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5,599,077 km 2 (2,161,816 sq mi) Canada has a vast geography that occupies much of the continent of North America, sharing a land border with the contiguous United States to the south and the U.S. state of Alaska to the northwest. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic ...
The Fraser River is known for the fishing of white sturgeon, all five species of Pacific salmon ( chinook, coho, chum, pink, sockeye ), as well as steelhead trout. The Fraser River is also the largest producer of salmon in Canada. [24] A typical white sturgeon catch can average about 500 pounds (230 kg). [25]
Contents. Module:Location map/data/Canada. Module:Location map/data/Canada is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on a Lambert conformal conic projection map of Canada. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
With an average flow at the mouth of about 265,000 cu ft/s (7,500 m 3 /s), [7] the Columbia is the largest river by discharge flowing into the Pacific from the Americas [25] and is the fourth-largest by volume in the U.S. [7] The average flow where the river crosses the international border between Canada and the United States is 2,790 m 3 /s ...
v. t. e. A geographic coordinate system ( GCS) is a spherical or geodetic coordinate system for measuring and communicating positions directly on Earth as latitude and longitude. [ 1] It is the simplest, oldest and most widely used of the various spatial reference systems that are in use, and forms the basis for most others.
Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories — longest Canadian Arctic Ocean main stem river at 1,738 km (1,080 Saint Lawrence River , Ontario and Quebec 49°40′N 64°30′W / 49.667°N 64.500°W / 49.667; -64.500 ( Saint Lawrence River ) — longest Canadian Atlantic Ocean main stem river at 965 km (600
Sign on the Trans-Canada Highway near Winnipeg, marking the longitude centre of Canada. There is a sign on the Trans-Canada Highway at 96°48'35"W (slightly east of Winnipeg) proclaiming it the longitudinal centre of Canada; [1] in effect, the north-south line midway between the extreme points of Canada on the east and west, including islands (including Newfoundland since 1949).
6 Peace River Regional District British Columbia.svg. Module:Location map/data/CAN BC Peace River is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Peace River Regional District. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.