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Muskoka is about two hours (160 km, 100 miles) due north from Canada's largest city,
Toronto. Toronto's history as a town/city goes back about 200 years, and this history
is visible in some of the neighbourhoods which represent the original British inhabitants and the
subsequent settlers from several different European or Asian countries. Different regions in Canada
can be represented by a completely different mix of settlers, although the British culture and English
language is the most prevalent. In Quebec, French language and culture remains strong, although Canada's
second largest city Montreal is almost completely bilingual. The native Canadians include tribes across Canada, and the northern Inuit. Click here for Inuit Art and here for examples of First Nations Art.
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Back to southern Canada again, in Toronto you will find Casa Loma, the Metropolitan Toronto
Zoo, Yonge Street, the Eaton Centre, the Toronto City Hall, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the CN
Tower, Spadina Road, Centre Island, and distinct neighbourhoods such as Cabbagetown and Chinatown.
Toronto also a new basketball team named the Toronto Raptors, a baseball team called the Toronto Blue
Jays (who won the World Series twice), and an NHL hockey team called the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Hockey and ice-skating are favourite winter sports of course, as well as downhill and crosscountry
skiing.
Vancouver, on the west coast of Canada, is Canada's third largest city. Thousands of kilometers or miles distant from either Toronto or Montreal, it has a mild coastal climate and therefore a completely different landscape from any other large city in Canada. Vancouver also has a very different history as compared to the eastern regions, and this is apparent in their activities and attitudes. In the winter, biking, hiking and even sailing remain popular because of the wet but very mild winter climate. Much of coastal British Columbia is a temperate rainforest. Still, when the sun comes out in the summer months, it remains out. September is still a warm and sunny summer month on the coast. And snow, even in the midst of winter, is usually something you only see on the mountain tops.
Then, in our homes we like our TV, although my personal addiction is the Internet, and I am often reminded to link to Netaholics Anonymous where come warnings such as: You know you're hooked on the internet when you invent another person and chat with yourself in empty chat rooms (original credit to Donna S. of NJ at "pam's" safari site, 1996)).
The popular music in Canada comes from the group
Tragically Hip, and from many other contemporary artists.
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