Newfoundland

history, the largest of which was an estimated magnitude of 7.0, in the year 1663. It was felt over an area of 1,942,491 square kilometres. It caused landslides and was reported to have leveled an entire waterfall. Another quake off the coast of Newfoundland of similar magnitude caused a large tsunami, drowning 27 people on the shore, one other dying to their injuries, in…

themselves abusing alcohol and being in “outrageous situations”(TEXTBOOK) . The students that were not taking part in the challenge were embarrassed to have their university being part of this absurd challenge. For example, Memorial University of Newfoundland was the leading university in the challenge, and the students that did not take part in the challenge felt that it was unfair for the entire university to be labeled as a party school, when in reality there were many students that were…

He kept running from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Thunder Straight, Ontario, covering 5,373 km in 143 days, yet was forced to end his Long, troublesome race of Trust when disease (suddenly entered a spot in an undesirable way) his lungs. Betty and Rolly met in Winnipeg, and every one of…

Canada is a multicultural country, and it is made up to ten provinces and three administrative regions (Lecture Jan. 6). The largest province in Canada is Quebec. There are 7,903,001 people living in this province. Most people are speaking French because of francophone. When people first time visit to some cities in Quebec, they will think this is a strong national spirit province. It is similar to some national minorities in China, such as Mongolia, the Yi nationality, the Bouyei…

engaged in cable television, cable telephony and high speed Internet access, and telephony products primarily to residential and small business customers (#2). Their services covers approximately 4.0 million homes in Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland, representing approximately 30% of the total Canadian cable market (3). The RBS segment offers local and long distance telephone, voice and data services, and internet protocol (IP) access to medium and large Canadian enterprise, government…

left on May 14, 1804. I started on a different route from the Corps of Discovery but met up with them again in St. Charles, Missouri. That is where we began our journey westward along the Missouri River. We had with us Clark’s slave, York, and my Newfoundland dog, Seaman.…

England to New York City, New York. Before traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic stopped in Queenstown, Ireland, which is now known as Cobh. The Titanic’s final resting point was about a thousand miles from New York and 350 miles off the Newfoundland coast. Who: Out of the 2,240 passengers and crew members on board, only 700 managed to survived, which is less than 1/3 of those on…

328 tons, 883 by 93 by 104 feet,9 decks…” (Rasor 48) the ship's sinking has lived on in the imaginations of people for generations after the disaster. On Sunday, April 14th, 1912 at 11:40 pm (Lord 3) RMS Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland carrying “a crew of about 892 hands all told, and about 1,316 passengers” according to the British Wreck Commissioner. Of those approximately 2,208 men, women, and children 1,517 perished in the Atlantic based on the United States Senate’s…

Canada Canada consists of three territories and ten provinces. The three territories are Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The ten provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act 1867, whereas territorial governments have the powers…

Every child learns the phrase, “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” in third grade. While catchy they do not learn to much more than that. Europe had only speculated what was to the West of their borders before any voyage was attempted. Spain, France, and Britain each offered something to the new world they wanted to give. Among their reasons trade and religion were the focal points. Being a predominantly Christian area, all European countries wanted to get away from Muslims. Their…