Canada in pictures [antikvár]

in pictures CANADA What does Canada mean to you? Do you visualize lithe skiers schussing down snowy mountain trails? Fishermen sailing oíT rocky shores in pursuit of salmon? Sturdy Eskimos singing out to their huskies as they skim along the hard-packed snow? Majestic elk and deer grazing in the spring forests? Mounties hot on the trail of a law breaker? Totem poles? Golden wheat fields? Thriving modern cities and long straight roads? Gay school ehildren off to a picnic at the laké? Canada is all these things, as you will see in the pages of this concisely written book with its more than 100 carefully chosen pictures. But did you know that in area Canada is the second largest country in the world? That Canada has nearly one-third of the world's fresh water supply? That the world's largest asbestos deposits are located in Quebec? That the tar sands along the Athabaska River in northern Alberta contain at least 300,000,000,000 barrels of recoverable oil (equal in quantity to the world's present known oil reserves!) ? You will learn how Canada has solved the unsolvable-how to link together effectively a huge but underpopulated nation divided by the Canadian Rocky Mountain Chain and dotted with thousands of lakes and streams. Here is a unique portrayal of one of the world's most fascinating countries.