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IV. Traveling in Canada 1. Culture Similar to the USA, Canada has a rich cultural assortment. Since the 17th century when the British and French pioneers immigrated to Canada, many other immigrants from Germany, Italy, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, China and India have followed. 4% of the 27,4 million occupants are natives. This unique ethnic heritage can be found in Canada’ s art, music, literature, local customs and food. French is the primary spoken language in Quebec, whereas the rest of Canada speaks English. Although Canada is an independent, parliamentary federal state, the British Monarch is still the official head of state. 2. Country Canada’s landmass includes 9.976.185 square kilometers and the distance between the Atlantic in the East and the Pacific in the West is 7000 km. Because of this extensive landmass it is not surprising that there are many topographical dissimilarities. Lush forests, vast prairies, the breathtaking Rockies, deep blue lakes all form Canada’s unique character. 3. Climate It goes without saying that a broad country like Canada does not have just one climate. Although all regions experience four seasons, there are considerable differences in toughness and duration. It is almost everywhere warm and sunny in June, July and August with temperatures ranging from 17 to 27 degrees Celsius. The September is warm in most regions, however in the North the temperatures go down to 11 degrees Celsius. Hudson Bay begins to freeze in October and from November to February winter reigns everywhere. Springtime begins at the Pacific Coast in February and slowly makes its way eastward. The temperature is usually measured in Celsius unlike in the USA where Fahrenheit is used. Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Banff -6/-16 -2/-14 3/-10 10/-4 15/1 18/4 23/6 22/5 16/5 10/-2 1/-8 -4/-13 Calgary -3/-15 -2/-14 3/-9 11/-3 17/3 20/7 25/10 24/8 18/4 12/-1 3/-8 -2/-13 Jasper -6/-16 -1/-13 4/-8 11/-3 16/1 20/5 24/7 22/6 17/3 11/-1 2/-8 -4/-13 Kamloops -2/-10 4/-5 10/-1 16/3 22/7 26/11 29/13 28/12 23/8 14/3 6/-1 1/-6 Vancouver 6/1 8/1 11/3 15/6 18/8 21/11 24/13 24/12 20/10 15/7 10/4 7/2 Winnipeg -13/-22-10/-21 -2/-13 9/-2 18/5 23/11 27/14 26/12 19/7 11/1 -1/-9 -10/-17 Montreal -5/-15 -4/-13 2/-6 10/1 18/8 24/14 26/17 25/16 20/11 13/5 5/-1 -4/-10 Quebec -7/-15 -6/-14 0/-8 7/-1 16/6 22/12 25/15 24/14 18/10 11/4 3/-3 -4/-11 Halifax 0/-8 -1/-9 3/-4 8/0 15/5 20/10 24/13 23/14 20/11 14/6 8/1 2/-5 Average temperatures (max/min in Celsius) 46
4. Special Hints There are six different time zones in Canada that travelers encounter: Pacific Standard Time (Vancouver) 12 am Mountain Standard Time (Calgary) 1 pm Central Standard Time (Winnipeg) 2 pm Eastern Standard Time (Ottawa) 3 pm Atlantic Standard Time (Halifax) 4 pm Newfoundland Standard Time (Newfoundland) 4.30 pm 5. City Information Barkerville, British Columbia, Canada Barkerville was a gold rush town that once boasted the largest population on the continent north of San Francisco and west of Chicago. Named after Billy Barker, the deserter from a British merchant ship who first found gold in large quantities here in the 1860s. Barkerville became a virtual ghost town a few years later when the gold ran out. The park contains 75 buildings, including most of the prominent structures of the era. Board sidewalks and dirt streets help preserve the flavor of the original town. Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary, once considered a cowtown, is now a city of skyscrapers, rail transit, shopping complexes and contemporary houses. The city’s economy began with and still includes ranching and the consequent meatpacking industry, but the discovery of oil just south of the city in 1914 and just north in 1947 fueled a growth spurt that turned an agricultural community into a thriving metropolis. Calgary’s modern sophistication is balanced by a romantic perception of the past. The Calgary Stampede, a week-long Western wingding, is attended by thousands who relive the era of chuck wagons and lassos. Calgary also distinguished itself by being a host city of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada Dawson City was the center of the excitement caused by one of the world’s most marvelous gold strikes. On August 17, 1896, George Washington Carmack and his comrades Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie made the first strike on Bonanza Creek, a tributary of the Klondike River. In the summer of 1897, miners from Dawson City arrived in Portland and San Francisco with nearly $2 million as they carried word of the strike to the United States, then in the midst of a depression. By the next spring more than 60,000 men and women had traveled through Seattle and Alaska’s Chilkoot and White passes on their way to the Klondike. The Dawson settlement, which sprang up at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers, blossomed into a thriving city with some 30,000 citizens by the summer of 1898, making it the largest city west of Winnipeg and north of San Francisco. Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Founded in 1811 as depot of the North West Company, Kamloops developed where the north and south branches off the Thompson River 47
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