wiki said:Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French pronunciation: [sɛ̃.pjɛʁ.e.mi.klɔ̃]) is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France, situated in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean near Canada.[3] It is the only remnant of the former colonial empire of New France that remains under French control,[3] with a population of 6,080 at the January 2011 census.[1]
The islands are situated at the entrance of Fortune Bay, which extends into the southern coast of Newfoundland, near the Grand Banks.[4] They are 3,819 kilometres (2,373 mi) from Brest, the nearest point in Metropolitan France,[5] but 25 kilometres (16 mi) from the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada.[6]
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That's hilarious!! :rotfl:How did Canada get its name?
After years of controversy and debate and discussion, no majority.
Three cowboys in Alberta sitting around the campfire were concerned.
The foreman says, let's try making up part of words, eh, and see if we can put them together, eh, and make a word, eh?
They agreed and went on for hours with no agreeable results.
The foreman stops the proceedings and says, "well, syllables don't seem to work, eh, let's go really simple and just suggest three letters, eh? I'll start, eh?
The foreman says, " C, eh"
the next cowboy says, "n, eh"
the third cowboy says, "d, eh"
We love our loonies :ha:a thread for canadian (and canadian-related) facts and factoids that don't really belong anywhere else
It is too COLD - MINUS 50 in Winnipeg. Minus - 30 in Toronto Ontario March 2015.
The bridge in First Blood where Rambo walks back into town after the LEO unlawfully tells him to leave is gone. The movie was filmed on set in Hope Canada.
We love our loonies :ha:
(Canadians will understand this)
The Maritime provinces, also called the Maritimes or the Canadian Maritimes, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. On the Atlantic coast, the Maritimes is often mentioned in conjunction with the northeastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador; together they represent Atlantic Canada. The population of the Maritime provinces was 1,813,102 in 2011.