QUEBEC CITY - NORTH AMERICA

CANADA			Canada is an enormous country. A journey from the east to the west coast on the world's longest national highway will take you trough almost 8 000 kilometres of beautiful landscape. Canada's population of 26 million is small for the country's huge size. Most Canadien live in cities in the warmer southern part of the country, close to the border with the United States. Quebec City is the capital of the province of Quebec. It is Canada's oldest city and only walled city in North Amercica. Many of its distinctive buildings are in the original French style. Half of Canada's four million square kilometres of forest are used for timber. Logging is a very important Canadian industry. On the west coast, large areas of forest are disappearing. Logging companies are being asked to slow down the destruction and to replant more trees. Canada has two official languages. English and French. The first Europeans to settle in Canada were French, followed by the British. Today, the majoritiy of Canadians speak English, but French is the official language in Quebec. Canada's largest province. The first long-distance phone call was made in Canada in 1876. A Century later, Canada was the first country to set up a satellite network. Satellites provide a vital link to many remote communities. Winters are very harsh all over Canada. Ice hockey and skating are national sports - some families flood their back gardens in winter, so that the water freezes to make a temporary ice rink. The Inuit people have lived in the Artic north of Canada for thousands of years. They have persuaded the Canadian government to give them back control of a large area of their native land. The new territory is called Nunavut and is home to about 17 500 Inuit people. The Native Americans of British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada, carved giant totem poles out of trees. Some totem poles celebrated special events or the lives of leaders. Totem poles often guarded doorways to village homes.
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