reaching 5,344 feet (1,629 metres) atMount Marcyand 5,114 feet (1,559 metres) at Algonquin Peak of Mount McIntyre. With the exception of some forestry activities, the region’s main economic value is for recreation. A large part of it has been designated as a wilderness preserve by the...
300 years ago. Mi’kma’ki is the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq or L’nu’k (the People). Kespukwitk (Lands End), is one of the districts of Mi'kmaki. The cultural history of this area is very rich.
Ottawa has many public and private universities, colleges, and professional schools. The leading universities are the University of Ottawa (1848), abilingualinstitution, and Carleton University (1942), where instruction is conducted entirely in English. The Ottawa campus of Algonquin College (1967) gr...
Toronto, ON, November 1, 2011– Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher® cartographic software for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®, is charting new territory in the mobile app space with its launch of the PDF Maps app and its ...
gulf consists of an archipelago of pebble beach and pine-dotted islands. The wildlife is rich through the islands; aggressive terns continuously dive-bombed us when we came too close to their territory, and one evening a moose swam in front of our canoe as we paddled through a narrow ...
The word Mississippi comes from the Ojibwe name for the river, "Messipi", which means "big river," or from the Algonquin Missi Sepe, "great river," literally, "father of waters." On May 8, 1541 Hernando de Soto became the first recorded white man to reach the Mississippi River, which...
So Avenza’s product blends a bit of old with new — thePDF map appessentially scans in paper maps, but gives users interactive details. If you’re in a new city, type in Starbucks and you can find out how many outlets are near you. If you’re hiking in Algonquin Park, and there’...