Interesting facts about Canada

[Dneprovoy Alexey]

I am going on sharing facts about different countries. Today I have chosen Canada: http://tours-tv.com/ru/canada

• Canada is over 40 times bigger than the UK and 18 times bigger than France.

• Canada has more inland lakes and rivers than any other country in the world.

• The largest group of freshwater lakes in the world belongs to The Great Lakes. This group is consisted of Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario lakes where one third of its total surface is in Canada.

• Canada has the world's longest coastline, over 200 000 km.

• Trans-Canada Hwy is the longest national highway in the world, 7604 km.

• Alaska Highway is the fastest-built highway. 2451 km of this highway was built in less than a year.

• Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake with an area of 2765 sq. km.

• Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada, 507 451 sq. km.

• Della Falls in BC is the highest waterfall in Canada, 440 m high, several times higher than a world known Niagara Falls.

• The world's highest tide is in Canada, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia (16.1 m).

• CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, is the tallest freestanding structure in the world, 553 m in height.

• Mackenzie River is the longest river in Canada - length is 4 241 km.

• Great Bear Lake is the largest lake in Canada.

• Great Slave Lake is the deepest lake in Canada, 614 m deep.

• Mount Logan is Canada's tallest peak at 5 959 m.

• The 43 parks represent 2.2% of the total area of Canada.

• National park Banff in Alberta was the first established park, 1885.