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The satellite image was produced using Landsat data from NASA and the map was produced using data licensed from and copyright by Map Resources ï¿½ 2008. © 2005-2017 Geology.com. All Rights Reserved. Images, code, and content on this website are property of Geology.com and are protected by copyright law. Geology.com does not grant permission for any use, republication, or redistribution. Crotch Lake Access RD, Clarendon Station - ON | Ontario - Canada Postal Codes Home > Ontario > Clarendon Station > Crotch Lake Access RD Crotch Lake Access RD - Clarendon Station, Postal Code Crotch Lake Access RD is a street in Clarendon Station, Ontario - Canada. By selecting some Crotch Lake Access RD block range numbers you can know the Crotch Lake Access RD Postal Code for certain address. Remember you have 2 kind of blocks: even and odds. If you need to know even blocks, you should look for this (E) in the listed block numbers endings If you need to know odd blocks, you should look for this (O) in the listed block numbers endings Some Postal codes are also applicable to both even and odd blocks.

In such cases, you will see a (B) at the block range. Crotch Lake Access RD in Clarendon Station, Ontario Clarendon Station postal code is a six-character string that forms part of a postal address in Canada. The postal code follows the abbreviation for the Ontario province or territory. Canadian Postal Code contains Forward sortation areas + LDU (Local Delivery Units). The first letter of an FSA code denotes a particular "postal district", and the last three characters denote a Clarendon Station local delivery unit (LDU). An LDU denotes a specific Clarendon Station single address or range of Crotch Lake Access RD addresses, which can correspond to an entire small town, a significant part of a medium-sized town, a single side of a city block in larger cities, a single large building or a portion of a very large one, a single (large) institution such as a university or a hospital, or a business that receives large volumes of mail on a regular basis. Weird And Wacky Canadian Place Names, Eh Weird And Wacky Canadian Place Names, Eh Updated on May 7, 2015 As a Canadian living in Texas I am often asked about how to pronounce different place names from within my native country.

Just as the United States has many place names derived from different languages, so does Canada. Often some of the most challenging place names found in the Great White North are actually First Nations languages in their relatively crude English or French rendition. In this short trip through some of the weird, wacky and strange Canadian city and place names I have tried to avoid the names that are simply from another language, although there was one I just couldn't resist. The Sign Says It All The Atlantic Provinces Known for their great sense of humor and outstanding love of life, people on the east coast obviously know how to take a joke with some of these names. There were actually a bunch to choose from but I stuck with these three. Blow Me Down, Newfoundland – supposedly named by a very petite, 4 foot tall seagoing captain by the name of Messervay who first discovered the area. He was overwhelmed by the looming cliffs and mountains that surround this bay area and is reported to have said he hoped they wouldn't "Blow me down" if a wind came up. Dildo, Newfoundland – there are actually two different towns, Dildo and south Dildo. One is larger than the other and that is all that needs to be said.

Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia – this name is supposed to come from a First Nations word that means red bark. It is pronounced Eecome Seekcome, which is actually kind of catchy. Ontario And Quebec Considered by eastern Canadians to be the cultural center of the country, somebody wasn't thinking straight when they named these areas. Crotch Lake, Ontario – so named because the lake actually divides into two legs and appears to be the lower part of a human body when viewed from an elevated position. Crotch Lake is a favorite sport fishing location in Ontario with everything from walleye to bass. There are lots of cabins, fishing resorts and even upscale summer rentals. The lake has nine miles of shoreline and beaches for your enjoyment, no pun intended. Bummer's Roost, Ontario – History has it that an Englishman by the name of Richard Mannering moved to the area in the early 1800's and lived with a fellow Englishman, trapper and construction worker by the name of Alfred Russell. Mr. Mannering didn't have any "woodsy" skills but he did help a bit on the trap lines, earning himself the nickname of "Dick the Bummer" since he was largely bumming off of Alfred.

One day as a joke he made a crude sign that read "Bummer's Roost" and hung it outside of the tent. The name stuck and remains to today. Ochiichagwebabigoining, Ontario – correctly written as Ochiichagwe'Babigo'Ining, this historic First Nations town is located within the Lake of the Woods area. It is near the Kenora District in Ontario and is part of the Ojibway Nation. I have no idea how to pronounce this name but it is fun to try! Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha!, Quebec – yes, the exclamation marks are part of the name. The exact origins of the name are not known but haha is believed to refer to an archaic French term that meant a sudden end or unexpected blockage. The Saint Louis may refer to one of several Louis's that were important in exploring, settling and naming different areas within the same geographic location. The Onanole Wapati Manitoba and Saskatchewan Home to rural communities, larger cities, flat prairies and amazing outdoors adventures, there are some truly wacky names in these two provinces.

Onanole, Manitoba – this may seem hard to pronounce but break it down to its parts on – a – (k)noll. You got it - this tiny little town is located on the top of a hill, not too far from Riding Mountain National Park and the park's main tourist center of Wasagaming. This is actually the closest community to where my father was born and I spent many a summer helping him on our farm not too far from this town. Flin Flon, Manitoba – Flin Flon is a unique city in many ways, not only in its name. It is the location of one of the major mineral discoveries in the province and is one city built almost entirely on granite rock. Basements of houses and buildings were and still are literally chipped out of rock and most of the original utility, sewer and water lines are above ground and covered with casings since it was just impossible to blast through the rock. The worst part about living in Flin Flon is your title of being a Flin Flonian. Climax, Saskatchewan – this small border town was named because it marks the end of Canadian soil just north of the border, not for any other reason.

Incredibly there seems to be a fair number of these odd sounding towns in the province including Biggar, Fertile and Nut Mountain, but I am not going any further with that! Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan – this town was very progressive and in the early 1900s many buildings and houses where heated by underground steam tunnels. In addition immigrants, many Chinese people, lived in the tunnels in very impoverished conditions. During prohibition Al Capone used the tunnels to smuggle illegal bootleg liquor from Canada across the US border. In its heydays Moose Jaw was often called Little Chicago and was home to lots of illegal activities within those underground tunnels. Alberta and British Columbia The most western provinces, Alberta and British Columbia are my old stomping grounds. Vulcan, Alberta – not named after Star Trek and not Spock's home planet, Vulcan is actually a thriving community on the prairies between Calgary and Lethbridge in the southern part of the province. It was actually named by a railway surveyor in 1915 after the Roman God of Fire although why this name was selected seems to have been lost.

Regardless, the citizens of Vulcan have embraced the whole Star Trek concept and have developed a theme park based on the TV show and movies. They hold an annual VulCon Spock's Days Galaxyfest that attracts Trekkies from around the world. What a way to live long and prosper! Tofield, Tees and Balzac, Alberta– these three small rural farming communities are only listed together so I could include this silly joke. It seems that an oilfield worker was rushed to the emergency hospital in Calgary . The nurse asked the fellow where he was from and what was his emergency. He replied, "I was born and raised in Tofield ( pronounced Toefield) and my toe has been cut off ". To which the nurse from Tees replied, "I bet you are glad you aren't from Balzac". Valhalla Centre, Alberta - a small hamlet, home to about 60 people, Valhalla Centre was named by the Lutheran Pastor Halvar N. Ronning after the Norse legend about the home of the gods. This community, originally settled by Scandinavians in 1912, was the stopping place when coming over the Edson Trail.

Surprisingly some of the original log homes are still standing in the community and the Ronning family home is now a historical site. Salmon Arm, British Columbia – one of the major cities and tourists spots in the Shuswap Lake region, Salmon Arm is considered to be the Gateway of the Okanagan, one of the most picturesque parts of the province. The names, as you can tell, are largely derived from the names provided to the first settlers by the Shuswap Indians. It is so named because of the large salmon migrations up the shores of the lake as they move to their freshwater spawning creeks that feed the lake. Clo-oose, British Columbia – located on the western side of Vancouver Island, Clo-oose is the English spelling of the native word for "camping sight" or "stopping place". There are less than 100 people living in this remote village and they are predominantly Ditidaht First Nations Spuzzum, British Columbia – Spuzzum is a very tiny town that is located on the Trans Canada Highway north of Vancouver. The next town south of Spuzzum is Hope, so the joke is that if you live in or have been to Spuzzum you are beyond Hope.

It is interesting to note that to get to Spuzzum you also have to go through Yale and a few miles further along the road you will go through Hell's Gate. Thanks for reading and if you know of a place you think should be on the list, be sure to make a comment! More by this Author Texas is a beautiful state with an endless array of different types of insects and critters, not all which are friendly! 41 Texas, like any state, has a bunch of cities and towns with very unusual names. A few of the origins of some unique names are explained in this hub. 122 New Brunswick | history - geography - province, Canada | Britannica.com New Brunswick "Spem reduxit (Hope was restored)" Provincial flower Time zone Atlantic (GMT − 4 hours) New Brunswick, Canadian province located on the eastern seaboard of the North American continent. It is Canada ’s only officially bilingual province, French and English having equal status. It was one of the four original provinces making up the national confederation in 1867. Together with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island , it forms the regional grouping known as the Maritime Provinces .

New Brunswick has a roughly rectangular shape, about 210 miles (340 km) from north to south and 185 miles (300 km) from east to west. It is bounded to the north by the province of Quebec , to the east by the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait, and to the south by the Bay of Fundy . The latter two bodies of water are separated by the narrow neck of the Chignecto Isthmus , which joins New Brunswick to Nova Scotia, to the southeast. To the west lies the U.S. state of Maine . Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Lighthouse at Cape Enrage on the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Can. © Paul A. Souders/Corbis Chartered by King George III , the province was named for the royal house of Brunswick , and its capital, Fredericton , was named for King George III’s son Frederick. While New Brunswick has contributed significantly to the national life of Canada, it is one of the smaller provinces and has always occupied a lesser role in the national economy.

Its beautiful forests, rivers, lakes, and seashore—attractions for tourists, hunters, and sport fishermen—have remained relatively unspoiled. Area 28,150 square miles (72,908 square km). Pop. (2011) 751,171. Land Relief, drainage, and soils The land rises abruptly and in some places spectacularly out of the Bay of Fundy in the south and undulates northward in a series of rolling hills and rocky outcroppings. Plains and flatlands are limited to sea-level marshlands in the southeast, river-valley floodplains, and low-lying lands adjacent to the beaches of the east coast. There are no true mountains, although ranges of rugged and sometimes steep hills run east-west a few miles north of the Fundy coast and in the north-central part of the province, where the highest elevation is Mount Carleton at 2,680 feet (817 metres). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

People Population composition The English-speaking majority consists largely of the descendants of Scottish, Irish, and English settlers of the 18th and 19th centuries, along with those descended from loyalists who fled the American Revolution . It is concentrated in the southern and western parts of the province. The French-speaking minority, which has grown to about one-third of the population, consists of the descendants of 17th-century Acadian settlers augmented by French Canadians from Quebec, and it is concentrated in the northern and eastern counties. Descendants of the province’s first inhabitants, the Indians (First Nations), remain in small numbers on federally administered reserves (reservations) along the east coast or in the St. John valley, or they have integrated into neighbouring communities . There are several thousand blacks, largely descendants of loyalist slaves, in the province as well. In the 20th century, small contingents of eastern European, Dutch, German, Italian, and Asian immigrants added a multicultural dimension, mostly in the larger urban areas. Roman Catholics outnumber Protestants, who are mostly of the Baptist, United Church of Canada , Anglican, Pentecostal, and Presbyterian denominations.

Settlement patterns Settlement began on the coastline and rivers, where early settlers followed fishing and agricultural pursuits. Small towns tended to spring up along the river systems, which supported sawmills and general stores. Saint John, an all-season ocean port situated at the mouth of the St. John River, has been the largest city from earliest times. Moncton, in the southeast, emerged in the late 19th century as a railroad and distribution centre. Fredericton , the capital and an administrative, educational, and commercial city, is near the geographic centre of the province. Miramichi, located on the river of the same name, is an industrial city that produces paper and other forest products. Bathurst , Campbellton, and Edmundston, small bilingual cities in the north with French-speaking majorities, all developed on the basis of the pulp and paper industry. In the 1950s the Canadian armed forces established Base Gagetown, covering several thousand acres between Fredericton and Saint John, and they built the modern town of Oromocto for army personnel. Demographic trends Population growth was relatively slight in the early 21st century.

Many young adults, drawn by the employment opportunities and higher salaries of central Canadian cities and western oil fields, continued to migrate out of New Brunswick. Within the province, cities became the employment centres, although the common practice of commuting from rural homes or from suburban areas prevented significant urban population growth. Economy New Brunswick has a resource-based economy dependent largely on forestry , mining, and fishing. Tourism, agriculture, small-scale manufacturing, and a growing service sector provide balance and diversity . Real economic growth tends to be at or above the regional average for the Atlantic Provinces region, reflecting expansion in oil refining, telecommunications, computer software development, and natural gas distribution. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Only about one-fifth of the landmass of the province is suitable for agriculture, and less than one-third of that is actually under cultivation. Floodplains, which represent only a tiny percentage of the provincial landmass, possess the richest soils. They are suitable for truck farming, which is concentrated near the southern cities, notably in the lower St. John River valley.

Small family farms remain the most numerous type among the province’s approximately 3,000 farms, but their numbers are dwindling, and thousands of acres of previously cultivated land are returning to forest. The largest farms specialize in the leading cash crops, dairy products and potatoes, the former concentrated in south-central and southeastern areas and the latter in the upper St. John valley. Both benefit from large-scale food-processing plants in their respective areas. Poultry, cattle, hogs, eggs, maple products, and blueberries represent other significant commodities. Provincial policy focuses on soil conservation and new product development. About four-fifths of the provincial landmass is forested, and the forest industry is the province’s largest. Pulp and paper production represents the industry’s largest single component; several cities and towns, mostly in the north, depend on large pulp and paper mills as their major employers. Sawmills are widespread as well, and other forest products include lumber, plywood, chipboard, fuel, and Christmas trees. The forests also provide a wide range of jobs in related fields. About half of the forested land is in the public domain, although large corporate users are responsible for reforestation and management of assigned districts.

Wood supply and fluctuating foreign markets emerged as major challenges in the early 21st century. The fishing and fish-processing industry continues to be important in the provincial economy. It employs numerous workers in the main fishing areas, including the Bay of Fundy, the Northumberland Strait, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lobster, crab, scallops, herring, cod, mackerel, and a variety of other North Atlantic species make up the bulk of the catch. The industry is a volatile one, subject to seasonal and longer-term shifts in fish stocks, foreign competition, weather conditions, and credit availability; it has thus become highly dependent on government regulation and support. The development of aquaculture has supplemented the fisheries with hatcheries that produce salmon, trout, mussels, and oysters. Resources and power The discovery in New Brunswick of rich deposits of zinc and potash in the second half of the 20th century elevated the importance of mining in the provincial economy. The northeast, especially around Bathurst, produces zinc, copper, lead, silver, and peat moss. A lead-smelting operation is at Belledune, a port near Bathurst, and potash and natural gas are found near Sussex.

Nationally, the province ranks high in the production of antimony, bismuth, potash, peat, zinc, silver, and lead. Coal, gypsum, and sulfur also are significant. The provincially owned electric power utility vigorously expanded power generation in the 20th century. Hydroelectric developments along the St. John River system were supplemented by coal- and oil-fired steam-generating units and by the construction of a nuclear power station at Point Lepreau, southwest of Saint John. A power grid links the New Brunswick utility with all the neighbouring provinces and the United States and permits the export of excess capacity. A natural gas pipeline, carrying offshore gas to New England , also crosses the province. Manufacturing The bulk of manufacturing industries in New Brunswick produce food products, paper, and wood products. Firms also manufacture metal goods, mineral products, and machinery. A number of small computer software companies operate in several of the province’s cities as well. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries both the value of manufactured goods and production volume grew significantly. Canada’s largest oil refinery, located at Saint John, experienced unprecedented growth in response to increasing demand throughout North America .

Services, labour, and taxation By the early 21st century the service sector employed more than three times as many people as did manufacturers. Tourism is a leading service industry, as the province’s natural and cultural attractions, including many picturesque drives, draw many visitors. The province’s advanced telephone system and bilingual workforce have attracted a telemarketing industry with call centres in several towns and cities. In addition, the federal government, through the work of its National Research Council, has encouraged the development of the information technology industry in New Brunswick. Scenic drive along the coast of New Brunswick, Can. New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks Employment levels in the province are subject to seasonal variation, and unemployment rates in the early 21st century were slightly higher than the rates in Canada as a whole. Nevertheless, rates of employment showed improvement over past decades. Trends in the previous century had kept unemployment rates fairly high: a lack of diversification in the resource-based economy, high transportation costs, and a decline in manufacturing had reduced opportunities and contributed to significant out-migration. The province derives the overwhelming majority of its revenue from various taxes.

These include corporate and personal income taxes, capital taxes, a value-added sales tax, a real property tax, gasoline and fuel taxes, and a tobacco tax. The provincial budget also depends on federal equalization grants and other federal transfer payments. Such programs support the provision of economic infrastructure , such as in transportation and research, and have contributed substantially to the development of up-to-date amenities and services comparable to those found elsewhere in Canada. Transportation and telecommunications At Saint John , a modern ocean port and the province’s largest industrial centre, oil refining, shipbuilding , and papermaking are major employers. The city’s port facilities are able to handle container ships, and they play an important role in exporting Canadian goods, especially in winter months when traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway is curtailed. Moncton and Saint John remain major transportation and communication centres despite the reduced importance of railroads, and Moncton has emerged as an important regional distribution centre. Regional and national airlines provide regular service to all the larger cities, and a bus service links most urban centres. Heavily traveled highways link New Brunswick and the other Maritime Provinces with central Canada and the United States.

The 8-mile (13-km) Confederation Bridge connects New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. Confederation Bridge over the Northumberland Strait, connecting New Brunswick to Prince Edward … Jan Butchofsky-Houser/Corbis New Brunswick possesses a technically advanced telecommunications infrastructure. Cable and satellite television services, wireless telephone service, and Internet access are all widely available. In addition, all public schools have access to the Internet. Government and society Constitutional framework The provincial government follows the constitutional forms of a Canadian province within the framework of the Canadian constitution. A lieutenant-governor, appointed by the governor-general of Canada on the advice of the Canadian prime minister, represents the queen and is the titular head of government. A premier and a cabinet exercise real power. The premier is the leader of the political party with the most elected members in the province’s one-chamber legislature. Three national political parties are active. But although the New Democratic Party established a small foothold in the late 20th century, the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives continued their dominance into the 21st century. Legislative Assembly Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Courtesy Diane Mercier-Allain, Visitor Services, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Health and welfare The province has a network of modern hospitals, the largest of which are regional hospitals with specialized facilities and equipment. Hospital and medical care are both publicly funded and are supported by a provincial sales tax. Social services are administered by the provincial government, and the same standards apply provincewide. A provincial housing authority plans and develops projects for low-income families and for the elderly. Health, education, and social welfare programs all receive partial federal financial support. Education Public education is free and includes kindergarten and 12 grades of elementary and high school. The system, unique in Canada, is administered by separate English and French sections of the provincial Department of Education and by elected school boards in a number of school districts, some French and some English. Teachers negotiate their salaries with the province, which raises and distributes funds to school districts on the basis of equality so that all areas of the province enjoy similar standards. All universities receive public funding but also rely on student tuitions and private contributions. The University of New Brunswick (established 1785), one of Canada’s oldest higher educational institutions, operates from its main campus in Fredericton, which it shares with the Roman Catholic St.

Thomas University; a second campus is in Saint John. The University of Moncton serves the French-speaking population from its campuses in Moncton, Edmundston, and Shippagan (Shippegan). Mount Allison University, once a private denominational college but now both publicly and privately funded, is in Sackville. There are also several trade and technical schools. Cultural life Culture is shaped by the predominance of the two largest linguistic groups, English and French. Ethnicity remains a strong determinant of cultural activity in some areas, as in the annual Irish festival held at Miramichi, the blessing of the Acadian fishing fleet at Caraquet , and Loyalist Days in Saint John. Summer festivals and fall fairs retain the flavour of the past and the traditions of the province’s early settlers. Popular tastes in music include Irish, Scottish, and Acadian folk idioms and their North American country music derivatives. The arts The fine arts are distinguished by some outstanding work in painting, choral singing, and creative literature.

Saint John artists of the 1930s and ’40s, such as Miller Brittain and Jack Humphrey, produced striking social commentaries in their depictions of depression and war, while painters at Mount Allison University led the way in the 1960s in the development of a widely recognized regional group of magic realists. Divergent trends of the 20th century are represented by the works of two Fredericton artists: Molly Lamb Bobak, who painted crowd scenes and floral watercolours, and her husband, Bruno Bobak, who painted vibrant landscapes. Acadian choirs from the province, particularly the Moncton area, have won both national and international attention. Regional and provincial music festivals encourage music performance among youth, and internationally known musicians perform at summer chamber music festivals in Lamèque and Fredericton. Fredericton also claims to be the poets’ corner of Canada: it is the home of the literary magazine The Fiddlehead, whose founder, the prolific poet Fred Cogswell, and others carried on a tradition first established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Bliss Carman and Sir Charles G.D.

Roberts , arguably the founders of Canada’s first school of poetry. Founded in 2000, the Northrop Frye bilingual literary festival in Moncton has attracted international participation. Antonine Maillet , an Acadian novelist and playwright from Bouctouche, achieved international recognition for her writing in French, which strikingly reveals the 17th-century idiom and structure of the language as spoken by today’s Acadians. Cultural institutions Several institutions provide leadership in the arts. Theatre New Brunswick and the University of Moncton promote drama. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton houses an excellent small collection of British, Canadian, and other paintings of the past three centuries. Notable works include The Fountain of Indolence by J.M.W. Turner , Santiago el Grande by Salvador Dalí , and a significant collection of paintings by Canadian artist Cornelius Krieghoff . Several towns have public and private galleries featuring mostly regional work. The New Brunswick Museum in Saint John, the oldest in Canada, contains archival treasures from the province’s past, while two historic reconstructions—King’s Landing Historical Settlement near Fredericton and Acadian Village near Caraquet—depict rural life of the past century.

Such historic sites as Fort Beauséjour National Historic Park near Sackville remind visitors of the Indian, French, and British roots of the province. A provincial agency fosters cultural activity and has been especially successful in developing and promoting fine crafts. Craft fairs featuring excellent work in wood, pottery, and other media are very popular in summer and fall. Scholars rely on university libraries, the archives of the New Brunswick Museum, the Provincial Archives in Fredericton, and the Centre for Acadian Studies at the University of Moncton. Municipal libraries are widespread. Sports and recreation Recreational activities fall into two groups, winter and summer. Skiing, hockey, and curling dominate in winter. Summer recreation focuses naturally on water: boating, swimming, and fishing flourish in a province that abounds with lakes, rivers, and accessible seashore, including miles of clean sandy beaches along the east coast. Several rivers are famous for their Atlantic salmon , while trout, bass, and pickerel also attract sport fishing. Whale watching near the western islands of the Bay of Fundy is popular as well. Other common outdoor pursuits include golf, tennis, and hunting; a regulated hunting season occurs in the fall of the year.

Two national parks— Fundy National Park on the rugged coast of the Bay of Fundy (featuring the world’s highest tides) and Kouchibouguac National Park on the Northumberland Strait—and several provincial parks provide camping, bird watching, and hiking. Well-maintained walking and bicycling trails have replaced rail beds in many parts of the province. Fundy National Park, New Brunswick, Can. New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks Media and publishing Several major daily newspapers circulate in the province. Among the leading English-language dailies are the Telegraph-Journal (Saint John), the Daily Gleaner (Fredericton), and the Times and Transcript (Moncton). The main French-language daily is L’Acadie Nouvelle (Caraquet). Television broadcasting derives mainly from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CTV Television Network, Global Television Network, and Radio-Québec. Cable and satellite television also are available. French- and English-language radio stations broadcast throughout the province.

History The French were the first Europeans to lay claim to the province, part of a larger region that they called Acadia (French: Acadie), which was inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Indians (First Nations) of the Micmac , Malecite , and Passamaquoddy nations. The British took over Acadia in 1713, although the French claimed and defended the area that is now New Brunswick until they were defeated militarily in the 1750s. The British expelled or dispersed most of the French-speaking Acadian settlers in 1755 (many of whom eventually returned) and governed the area as Nova Scotia until 1784, when New Brunswick was established as a separate province with its present boundaries. Seal of New Brunswick, Can. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Coat of arms of New Brunswick, Can. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The first English-speaking settlers, from New England, moved into the St. John River valley and founded the town of Maugerville in 1762.

But it was the influx of some 14,000 loyalist refugees from the American Revolution , mostly from New York and its vicinity, that created the pressure for separate provincehood. The loyalist city of Saint John became Canada’s first incorporated city in 1785, and smaller settlements were established in the St. John and St. Croix valleys. After early problems of adjustment the loyalist communities of New Brunswick began to prosper. Underlying the improved economy was the British decision in 1808 to grant preferential tariffs to the timber resources of its North American colonies, a move made when Napoleon I ’s blockade cut off the Baltic supply of shipbuilding materials to the British. For New Brunswick, with its limited agricultural lands but widespread forests, this historical incident provided an opportunity that helped usher in the so-called age of wood, wind, and water, an era of prosperity based on timber exports and shipbuilding. The Reciprocity Treaty with the United States in 1854 and the demand created by the American Civil War further stimulated trade. Politically, the province moved slowly toward a more democratic system. Government in the first generation was dominated by a loyalist elite supported by British imperial authority.

Responsible home government (government in which the executive branch is drawn from, and answerable to, an elected legislative branch) was granted by Britain in 1848. Political parties, organized largely along ethnic and religious lines and prompted by the prohibition issue, emerged in the 1850s. With its economic success and political independence, New Brunswick entered confederation with Canada in 1867 somewhat reluctantly. Confederation, however, coincided with the collapse of the age of wooden ships, and New Brunswickers found themselves scrambling over the next 100 years to rebuild their economy on a new foundation. Railroads and national tariffs helped in the development of manufacturing, such as that of cotton textiles, but the province suffered from the pull of the urban growth areas of Quebec and Ontario . By the 20th century, New Brunswick required federally subsidized freight rates, and it argued, along with other Maritime Provinces, for federal financial assistance, which, after the mid-1900s, it obtained. Meanwhile, a modern party system emerged in which, until the 1970s, the old elements of ethnicity and religion continued to be significant.

Liberals and Progressive Conservatives alternated in government at fairly regular intervals. In the mid-20th century, both parties sought economic development based on new electrical power facilities. In the 1960s a Liberal equal opportunity program revolutionized the delivery of health, justice , education, and social services by abolishing counties as administrative units and by centralizing funding and administration at the provincial level. Unique in Canada, the system met strong early resistance, but it continued under the subsequent Conservative government and won acceptance, especially in less-prosperous rural and northern areas, as a means of equalizing services in all parts of the province. Since the late 1980s, both Liberal and Conservative governments have emphasized fiscal restraint, balanced budgets, the restructuring of public services, and a reduction in dependence on federal financial support. In the 1990s and early 21st century, governments continued to pursue economic self-sufficiency. New Brunswickers think of their province, with its two languages and cultures , as a microcosm of Canada. Moreover, the province’s small size tends to promote support for Canadian federalism among members of both linguistic groups.

Even at the beginning of the 21st century, the province retained qualities of its rural and small-town past. CanadaInfo: Provinces and Territories: Ontario Click on the picture for free downloads including this image. Canada's most populous province; as with the rest of Canada, most of the population lives within 200 kilometres of the US border. (Northern Ontario is so sparsely populated that the provincial map notes which towns up there have phones.) Ontario is regarded by many outside it as hopelessly arrogant and self-centered, but it's also undoubtedly the heart of the Canadian economy. Most Ontario cities and towns have carefully preserved historic buildings. You can see accurately rebuilt forts and pioneer villages around the province, including Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg and Fort William in Thunder Bay. Some towns, like Niagara on the Lake and Elora, make a special effort to preserve the flavour of the past. In Ottawa and Toronto, the distinctive parliament buildings are permanent reminders of their history. Some Ontario superlatives include: Ontario is home of many of Canada's most prominent universities (Toronto, Queen's, McMaster, Waterloo). Click here for a full list of Ontario universities. Manitoulin Island is the largest freshwater island in the world.

Ontario Hydro is the largest electrical utility in the world. Alexander Graham Bell placed the world's first long distance telephone call from Brantford to Paris, Ontario. Ontario's Professional Sports Teams

Question: The town of Crotch Lake is in which Canadian province?
Answer: Ontario