Author: Clint Curtis

In Canada, it is very commonly found in Toronto. There are also Dawn Redwoods growing in Niagara Falls stretching down to New England and ultimately New Jersey, where the species grows to its biggest heights. Do giant redwoods grow in Canada? Redwood Park is a nature park and historic site located in the community of […]

province of British Columbia. Canada of course has lots of big trees, really big trees, but the biggest trees in Canada and some of the world’s biggest are found in the west coast province of British Columbia. Where are the biggest trees in Canada? Vancouver IslandVancouver Island is home to trees of magnificent proportions including […]

the Dominion of Canada. Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867. What was Canada called before Confederation? Prior to 1870, it was known as […]

Age Nr Tree species Age 1 Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine) 1222 ± 500 y 2 Pseudotsuga menziesii (Common Douglas-fir) 1022 ± 300 y 1002 ± 100 y 811 ± 10 y What are the oldest trees in Canada? The oldest recorded tree in Canada was a 1,835 year old yellow cedar that grew in the […]

A person is “stateless” if no country considers them a citizen. Children are sometimes deported from Canada without attention being paid to the impact on their lives. Can a child be deported? Undocumented Foreign-Born Children Could Be Deported From The U.S. While children who are born in the US cannot be legally deported from the […]

That makes for about seven million square kilometres of wild land and another two million square kilometres of untouched ocean. Canada’s boreal forest is the largest untouched wild space in the world. How much of Canada is wilderness? The forest area of Canada is relatively stable, with less than 0.5% deforested since 1990. Forests dominate […]

The protrusion of land is due to a historic mapping mistake. When the American Revolutionary War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Britain and the US agreed on the new border based on a map maker’s error about the source of the Mississippi River, which was used to help draw the boundary. Why […]

Crossing the Canada-U.S. border If you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you must carry proof of citizenship such as a passport, birth certificate, a certificate of citizenship or naturalization, a U.S. Permanent Resident Card, or a Certificate of Indian Status along with photo identification. Can you enter Canada from Minnesota? Minnesota shares a […]

Angle Township was designated as territory of the United States because negotiators of the initial Canada–U.S. border misunderstood the geography of the area. Why is Angle Inlet not part of Canada? The Angle became part of the US due to an oversight: during the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the border drawn between the US and […]