The Cremation of Sam McGee

You are all going to do some creative writing during the different stages of your trip across Canada by dogsled. I recorded the beginning of "The Cremation of Sam McGee" to inspire you all. I'll post more details about the creative writing you will be doing before the end of the day. I suggest you listed and read to get your creative juices flowing...

Dogsled from Whitehorse to Nain

If you had all the food and supplies you needed, and it was a snowy winter could you dogsled from Whitehorse, Yukon Territories to Nain Labrador? Find a full page map of Canada and draw your route. Be sure you choose to stop at 10 cities along the way. If you need more help check out these maps to plan your trip.

• Where people live
• Where the snow falls
• Google maps to help you plan

How deep does the snow get in Canada?

Here is a good image of the snow fall across Canada. Can you figure out who gets the most snow? Who gets the least snow? What in the geography causes one area to get so much snow where the other so little snow? What route would you take if you wanted to dogsled across Canada? Where would you rather live?

image source: The Atlas of Canada

Atlas of Canada

It is time for us to get into more detail about Canada. I came across the Atlas of Canada website. I'd like you to visit this site as I will be asking questions about the population, demographics, geography, etc... of Canada. So don't say I didn't warn you...

World's farthest north airport

Can you find the worlds furthest north airport? Hint: it is in Canada.

Canada is vast

Canada is the second largest country in the world. Can you find the largest country in the world? Which countries are the 3rd, 4th and fifth largest? Click once on this map if you want to see a larger version.

Canada has four corners

With the introduction of the new Canadian territory of Nunavut the country now has four corners. Four corners describes the intersection of the two territories of Nunavut and Northwest with the two provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I challenge you all to answer a few questions about these four corners.

1. Where else in North America is there four corners?
2. Nunavut is our newest territory, what year did it become a territory?
   
3. What lakes are the Canadian four corners closest to?
4. Bonus: What is the longitude and latitude of the Canadian four corners?