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	Official tartans in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canada's provinces and territories (except for Nunavut), as well as many other divisions in Canada, have officially recognized Tartans.
		Tartans were first brought to Canada by Scottish settlers, and in 1959, New Brunswick was the first province to adopt an official tartan.
		The official provincial and territorial tartans are all registered in the books of the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Official_tartans_in_Canada (122 words)

	Canada biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada's capital is Ottawa, home of the nation's Parliament as well as the residences of the Governor General and the Prime Minister.
		Canada borders the Atlantic Ocean and Davis Strait to the east, the Pacific Ocean and Alaska to the west, and the Hudson Bay, Beaufort Sea, and Arctic Ocean to the north.
		Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains) and the wild animals that reside within them, such as moose, beavers, and grizzly bears.
	canada.biography.ms (4373 words)

	Tartans
		The reddish-brown signifies the redness of the soil, the green represents the grass and trees, the white is for the caps on the waves, the yellow for the sun.
		Yukoner's pride in the territory is reflected in the brilliant colours of the Yukon tartan.
		Known officially as the Maple leaf tartan, the pattern incorporates the green of the leaves' summer foliage, the gold which appears in early autumn, the red which appears with the coming of the first frost, and the brown tones of the fallen leaves.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o6_e.cfm (1037 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Canada
		Canada is a federation of ten provinces and three territories, governed as a parliamentary representative democracy.
		Canada is a technologically advanced and industrialized nation, largely self-sufficient in energy due to its relatively large deposits of fossil fuels, nuclear energy generation, and hydroelectric power capabilities.
		Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia) and the wild animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, and grizzly bears.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Canada (4392 words)

	Bambooweb: Canada
		The capital of Canada is the city of Ottawa, where the nation's parliament is located, as is the residence of the Governor General and the Prime Minister of Canada.
		Canada, which has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples, known in Canada as the First Nations, for about 10,000 years, was first visited by Europeans around 1000, when the Vikings briefly settled at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
		Canada's judical branch of government is composed of a variety of federal and provincial level courts that deal with cases involving federal or provincial realms of jurisdiction.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/c/a/Canada.html (3625 words)

	Canada Day Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada is a federation of ten Provinces and territories of Canadaprovinces and three Provinces and territories of Canadaterritories, governed as a Parliamentary systemparliamentary representative democracy.
		Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60 degrees west longitude and 141 degrees west longitude ([http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution/1927/1]); that is, Canada's territorial claim extends to the North Pole.
		Canada is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, La Francophonie, the Organization of American States, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the G8, and APEC.
	www.echostatic.com /Canada_Day.html (4724 words)

	Canada - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The capital of Canada is Ottawa, home of the nation's parliament as well as the residences of the Governor General and the Prime Minister.
		Canada is a modern and technologically advanced country and is largely energy self-sufficient due to its stores of fossil fuels, nuclear energy generation, and hydroelectric power capabilities.
		With a population one-tenth that of its southern neighbour, the United States, Canada might be expected to have an economy one-tenth as large.
	www.free-definition.com /Canada.html (3935 words)

	Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada''' is an independent statesovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area.
		Canada is a federation of ten Provinces of Canadaprovinces and three Territories of Canadaterritories, governed as a Parliamentary systemparliamentary representative democracy.
		Both the Governor General of Canada, who exercises the personal prerogatives delegated by the monarch (the head of state), and the Prime Minister of CanadaPrime Minister/, who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
	www.infothis.com /find/Canada (4523 words)

	Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada's capital is Ottawa, home of the nation's Parliament as well as the residences of the Governor General and the Prime Minister; the representative of the head of state and the head of government, respectively.
		Canada is officially bilingual, with Canadian French widely spoken in the eastern provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, and Canadian English the majority language elsewhere.
		Since 1925, Canada has claimed the portion of the Arctic between 60 degrees west longitude and 141 degrees west longitude ([2] (http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/territorialevolution/1927/1)); that is, Canada's territorial claim extends to the North Pole.
	www.wissen-im-web.net /wiki/Canada (3999 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada, historically the Dominion of Canada, is the northernmost
		colony, Canada is a member of both La Francophonie and the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Needless to say, within Canada itself, such notions of Canada being a more fundamentally "left wing" country than the US tend to be more widely embraced by political parties on the left than those on the
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Canada (3665 words)

	48th Highlanders of Canada Pipes and Drums - Tartans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Davidson Tartan was adopted as the tartan to he worn by the 48th Highlanders of Canada on its inception, in 1891, in honour of the first Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel John Irvine Davidson.
		It is not clear why the Stewart of Fingask was chosen as the tartan to be worn by the 48th pipers, or why it was decided to put the pipers in a different tartan.
		There have been rumours that this tartan was sent by mistake in place of the Royal Stewart and it was decided to stay with the Stewart of Fingask, but this has not been verified in writing.
	regimentalpipers.com /48pd/facts/tartans.html (524 words)

	Geobop's Canada! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canada resembles the United States in that its first residents arrived from Asia thousands of years ago, entering the New World through what is now Alaska.
		Canada further resembles its neighbor to the south in that its smallest provinces are in the east.
		Official tartans and soils have also been adopted by some provinces.
	www.geobop.com /world/NA/Canada (548 words)

	The beaver
		After the early Europeans explorers had realized that Canada was not the spice-rich Orient, the main mercantile attraction was the beaver population numbering in the millions.
		Despite all this recognition, the beaver was close to extinction by the mid-19th century.
		The beaver attained official status as an emblem of Canada when an "act to provide for the recognition of the beaver (castor canadensis) as a symbol of the sovereignty of Canada" received royal assent on March 24, 1975.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o1_e.cfm (506 words)

	MITCHELL : CLAN (FAMILY) SURNAME. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The family tartan, the commercially available one, in ancient or modern colours is a very fine tartan.
		The Innes clan tartan is also great - it has all the glowing colours of a wonderful warm fire.
		This was confirmed by the late Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Lord Lyon King of Arms, and the wearing of the Innes tartan approved.
	www.kilts.co.nz /mitclan.htm (1564 words)

	Highland games: Scottish sports from caber tossing to haggis hurling. Brigadoonery. Neil Harding McAlister ( Neil ...
		In farmers’ fields and civic fairgrounds across the nation, strong men in kilts test their strength, while wee lassies in tartan and velvet dance the Highland Fling to the tune of Bonny Dundee.
		Connoisseurs of the tartan enjoy an interesting, Caledonian variant of bird watching, identifying the distinctive, blue Andersons, the gaudy Buchanans, and the yellow-and-fl “horse blanket” MacLeods in the crowd.
		The official Town Crier in Dutton, Ontario was still wearing a McAlister kilt as recently as a couple years ago -- and there was not one visitor in a thousand, including many who share our family name, who could recognize it.
	www.durham.net /~neilmac/games.htm (1158 words)

	Official Knights Templar Tartan
		The Magistral Grand Priory of the Holy Lands is pleased to announce and lawfully declare on the eve of the anniversary of the death of Jacques de Molay, the successful legal application and registration of our official Knights Templar OSMTH-SMOTJ Dress and Hunting Tartans under the authority of the Scottish Tartans World Register.
		His Excellency, The Magistral Grand Prior of the Holy Lands has duly awarded the duty of administration for the official tartans to our Magistral Grand Bailiwick of Scotland, under the authority of His Excellency The Magistral Grand Seneschal of the Holy Lands.
		Tartan products such as kilts, trews, bowties, ties, waistcoats etc., are only available through the official Magistral Grand Priory of the Holy Lands tailor, Companion Gordon Nicolson.
	www.ordotempli.org /official_knights_templar_tartan.htm (341 words)

	Clans, Tartans, Regiments from Rampant Scotland Directory
		A page for Tunes of Glory 2004 has also been set up in anticipation and Tunes of Glory 2005 has initial information on the "Dunedin Gathering" in Edinburgh in 2005 when the aim is to have 20,000 pipers and drummers and 20,000 clansmen marching in Scotland's capital on 6 August.
		There is also a Scottish Executive (ie government) site with information on Tartan Day in the US plus a history of the Declaration of Arbroath, the creation of Tartan Day by the US Senate, biographies of a number of Famous Scots and a useful set of links to other government agencies operating in Scotland.
		Sons of Scotland is a fraternal association for Scottish people and their decendants which seeks to preserve and promote Scottish heritage and culture across Canada, by keeping alive the great traditions of history, literature and the music of Scotland.
	www.rampantscotland.com /clans.htm (3547 words)

	Scottish Kilt Maker Tartan Highland Dress
		Our kiltmakers are always on hand to give advice on the best style for you.
		Tartan trousers and trews have become a very popular alternative, or addition, to the traditional Highland wardrobe.
		Whether you want something off the peg or made to measure, we are the people to help.
	www.hector-russell.com (302 words)

	About the Odom Library
		After two years of negotiations and visits by Clan Donald officials, the clan archives was relocated to the Odom Library.
		Soon after, other Scottish clans began naming Odom as the depository of their archives.
		There is no charge for a subscription, but postage contributions of at least $6.00 or more are appreciated.
	www.electricscotland.com /familytree/about_odom.htm (988 words)

	Canadian Celtic Music - Musicians Websites, Tour Dates, CD Purchasing, News, and more!
		Celtic influences can be found in Canada, and more so in their music!
		Wendy MacIsaac, and Jackie Dunn, links to subscribe to various mailing lists to keep up to date on several Canadian Celtic artists, and also a column where I'll keep you up to date on various events in Canada such as media appearances and CD releases.
		Andy Hillhouse, Canada - guitar; Ian Clark, Canada - guitar; Natalie Haas, USA - cello; Ian Lowthian, Scotland - accordion; Heather Beckmyer, Canada - piano; Debra Pinchbeck, Canada - dance.
	members.shaw.ca /kimberleyw/canadacelticmusic (3213 words)

	CMS Clan MacKenzie Society
		All denote freedom, fairness, purity, honor and courage.
		Clan MacKenzie Society in the Americas, Inc. - Official Web Site
		All text and images (c) 2005 - permission required prior to use of any items
	www.clanmackenzie.com (405 words)

	Electric Scotland holds over 20,000 pages of Scottish History and Clans
		A welcome page telling you a bit about us
		Official Clans - Other Scottish Names - Irish Families - Spelling of Names - Historic Families - Earldoms - The Scots-Irish - Burke's Peerage and Gentry - Geography of the Clans - Chiefs of Clans - Clans, Families and Septs -
		History of our Scots descendants in the USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia, France, New Zealand, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Poland, and American Indians.
	www.electricscotland.com (319 words)

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