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Description
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Starting Letter
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Answer
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Area in northeastern Alberta containing large oil sands deposits (bitumen), it shares a name with a river that flows through it and a large nearby lake
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A
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Athabasca Oil Sands
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National Park located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, on the border with British Columbia, it is Canada's oldest national park and a renowned tourist destination
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B
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Banff National Park
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Largest city in Alberta, second largest city in western Canada, it was the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games (1988)
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C
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Calgary
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Strait that separates Greenland from Baffin Island, in the Labrador Sea, named after a 16th century English explorer who sought a Northwest Passage
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D
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Davis Strait
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Capital and second-largest city of the province of Alberta, it is North America's northernmost metropolitan area with a population over one million
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E
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Edmonton
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Bay between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, it has an extremely high tidal range
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F
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Bay of Fundy
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Largest lake located entirely within Canada, in the Northwest Territories, on the Arctic Circle, it is the eighth largest lake in the world
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G
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Great Bear Lake
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Large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada, named after an English explorer, it is the world's second largest body of water using the term "bay"
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H
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Hudson Bay
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Capital of the territory of Nunavut, its name means "place of fish" in Inuktitut, it has the lowest population of any capital city in Canada
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I
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Iqaluit
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Strait that separates Vancouver Island (British Columbia) from the Olympic Peninsula (Washington), named after a Greek sailor in the service of the King of Spain
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J
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Juan de Fuca Strait
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City in eastern Ontario, on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River, midway between Toronto and Montreal, known as the "Limestone City"
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K
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Kingston
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City in southwestern Ontario, halfway between Toronto and Detroit, on the Thames River, named after a major British city
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L
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London
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Third most populous city of Ontario and an eastern suburb of Toronto, on the shores of Lake Ontario, home to Toronto Pearson International Airport
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M
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Mississauga
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Group of three waterfalls on the border between New York and Ontario, they have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America
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N
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Niagara Falls
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Canada's capital city, on the banks of a river bearing the same name, founded in 1826 as Bytown
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O
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Ottawa
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Island and province of Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces, the smallest province of Canada in both land area and population
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P
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Prince Edward Island
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Capital city of the French-speaking Canadian province bearing the same name, founded by the French in 1608, it is one of the oldest European cities in North America
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Q
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Québec
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Capital and second largest city of Saskatchewan, its name means "queen" in Latin
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R
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Regina
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Capital and largest city of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the southeastern tip of Newfoundland, it is North America's easternmost city
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S
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St. John's
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City in northwestern Ontario, on the northwestern shore of Lake Superior, near the US border with Minnesota
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T
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Thunder Bay
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Northern settlement in Saskatchewan, near the border of the Northwest Territories, once a thriving mining community
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U
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Uranium City
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Canada's second largest island, located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and the Northwestern Territories
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V
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Victoria Island
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Capital and largest city of Manitoba, named after a very large nearby lake
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W
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Winnipeg
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A First Nations village site, located in what is now Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia
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X
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X̱wáýx̱way
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Smallest and westernmost Canadian territory, it borders the US state of Alaska to the west, home to Canada's highest mountain: Mount Logan
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Y
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Yukon
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Village located on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, site of a gold rush during the 1930s, named after a Spanish sailor who explored the area in the 1790s
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Z
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Zeballos
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