An American in Toronto

In Which I Take the Plunge with Devoted Husband and Baby Boy and Have Marvelous Adventures North of the Border

Monday, March 20, 2006

Baby Boy Photographica

Not much going on right now, because Baby Boy has a bit of a cough and we have stayed pretty close to home, other than going to the Real Canadian Superstore, which I must admit is pretty super. So, in place of an actual Tale of Toronto (ooh, that should have been the title of the blog!) I have links to some older pics of Baby Boy from Christmas and his birthday. Baby Boy's First Christmas Baby Boy's First Birthday Party But in place of a longer posting, I'll give you... A CANADIAN FACT! Three oceans border Canada: the Atlantic on the East, the Pacific on the West and the Arctic on the North. ANOTHER CANADIAN FACT! According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the beaver has "had a greater impact on the history and exploration of Canada than any other animal or plant species." Go Beavers! AND ANOTHER CANADIAN FACT! The only Canadian ever to serve as Prime Minister of Great Britain was a man named Bonar Law. I don't know who that is or what he accomplished, but isn't that an AWESOME name? Bonar Law! His name is actually Andrew Bonar Law, but he chose to go by Bonar Law. Somehow I doubt that anyone named Bonar Law would hold high office today. AND ONE LAST CANADIAN FACT! On average, according to Environment Canada, a drop of water which finds its way into Lake Superior from runoff or rainfall takes more than two centuries to travel through the Great Lakes system and along the St. Lawrence River to the ocean. That means, water which entered Superior in 1802, didn't make it to the Atlantic until this year!

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