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Canada!
Take a trip around the world and learn about new countries. This month we’re in Canada!
Jim McMahon/Mapman®
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In Osoyoos, British Columbia, a lake made of more than 300 pools of highly concentrated minerals has the nickname “Spotted Lake.”
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Erlend Haarberg/NaturePL.com
The world’s largest beaver dam is in Alberta. It spans at least 2,640 feet, large enough to appear in satellite images!
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About 1,000 polar bears migrate every year to Churchill, Manitoba. It’s nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”!
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Scientists think Canada’s oldest sugar maple tree, in Pelham, Ontario, could be as many as 541 years old.
Area: 3,855,103 mi²
Population: 37,195,000
Capital City: Ottawa
Region: North America
Official Language: English, French
National Animal: Beaver
Present in a higher amount within a solution or area compared with other elements or substances
To move from one region to another for feeding or breeding