Happy Canada Day!

To all those kool Canadians who I have had the honour to meet/live/work with over the years...
Happy Canada Day.....

Melhttp://melissa.nomadlife.org/, being the patriotic Canadian sent us this bit on good ol' maple country....
Thanks for the education Mel..now drop down and get your tuk (sp) on! and maple up your day :)


Did you know?
…that Canada is the second largest country in the world.
..that Canada’s national sport is lacrosse. No, not hockey but lacrosse J Although hockey is the national pastime!
...that there are SIX time zones in Canada…that there are two main languages are English and French. French is spoken by about 6 million people.…that Canada has the world's longest coastline. There are oceans on three sides - Pacific (west), Atlantic ( east), Arctic (north).…that Canada has the longest national highway in the world. The Trans-Canada Highway is 7,604 kilometres long stretching across Canada

A bit of history:
-The first people were the Aboriginal people.-Explorers and settlers from Western Europe arrived in the 1500s. -Canada was named by the French explorer Jacques Cartier (1535).-The name "Canada" comes from the Huron and Iroquois word "Kanata" meaning "village".-Canada became a country on July 1st, 1867.
Famous Canadians:

- Bryan Adams
- Alanis Morissette
- Jim Carrey
- Sum 41
- Joni Mitchell
- Wayne Gretzky
- Alexander Graham Bell