Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta.
Inuit asked the government for their land, which had become part of con- federation without their consultation and for the right to self-govern. Tey joined Confederation that year.
25. Tere are 1,400,685 Indigenous people in Canada and they make up 4.3% of the national population. Te word indigenous includes First Na- tion, Inuit and Metis peoples. Within this number are 600 recognized First Nations governments or bands with distinctive cultures, languages, art, and music.
26. Some of the English words we use today have been adopted from Indig- enous languages. Toboggan came from the Mikmaw word topagan, caucus from the Algonquian language, and moose was adopted from the Abenaki people to name a few.
27. Te Inuit people created the first life-jackets out of dehaired sealskins, which were worn when they hunted whales.
28. First mosquito sprays. Te Salish people rubbed wild onions on their skin while other groups used ground goldenseal roots mixed with bear fat.
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29. Snowshoes are an Inuit/First Na- tions concept created to make travel across deep snow easier.
30. Inuit people created the first sun- glasses. Te goggles originally made from bone or ivory and later wood, fit snugly across the face and had long slits carved out for the eyes reducing the amount of glare, thus protecting their eyes from snow blindness.
31. Totem poles were symbols that told the story of a family group, their accomplishments and history. Tey were used to welcome visitors.
Folklore and mythical creatures
32. Santa lives in Canada. Canada's post office receives millions of let- ters in different languages addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO" each year and each one is re- sponded to.
33. Loch Ness type monsters include Ogopogo,
Manipogo and Mussie
which are said to inhabit various lakes. Waheela is a wolf-like being said to roam the Northwest Territories. Wen- digoag are cannibal monsters or evil spirits that terrorize the northern for- ests of the Atlantic and Great Lake
areas, and the Sasquatch, or big-foot, is an ape-like creature said to roam through the wilderness in British Co- lumbia and the Yukon.
34. Oak Island, Nova Scotia has been shrouded in mystery
for over 200
years. Legends tell of untold trea- sures hidden on the island in a buried “money pit”, but the search has been fraught with booby traps, and if the legend holds true, seven men must die before the treasure is unearthed. So far six men have lost their lives. Te Mys- teries of Oak Island is now a TV show on the History Channel.
35. A three-masted schooner has been seen in the Northumberland Strait with its sails ablaze since 1786. Several searches over the years for the vessel have come up empty. Legend has it that a pirate made a deal with the devil to keep his treasure hidden but in re- turn had to sail the seas forever on his burning ship.
Cool places
36. Mount Logan in the Yukon is our highest mountain at 5,959 metres (19,551 feet) high and it’s still growing. Tectonic activity causes the mountain to gain a few millimetres each year.
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