BETWEEN THE LAKES AND THE ARCTIC
Canada is the world’s second largest country and boasts a vast variety of breathtaking scenery. The windswept coasts of the Maritimes are as much a part of Canada as the fertile valleys of Niagara, the endless horizons of the Prairies and the barren, frozen deserts of the Arctic. The Great Lakes are also among the Earth’s largest. Unspoiled nature, on a frequently daunting scale, exerts an almost magical fascination on visitors and Canadians alike. Canada’s climate is, however, not quite so hostile and forbidding as its reputation. In some areas it is comparable to Europe’s, even if the temperatures in the winter months average somewhat lower. Although Canada has welcomed millions of immigrants and continues to do so, it remains one of the world’s most thinly populated areas- one of Earth’s last remaining paradises, a country that must be seen to be believed.