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    Bow River

    ​The Bow River runs through the most populated region of Alberta, intersecting cities such as Banff, Canmore, Cochrane and Calgary.

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    Bras d'Or Lake

    Bras d'Or Lake, 1099 km2, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean occupying the centre of Cape Breton Island that nearly divides the island in two. On the north it is linked to the ocean by a narrow channel down the west side of Boularderie Island.

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    Bruce Peninsula

    Owen Sound and Colpoys Bay form fjordlike harbours on Georgian Bay. Cape Croker, projecting 10 km into the bay, is an Ojibwa reserve. Adjacent Hope Bay is famous for its sheer limestone cliffs and sandy beach. At Lion's Head a jagged rock formation 51 m high gives the site its name.

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    Bruce Trail

    The Bruce Trail is a continuous, 740 km footpath on the Niagara Escarpment 

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    Brunette Island

    Brunette Island, 20 km2, is situated at the mouth of Fortune B on Newfoundland's S coast, 18 km S of Connaigre Head. The island, roughly triangular, measures 11 km E-W and 6 km N-S. A steep ridge backs the NW shore, at one point rising to 160 m.

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    Bylot Island

    Bylot Island, 11 067 km2, is nestled into the northeastern corner of Baffin Island at the entrance to Lancaster Sound.

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    Cabot Strait

    Cabot Strait, the passage between southwest Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. Named for explorer John Cabot, it is 110 km wide between Cape Ray, Nfld, and Cape North, NS.

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    Canada's 15 Largest Lakes

    Canada's 15 Largest Lakes Canada's 15 Largest Lakes Canada's 15 Largest Lakes Lake Province/ Territory Area (km²)* Superior** Ontario 82 100 Huron** Ontario 59 600 Great Bear NWT 31 328 Great Slave NWT 28 568 Erie** Ontario 25 700 Winnipeg Manitoba 24 400 Ontario** Ontario 19 000 Athabasca Alta/Sask 7935 Reindeer Sask/Man 6650 Nettilling Nunavut 5542 Winnipegosis Manitoba 5370 Nipigon Ontario 4848 Manitoba Manitoba 4630 Lake of the Woods** Ontario 4350 Dubawnt Nunavut 3833 *...

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    Canada's Largest Islands

    Canada's Largest Islands Name Area (km²) General Location Baffin 507 451 South Arctic Archipelago Victoria 217 291 South Arctic Archipelago Ellesmere 196 236 South Arctic Archipelago Newfoundland 111 390 Atlantic Coast Banks 70 028 South Arctic Archipelago Devon 55 247 Queen Elizabeth Islands Axel Heiberg 43 178 Queen Elizabeth Islands Melville 42 149 Queen Elizabeth Islands Southampton 41 214 Hudson Bay Prince of Wales 33 339 South Arctic Archipelago Vancouver 31 284 Pacific Coast Somerset...

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    Canadian Heritage Rivers System

    Rivers are part of our lives and our heritage. They are the threads that bind the fabric of nature and humanity together.

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    Canadian Meteorite Craters

    Canadian Meteorite Craters    Canadian Meteorite Craters    Canadian Meteorite Craters Name Location Diameter (km) Nouveau-Québec Québec 3 Brent Ontario 4 Manicouagan Québec 100 Clearwater Lake West Québec 32 Clearwater Lake East Québec 22 Holleford Ontario 2 Deep Bay Saskatchewan 12 Carswell Saskatchewan 37 Lac Couture Québec 8 West Hawk Lake Manitoba 3 Pilot Lake Northwest Territories 6 Nicholson Lake Northwest Territories 12 Steen River Alberta 25 Sudbury Ontario 140 Charlevoix Québec 46 Mistastin Lake Labrador 28...

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    Cap Wolstenholme

    Cap Wolstenholme, 384 m high, is an imposing headland marking the western limit of Hudson Strait.

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    Cape Blomidon

    Cape Blomidon lies along the southeast shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of Minas Basin, the site of some of the world's highest tides.

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    Cape Kildare

    Cape Kildare extends eastward into the Gulf of St Lawrence at the northern end of Prince Edward Island. Named by Samuel Holland in 1765 after James, 20th earl of Kildare, it is part of a series of capes in the area known as the Kildare Capes.

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    Cape North

    Cape North is the northern promontory on Cape Breton Island. 

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