Did You Know...? The Panama Canal’s Caribbean entry/exit point is north and west of the Pacific entry/exit point. An estimated 28,000 workers died during French (1880s) and U.S. projects to construct the canal. The 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain was born in the Canal Zone. Roughly 268 million cubic
Did You Know...? More than 100 billion tons of seawater move in and out of the Bay of Fundy daily. In Nova Scotia, one is never more than 35 miles from the sea. Nova Scotians are called bluenosers, believed to refer to the local blue potatoes. Nova Scotia tops all
Did You Know? There are 10.5 square miles for every person in the Northwest Territories. North America's first diamond mine opened in 1998 near the territory’s Lac de Gras. Great Slave Lake, 2,014 feet deep, is the deepest lake in North America. Ulukhaktok is home to the continent’s northernmost golf
Did You Know ... ? Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen in 1431. More than 130,000 troops landed in Normandy on D-Day (1944), history’s largest one-day amphibious invasion. Samuel de Champlain sailed from Honfleur for Canada where he founded Quebec City (1608). Normandy is considered the
Did You Know ... ? The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan was a setting for the 1978 mystery, "Death on the Nile." The missing obelisk at Luxor Temple is at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Luxor's huge Karnak Temple extends over almost 300 acres. It took five years
Did You Know...? The first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel was 63-year-old Annie Edson Taylor (1901). The Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course is North America’s oldest operating course (c. 1875). On summer days, the U.S. and Canada divert half Niagara’s water for electricity, but divert three-quarters when tourists
Did You Know? North America’s oldest European settlement was located in Newfoundland’s L’Anse aux Meadows The province, harboring more English dialects than England does, has its own dictionary. Newfoundland’s Cape Spear is the easternmost point in North America. Labrador has the world’s largest free-roaming caribou population (more than 500,000). The
Did You Know...? Most early New Brunswick settlers were American colonists who remained loyal to England. More than 12 whale species are attracted to the nutrient-rich Bay of Fundy. The U.S. and New Brunswick nearly warred over the Maine border in 1839. French is the first language for about one-third
Did You Know? The Maya built their pyramids and palaces without metal tools, pack animals or the wheel. Buildings on the Riviera Maya cannot be more than three stories tall. Whale sharks, up to 40 feet long, are the world’s largest fish. Tulum is the only known Mayan site right
Did You Know...? Winnie the Pooh’s name is short for Winnipeg. Piney is home to the only bi-national airport. The province has more than a hundred Indian reservations. Winnipeg was the world’s first city to establish the 911 emergency phone number. Manitoba produces more than 25,000 pounds of golden caviar