Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
June 25th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Algonquin Provincial Park We arrived at the park at the East Gate and went straight to the visitor’s center. The nice girl there set us off to do some cool camping in the interior of the park and have a canoe delivered t ... 16 photos[full story]
July 1st 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Algonquin Provincial Park 29th June 2008
This morning it was still a bit cloudy but it had stopped raining. Amy starting the morning with a run whilst Dinah went for a walk (with camera of course).
We had to start collecting ... 9 photos[full story]
June 30th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Algonquin Provincial Park Decided this place deserved a blog of it's own. The nicest bit of Canada I've seen. That includes all the spectacular snow capped peaks of the Rockies. May just be because the area is not well known s ... [full story]
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