There features Canada that even Canadians might not know. This part 2 series.

1. Here are some facts about Canada you may not be aware of and might find interesting. Which ones?

In Drumheller Alberta there is an area where many dinosaurs have been discovered. So much so that there is a museum and a national park devoted to them. The Royal Tyrrell Museum houses a range of galleries and exhibit spaces that immerse visitors in the 3.9-billion-year history of life on Earth.

Stretching approximately 100 kilometres along the south shore of Lake Athabasca, the Athabasca Sand Dunes park in SK features dunes reaching up to 30 meters and a distinctive ecosystem with rare and endemic plants. The park is accessible by float plane only

Canada has more lakes than every other country in the world combined.

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2. Here are three more lesser known facts about Canada. Which do you find interesting?

Canada shares a border with France. St. Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing French territorial collectivity of islands located about 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the southern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is the last remaining territory of France in North America.

Canada also (literally) shares a border with Denmark. Hans Island is an uninhabited barren island in the Arctic between Canada and Greenland (Denmark). It was subject to a territorial dispute known as the "Whiskey War." One year Canada would occupy it, plant its flag, then leave a bottle of whiskey for the Danish who a year later would leave a bottle of schnapps and their flag. On June 14, 2022, Canada and Denmark ended this "war" by agreeing to split the island along its natural ridge line, creating a new international border.

Canada has its very own "Dead Sea". Little Manitou Lake in SE Saskatchewan was formed by receding glaciers. It is fed by underground springs and has a mineral content high in sodium, magnesium, and potassium salts allowing bathers to float easily. Native people brought sick people to the lake they named after the spirit Manitou. The earliest known practice of this was to heal Assiniboine people afflicted with smallpox.

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3. There is a place in Canada where you will lose weight instantly due to the fact that gravity is lower there than almost anywhere else on the planet. It has been called "The Land That Gravity Forgot." More details about this will be in the next edition but, in the meantime, were you aware of this anomaly?

There is a place in Canada where you will lose weight instantly due to the fact that gravity is lower there than almost anywhere else on the planet. It has been called

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There are features of Canada that even Canadians might not know. This is part 2 of the series.