Saturday, June 30, 2012

Happy Canada Day!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Did you know that...

- the Canadian motto A Mari Usque ad Mare, means "From sea to sea."?

- our capital city, Ottawa, was originally named Bytown after Colonel John By, who headquartered there while building the Rideau Canal to connect the Ottawa River with Lake Ontario?

- a black bear cub from Canada named Winnipeg ( “Winnie,” for short) was one of the most popular attractions at the London Zoo after it was donated to the zoo in 1915. Winnie became a favorite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the stories written by his father, A.A. Milne, about Winnie-the-Pooh?

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