Reservoir on the Elbow River in Calgary, Alberta.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to access complete text and click on highlighted terms within the text to access additional information.
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenmore_Reservoir

 

Title:

Images Canada

Host:

Library and Archives Canada
Description:

This website is a database of images.
Navigation Tips:

Click on Image Trails, Photo Essays or Education Resources to access images and information, or type in keyword(s), such as First nations in Alberta, and click Go to bring up images. Note: Use other keywords to bring up different results
URL:

http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html

 

Title:

The Canadian Atlas Online

Host:

Canadian Geographic
Description:

This website contains a database of maps about Canada.

Navigation Tips:

Click on links to access maps on various themes.

URL:

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/intro.aspx?lang=en
Last updated: July 1, 2014 | (Revision History)
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