Montreal and Kingston? (I think the first lock is actually at Iroquois, but that’s hardly a major city)
Jovan: Yep! People tend to forget that the northern third of Quebec (Nunavik) is pretty much Inuit.
Cap’n: Oh dear. That was the answer I was looking for, but it seems that Brockville is much closer to the Iroquois lock than Kingston is. Still, depending on your definition of a “major city”, it could still be Kingston (about 100 km upstream). The beginning of the seaway (the St-Lambert lock) is at Montreal.
For those who care, the St. Lawrence Seaway consists of: the Iroquois Lock, the Eisenhower and Snell locks, the Beauharnois locks, and the Côte-Ste-Catherine and St-Lambert locks.
BTW, did you know you can see the progress of all the ships in the seaway? Check it out at http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/R2/jsp/R2.jsp?language=E&loc=VT00.jsp .
So as not to leave anyone in suspense, now that a week’s gone by:
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Kim Campbell’s given names are Avril Phaedra.
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Bonheur d’occasion, by Gabrielle Roy, was translated into English as The Tin Flute. (The French title could be rendered as “used happiness.”)
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Canada’s first international bestselling book was The Man from Glengarry (1901), by Ralph Connor (the pen name of the Rev. Charles William Gordon). Though this and his previous nove, The Sky Pilot (1899) sold five million copies and made him the best known Canadian writer at home and abroad, he is nearly forgotten today.)
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Quebec’s provincial flower is the Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor). It used to be the Madonna Lily (Lilium candidum), in commemoration of the fleur-de-lis (a heraldic symbol of royal France supposed to represent the lily) and of the Virgin Mary. However, it was later discovered that the lily (a species known to the Greeks, Romans, and Israelites) would not grow properly in Quebec. The related iris is native to the province.
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Splendor sine occasu is the motto of British Columbia.
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Cape Spear, Newfoundland; Middle Island, Ontario, and Cape Columbia, Nunavut are, respectively the easternmost, southernmost, and northernmost points of Canada. However, Mount Saint Elias, Yukon (Canada’s second highest mountain) is merely a point on Canada’s westernmost extremity, the Yukon/Alaska border.
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Near Arviat, Nunavut, may be found the geographical centre of Canada.
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On the shores of Casba Lake, NWT, may be found Canada’s “four corners” - where the borders of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, NWT, and Nunavut coincide at a single point (60°00’ N, 102°00’ W). Unfortunately this is not the fun spot it might be, owing to the fact that it is one billion kilometres from anything.
Wanted to mention that the aforementioned Bonheur d’occasion is set in my neighbourhood (Saint-Henri, Montreal). The local metro station has a big mural featuring its title.
21 has not been answered correctly either. In fact, it was asked incorrectly and I don’t think there is a correct answer. Stan Rogers was killed in a fire on an airplaine, not a crash. Somthing like 10 people out of maybe a hundred (including, IIRC, his brother Garnet) died and the rest survived. I think it was caused by someone smoking in the john, although that may have been speculation. They died from the fumes, not the fire.
Garnet isn’t dead yet.
- Is oddly enough the North West Territories. 2nd place is the Yukon, then Alberta and in 4th Ontario.