Methye Portage — Portage La Loche by George Back in 1825 The Methye Portage or Portage La Loche in northwestern Saskatchewan was one of the most important portages in the old fur trade route across Canada. It connected the Mackenzie River basin to rivers that ran … Wikipedia
Portage — TOCleftPortage refers to the practice of carrying a canoe or other boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route (such as rapids or a waterfall in a river), or between two bodies of water (such as over an isthmus). A place where this… … Wikipedia
Portages — See Frog Portage; Giscome Portage; Grand Portage; Methye Portage; Rocky Mountain Portage … The makers of Canada
Continental divide — This article is about continental divides in general. For other meanings, see Continental divide (disambiguation). A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one… … Wikipedia
1778 — Années : 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 Décennies : 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 Siècles : XVIIe siècle XVIIIe … Wikipédia en Français
1778 aux États-Unis — Éphémérides Chronologie des États Unis : 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 Décennies aux États Unis : 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 … Wikipédia en Français
Athabasca Oil Sands — The Athabasca Oil Sands (also known as the Athabasca Tar Sands) are large deposits of bitumen, or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada. These oil sands consist of a mixture of crude bitumen (a semi solid form of… … Wikipedia
Deep Bay crater — Deep Bay is a bay near the south western tip of Reindeer Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada. The bay is strikingly circular and very deep (220 m) in an otherwise irregular and shallow lake. The bay was formed in a 13 km wide impact crater. The age … Wikipedia
Maple Creek crater — Maple Creek is a subterranean meteorite crater in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 75 million years (Cretaceous or later). The crater is buried beneath younger sediments and cannot be seen … Wikipedia
Cypress Hills massacre — The Cypress Hills massacre occurred on June 1, 1873, in the Cypress Hills region of Battle Creek, North West Territories (now in Saskatchewan), involving a group of American Bison hunters, American wolf hunters or wolfers , American and Canadian… … Wikipedia
