Whitehorse Essays

  • Call Of The Wild Research Paper

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    Changing your everyday life can sometimes require you to learn new things and develop new abilities that may or may not be difficult. In The Call of The Wild, by Jack London, Buck is taken to the Yukon Territory (in Canada) where he must learn to develop new skills and learn to live in his new life and environment. However, my father did not have to develop to his environment, he had to adapt to new life struggles and substantial changes. While both my father and Buck had to adjust to vastly different

  • My Favorite Vacation to the Last Frontier, Fairbanks, Alaska

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    As a child, vacations were few and far between. Having three other siblings and a single parent, trips rarely fit into the budget. As I got older, military service and my professional career allowed me to travel to a variety of places. I have been to the east and west coasts, the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda, United Kingdom, Germany, and many places in between. However, my most memorable trip was to Fairbanks, Alaska to visit my oldest brother Keith. While I was there the sun shined for approximately

  • The History of Air North

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    passenger service, charter services for passenger and/or cargo and cargo and ground handling services (Fly Air North, 2013). The charter passenger service is provided throughout Canada and the United States. The Yukon’s airline is headquartered in Whitehorse, Yukon. It is the largest airline in the Yukon and is one of only five Canadian carriers that provide a year round scheduled domestic air service with jet equipment (Fly Air North, 2013). The airline also has over two hundred full-time and part-time

  • Kusawa Territorial Park Research Paper

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    natural, cultural and historical values of the park, understand the modern recreational uses of the park including tourism and to offer economic opportunities to First Nations []. Landscape Features: Kusawa Territorial Park is located 60 km west of Whitehorse; it encompasses the area of 3082 km². The park is bounded by Primrose Lake in the east, Dezadeash Lake in the west, and the British Columbian-Yukon border in

  • Lawrence Hill Growing Up Land Analysis

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    A better way of Self Identity The two stories “Black + White = Black” by Lawrence Hill and “Growing Up Native” by Carole Geddes are based on their own life. Lawrence Hills is the son of Daniel Hills and Doona. He is a mixed-race Canadian with a white mother and a black father. However, Hill’s parents were well with their education and were leading a successful life. On the other hand, Carole Geddes grew up in an aboriginal community in Alaska. She stated that “In her childhood, there were people

  • Sustainable Resource Development Essay

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    Canada’s Resource Development Needs Improvement in Sustainability Sustainable resource development for a Nation like Canada is a very important issue that if not properly addressed affects Canada’s revenue to other countries, but also the everyday lives of citizens. Canada’s current methods for resource development is not sustainable and must be actively improved because Canada’s resources are finite, and current methods of resource development currently implemented negatively impact the environment

  • canada

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    Manitoba Winnipeg New Brunswick Fredericton Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Northwest Territories Yellowknife Nova Scotia Halifax Nunavut Iqaluit Ontario Toronto Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Quebec Quebec City Saskatchewan Regina Yukon Whitehorse With 3.855 million square miles, Canada has the second most area in the world next to Russia. The United States has 3.794 million square miles. The land in Canada covers seven time zones. The territory known as Nunavut has the most square miles

  • Humorous Wedding Speech: Can You Make You Perfect?

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    again to make a way of living that every man, woman, and child can live by. I don’t believe that to be capable, neither did Andrew. However, he did believe that through your own life experiences you could understand how to better yourself, how to keep yourself from making mistakes, how to make yourself…” “Perfect.” I cut him off early, remembering my google spree a few days earlier. “Exactly,” he said with a slight smirk at the impressive timing. “We at NAPS believe you can make you perfect.” “I

  • The Effect of The Second World War on Life In Croydon

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    reliable as the person/s was t... ... middle of paper ... ...lled it the bore war [3] They government feared that the cities would be the main target for an bombing raids [4] From the memoirs of J.B Gent a Child in the war who lived on Whitehorse Road from the book Croydon in the 1940's and 1950's publisher Croydon Natural History And Scientific Study [5] See Appendix One [6] Surrey at war by Bob Olgey [7] An Aircraft used during the war for the war effort [8] Croydon Airport

  • Charlottetown Conference Essay

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    Timeline of Events, Provinces, and Territories - September 1st, 1864: The Charlottetown Conference opened to discuss about the confederation of every British North American province, territory, and colony. - October 10th, 1864: The Quebec Conference opened for discussion of the Seventy-Two Resolutions, as well as the Confederation of Canada. - December 4th, 1866: The London Conference opened (as the last conference) for discussion about passing resolution and redrafting the BNA (British North American)