Canada: A Vast Landscape of Beauty and Diversity
Canada, the second-largest country in the world, invites adventurers to its expansive terrains and multicultural cities. Nestled in North America, its history is a rich tapestry woven by Indigenous peoples, French and British colonialism, and a mosaic of immigrant cultures. A confederation formed in 1867, today's Canada is celebrated for its political and social progressiveness, vast natural resources, and commitment to preserving the environment.
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
From Indigenous Roots to a Multicultural Nation
Canada's story begins with the Indigenous peoples, followed by the age of exploration that led to French and British settlements. The nation's evolution into a diverse and inclusive society is reflected in its cities and institutions.
Toronto: The Urban Mosaic
Toronto, Canada's largest city, is a bustling metropolis famed for the iconic CN Tower, vibrant neighborhoods representing cultures from around the globe, and a thriving arts scene, embodied by the renowned Toronto International Film Festival.
The Canadian Rockies: Nature's Majesty
The majestic Canadian Rockies offer awe-inspiring vistas, with national parks like Banff and Jasper providing outdoor enthusiasts with endless opportunities for hiking, wildlife spotting, and embracing the serene beauty of Canada's wilderness.
Vancouver: Pacific Gem
On the Pacific coast, Vancouver is known for its scenic beauty, set against a backdrop of mountains and sea, with a laid-back atmosphere that encapsulates the West Coast lifestyle.
Québec City: European Charm in North America
Québec City offers a slice of Europe with its cobblestone streets, the fortress of La Citadelle, and the annual Winter Carnival, showcasing the joie de vivre of French-Canadian culture.
The Maritimes: A Seafaring Heritage
In the Maritimes, provinces like Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador share a deep connection with the Atlantic, lighthouses dotting the coastline and fishing villages offering fresh seafood and tales of the sea.
From the Arctic tundra of Nunavut to the Niagara Falls' roaring waters, Canada is a country of dramatic landscapes and friendly cities. With travel.frogsfolly.com, uncover the natural splendor and warm culture of Canada. Join us on a journey from sea to sea, exploring a land where each province has a story, and every landscape feels like a new world.
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<p>I'm proud of all my hard work in restoring and painting my house. It used to be all one colour with a lot of peeling paint. The contrasting brown colour took me most of the summer of 2026 to complete. <br />
<br />
Built in 1914 at no. 911 Wellington Street East. <br />
<br />
"This is a Prairie-style single-story residence, noticeably located at the south-west corner of Wellington and Woodward in the city’s east-central area. It encompasses part of Lot 15, Plan 568 and Lot 29, Plan 930. GIS coordinates: 705,711.336 5,154,111.585 Meters<br />
<br />
This handsome, distinctive, well maintained home is the best example of a Prairie-style residence to be found in Sault Ste. Marie. It is an elegant Craftsman style bungalow with a variety of gently pitched roof slopes and a small hipped dormer. The eaves are deep and bracketed. The columns are plain with square abacuses and no base. The inclusion of classical modillions in a residence is rare in Sault Ste. Marie and to Prairie-style homes. A variety of rustic building materials have been utilized: stucco, wood, brick and stone. The window groupings consist of both casement and sash with inner muntin bars. Those windows on the front have been replaced with modern aluminum windows but the windows around the sunroom on the east side and those on the partial second floor are original. Many of the original storm windows are stored in the garage. Craftsmanship in the building is excellent yet simple and functional. Even the interior fireplace sports hand-carved brackets of similar design to those supporting the overhanging exterior eaves. With the exception of the kitchen and bathroom, the main floor rooms are still finished with the original oak trim and floors. An old photo of the house indicates that cedar shingles once adorned the roof.<br />
<br />
This residence was constructed, in its present form, in 1914 for Richard H. Carney who was District manager for Canada Life Assurance Co. It was the Carney family who was responsible for construction of the Carney Block on Queen St. It thus reflects the affluence of an upper middle class business family which was profiting from the Clergue industrial expansion of the day. A 1914 date and initials of the stone mason builder may be found in the basement wall mortar between the sandstone pieces. It is likely this sandstone was quarried from the locks as was typical for the day. This house was purchased in 1939 by the MacIntosh family who owned it until 2004.<br />
<br />
The key exterior features that embody the heritage value of 911 Wellington St. E. include:<br />
- Variety of gently pitched roof slopes provide horizontal emphasis reflecting the Prairiestyle bungalow<br />
- Clerestory lighting that provides light to a half story loft<br />
- A hipped dormer and deep bracketed eaves<br />
- Columns with abacuses and no base but adorned with modillions<br />
- Rustic building materials including stucco, wood, brick and stone<br />
- Original casement windows with sash and inner muntin bars on the sunroom (east side)<br />
and on the half story loft<br />
- Home and property have been well maintained in traditional style with little change to<br />
the exterior<br />
- An interior with oak trim, baseboards and flooring unchanged save for the kitchen and<br />
bathroom<br />
- A beautiful fireplace with brackets supporting the mantle matching those under the<br />
eaves on the exterior<br />
- The best example of a classical Prairie-style residence in Sault Ste. Marie distinctively<br />
located in a prominent east-central location<br />
- A residence which reflects the affluence of a prominent Sault business family built<br />
during the heyday of the Clergue industrial empire" - info from the Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Heritage Committee. <br />
<br />
"Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ SOO-seint-ma-REE) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the Canada–US border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.<br />
<br />
The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants of the area, call this area Baawitigong, meaning "place of the rapids." They used this as a regional meeting place during whitefish season in the St. Mary's Rapids. (The anglicized form of this name, Bawating, is used in institutional and geographic names in the area.)<br />
<br />
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the Michigan city of the same name. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.<br />
<br />
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 6 m (20 ft) from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to "Saint Mary's Rapids" or "Saint Mary's Falls". The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /suː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name. Residents of the city are called Saultites.<br />
<br />
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.<br />
<br />
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. At that time, the US prohibited British traders from any longer operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie." - info from Wikipedia. <br />
<br />
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/billy_wilson/55524933875/" title="Richard H. Carney House, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55524933875_78e20c3fe9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Richard H. Carney House, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada" /></a></p>
<p>I'm proud of all my hard work in restoring and painting my house. It used to be all one colour with a lot of peeling paint. The contrasting brown colour took me most of the summer of 2026 to complete. <br />
<br />
Built in 1914 at no. 911 Wellington Street East. <br />
<br />
"This is a Prairie-style single-story residence, noticeably located at the south-west corner of Wellington and Woodward in the city’s east-central area. It encompasses part of Lot 15, Plan 568 and Lot 29, Plan 930. GIS coordinates: 705,711.336 5,154,111.585 Meters<br />
<br />
This handsome, distinctive, well maintained home is the best example of a Prairie-style residence to be found in Sault Ste. Marie. It is an elegant Craftsman style bungalow with a variety of gently pitched roof slopes and a small hipped dormer. The eaves are deep and bracketed. The columns are plain with square abacuses and no base. The inclusion of classical modillions in a residence is rare in Sault Ste. Marie and to Prairie-style homes. A variety of rustic building materials have been utilized: stucco, wood, brick and stone. The window groupings consist of both casement and sash with inner muntin bars. Those windows on the front have been replaced with modern aluminum windows but the windows around the sunroom on the east side and those on the partial second floor are original. Many of the original storm windows are stored in the garage. Craftsmanship in the building is excellent yet simple and functional. Even the interior fireplace sports hand-carved brackets of similar design to those supporting the overhanging exterior eaves. With the exception of the kitchen and bathroom, the main floor rooms are still finished with the original oak trim and floors. An old photo of the house indicates that cedar shingles once adorned the roof.<br />
<br />
This residence was constructed, in its present form, in 1914 for Richard H. Carney who was District manager for Canada Life Assurance Co. It was the Carney family who was responsible for construction of the Carney Block on Queen St. It thus reflects the affluence of an upper middle class business family which was profiting from the Clergue industrial expansion of the day. A 1914 date and initials of the stone mason builder may be found in the basement wall mortar between the sandstone pieces. It is likely this sandstone was quarried from the locks as was typical for the day. This house was purchased in 1939 by the MacIntosh family who owned it until 2004.<br />
<br />
The key exterior features that embody the heritage value of 911 Wellington St. E. include:<br />
- Variety of gently pitched roof slopes provide horizontal emphasis reflecting the Prairiestyle bungalow<br />
- Clerestory lighting that provides light to a half story loft<br />
- A hipped dormer and deep bracketed eaves<br />
- Columns with abacuses and no base but adorned with modillions<br />
- Rustic building materials including stucco, wood, brick and stone<br />
- Original casement windows with sash and inner muntin bars on the sunroom (east side)<br />
and on the half story loft<br />
- Home and property have been well maintained in traditional style with little change to<br />
the exterior<br />
- An interior with oak trim, baseboards and flooring unchanged save for the kitchen and<br />
bathroom<br />
- A beautiful fireplace with brackets supporting the mantle matching those under the<br />
eaves on the exterior<br />
- The best example of a classical Prairie-style residence in Sault Ste. Marie distinctively<br />
located in a prominent east-central location<br />
- A residence which reflects the affluence of a prominent Sault business family built<br />
during the heyday of the Clergue industrial empire" - info from the Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Heritage Committee. <br />
<br />
"Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ SOO-seint-ma-REE) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the Canada–US border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.<br />
<br />
The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants of the area, call this area Baawitigong, meaning "place of the rapids." They used this as a regional meeting place during whitefish season in the St. Mary's Rapids. (The anglicized form of this name, Bawating, is used in institutional and geographic names in the area.)<br />
<br />
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the Michigan city of the same name. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.<br />
<br />
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 6 m (20 ft) from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to "Saint Mary's Rapids" or "Saint Mary's Falls". The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /suː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name. Residents of the city are called Saultites.<br />
<br />
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.<br />
<br />
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. At that time, the US prohibited British traders from any longer operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie." - info from Wikipedia. <br />
<br />
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