A Journey Across Canada

This week was the fiftieth anniversary of Canada's policy of multiculturalism. Pierre Trudeau, father of the current prime minister, made multiculturalism the official policy of Canada, the first nation in the world to do so. Let's have a look at Canada today in recognition of what a great success this policy has been.

We have already visited Canada's three largest cities. 

Today I live just south of the border. I did live in Canada for several years as a child. That was covered in the posting "Remembering The Old Neighborhood". We also celebrated Canada's 150th birthday with the posting, "Canada At 150".

Our visit today is to Canada, other than it's three largest cities. Let's start in the east and move westward.

One of the earliest European settlements in North America is St. Johns, in Newfoundland. Newfoundland only became a part of Canada in 1949.

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Moncton is the largest city of the province of New Brunswick. Much of the original population of New Brunswick was loyalists leaving America when it declared independence in 1776.

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The four easternmost provinces of Canada, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and, Prince Edward Island, are known as Atlantic Canada. The largest city of Atlantic Canada is Halifax, in Nova Scotia. On December 6, 1917, during the First World War, a Norwegian ship collided with a French ship that was carrying munitions. The resulting explosion destroyed an entire section of Halifax and killed about 2,000 people. The explosion was later used to predict the effects of nuclear explosions. The destroyed section of the city has been rebuilt, and this is what it looks like today.

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The smallest Canadian province is Prince Edward Island. The city of Charlottetown is actually the birthplace of the Canadian confederation.

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Quebec City is the provincial capital of the primarily French-speaking province of Quebec. One of the most outstanding buildings in the world is the Chateau Frontenac, adjacent to the Citadel in this historic city on the St. Lawrence River. The Chateau Frontenac is the massive hotel that was built, near the end of the Nineteenth Century, out of orange brick.

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Next would come Montreal, which we have already visited.

Ottawa, in the province of Ontario, is the capital city of Canada. The first of the following scenes is at the Canadian Parliament. The tower at parliament is called the Peace Tower. Ottawa was chosen by Queen Victoria as Canada's capital because it was centrally located between the English-speaking and French-speaking parts of the then-colony. This choosing of a capital city because of it's central location was why King David chose Jerusalem. It was also why Washington D.C. and Canberra were built where they were.

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Next, moving across Canada from east to west, would be Toronto, which we have already visited.

One of the best-known intersections in the world is that of Main Street and Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, which is in the province of Manitoba. That is because this intersection is considered as "The Crossroads of Canada".

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When I came across the ocean as a young boy, our initial destination was Saskatoon, in the province of Saskatchewan. We stayed in a motel while my father looked for a job. When Google Street View became available, I thought I would recognize the place that we had stayed, and looked around the city until I found it. 

The Hotel Bessborough is Saskatoon's version of the Chateau Frontenac, another of Canada's great railroad hotels, like the Royal York in Toronto. This is not where we stayed. The following scenes of downtown Saskatoon begin there.

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Calgary, in the province of Alberta, is known for rodeos. It grew from Fort Calgary, which was named for a town in Scotland. Alberta is a source of oil. The following views of Calgary begin on the street known as Stephen Avenue.

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Further north in Alberta is the provincial capital of Edmonton. It used to be known as Canada's center of leftward ideas, "Redmonton".The following scenes begin in Winston Churchill Square.

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Next would come Vancouver, which we have already visited in the posting on this blog, Vancouver, B.C.

Finally, we arrive at the west coast of Canada. At the southern end of Vancouver Island, In the province of British Columbia, is the city of Victoria. it's version of the Chateau Frontenac or the Bessborough Hotal is the Empress Hotel. The following views of Victoria begin in Bastion Square.

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