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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Lennox, Doug.     Subjects     Trivia.     Canada -- History -- Miscellanea.     Canada -- Miscellanea.     Canada -- Anniversaries, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lennox, Doug.       by title:      Now you know Canada ...       by call number:      971.002 L568n     Search the Web     Lennox, Doug.     Trivia.     Canada -- History -- Miscellanea.     Canada -- Miscellanea.     Canada -- Anniversaries, etc.       MARC Display

Now you know Canada : 150 years of fascinating facts / Doug Lennox. by Lennox, Doug. Dundurn, 2017. Call #: 971.002 L568n Subjects Trivia.   Canada -- History -- Miscellanea.   Canada -- Miscellanea.   Canada -- Anniversaries, etc. ISBN:  9781459739420 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Canada : 150 years of fascinating facts One hundred and fifty years of fascinating facts Description:  206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents:  O Canada -- Policy-makers and ground-breakers -- Rebellions -- Canada at war -- Heroes and legends -- Prodigies of science, invention, and medicine -- Canadian disasters -- Intrepid explorers -- Entertain me -- The old ball game -- Gridiron history -- Canada's game -- The beautiful game ... now in Canada -- Scoops on Canadian hoops -- Canada's other national game -- Rocks and rolls -- Making a splash -- Olympic feats -- More champions of Canadian sport -- Afterword -- Question and feature list. Summary:  "Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday is this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history, famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. Where did the word "Canuck" come from? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings? What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic? Who was the first Black woman elected to Canada's Parliament? What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics? How did the Halifax Explosion occur?"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Questions and answers. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 971.002 L568n Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 971.002 L568n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Home Delivery - HN Adult Nonfiction 971.002 L568n Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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