Traditional Habits TRADITIONAL HABITS (some habits are benign and some can have good and bad sides to them - this is why this section needs clarification - so please click on the preceding hyperlink for clarification.)
Living Close to the USA border Ray Wegner at the Canada - USA Kingsgate border crossing in Southern BC on Highway # 95
Image - The picture is of a Southerner looking North. Canadians don't live there only Indians, Metis and Inuit. The North is made up of the Yukon Territory, North West Territories, the Arctic Islands and Nunavut in the Arctic. But for too many southerners these lands are not Canadian - it is Indian country. Vision by Ray W
Love for Nature and Living in Harmony with Nature Our land is 3,690,000 square miles making it the second largest in the world. The population is about 32 million. We have the longest coastline in the world ( 33,685 miles ). Nobody has more lakes or fresh water. Lake Superior, which straddles the Canada - USA border is the second largest in the world. Great Bear Lake is the 8th largest at 12,800 square miles and Great Slave Lake is the 10th biggest at 11,172 square miles. We have 33 lakes that are greater than 502 square miles in area. The Mackenzie River is 2,525 miles long. Nature is everywhere in abundance. Forests cover about 37 % of the country's land area. Wildlife is extensive and varied. Hudson Bay, which is almost an inland sea is 400,000 square miles in area. Great herds of caribou roam free in the North. Only about 8 % of the land is suitable for farming. Which means nature holds claim to most of the land. Little wonder one of our traditional habits is love for nature.
Image - The picture is of a young lady walking down the street self-engrossed and a bit snobbish. A bus stop where no one talks because of being afraid to disturb others, and not being introduced. A guy bumps into them accidentally and they say sorry. Sorry for this and sorry for that, and even sorry when you step on their foot. Sorry for having gotten their foot in your way. Thank you for this and thank you for that. Thank you for accepting their apology for having caused you to step on their foot. This habit stems from our British heritage and there isn't much we can do about it - pity. There were these two Englishmen shipwrecked on a deserted Island. For ten years they lived there alone, never speaking to each other. At last a ship was sighted on the horizon and the stranded survivors were rescued. The sailors, in the course of conversation, discover these chaps had not exchanged words for ten years. Why ? " No one introduced us, " was the response ! Image by Ray Wegner This web site built, designed, and owned by Ray Wegner. All photos (unless otherwise clearly stated) are original pictures, taken, built, edited and owned by Ray Wegner and his kids. Copyright |
