1000 Questions About Canada - Dundurn

1000 Questions About Canada

Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture

Published June 2001

Description

What are "snow worms"?

Are there more moose than people in the Yukon?

What is the meaning of the word "Niagara"?

Where will you find the world’s largest perogy?

Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him?

What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s favourite snack food?

Which province was the last to shift traffic from the left-hand side of the road to the right?

These are some of the questions that are asked - and answered - in 1000 Questions About Canada. Every reader with an ounce (or a gram) of curiosity will find these intriguing questions and thoughtful answers fascinating to read and ponder. This book is for people who love curious lore and who want to know more about the country in which they live.

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Contributors

John Robert Colombo

John Robert Colombo, the author of the best-selling Colombo's Canadian Quotations and Fascinating Canada, has written, translated, or edited over two hundred books. He is the recipient of the Harbourfront Literary Prize and the Order of Canada, and is a Fellow of the Frye Centre.

Book Details

Paperback
June 2001
6x9 in
408 pp
9780888822321
ePub
June 2001
-
408 pp
9781459718203
ePub
June 2001
-
408 pp
9781550029536