Country Crossword: Canada

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Across
  1. 2. Tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere.
  2. 8. This lake in Yoho National Park gets its name for its color caused by powdered limestone.
  3. 11. Dessert commonly called “Indigenous Ice Cream” that is frequently made using soapberry.
  4. 13. Two Cree brothers who are watched over by a trickster figure while they suffer the hardships of the residential schools.
  5. 20. Children's novel about an orphan who is accidentally sent to live with two siblings (unrelated to her).
  6. 22. Method of drying meat used by indigenous nations such as the Cree and Métis.
  7. 23. First European to settle in North America.
  8. 24. Plains Cree chief who sought to prevent famine for his people, leading to a Canadian attack and his imprisonment.
  9. 25. Youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize for medicine for his role in creating insulin.
  10. 26. Pastry filled with egg, syrup, sugar, and butter invented in Eastern Ontario.
  11. 29. Instituted the Quebec Act, which aimed to bring peace between English and French Canadians.
  12. 31. Largest city in Canada
  13. 34. Battle fought by Canadians and the Khanawake that prevented American forces from taking Montreal.
  14. 37. Rainforest home to the Kermode Bear, a subspecies of Black Bear with only around 400 left in the wild
  15. 38. First battle fought by an independent Canada against Irish Americans.
  16. 39. Gardens that were begun in 1904, now a National Historic Site.
  17. 40. Cheese curds and French fries topped with gravy.
  18. 41. Town on Hudson Bay known for its polar bears.
  19. 42. Capital of British Columbia.
  20. 45. Hill in Canada's capital known for its Gothic architecture
  21. 47. Movie based on an Inuit folktale.
  22. 48. Suspension bridge that travels through a temperate rainforest.
Down
  1. 1. Major Francophone city
  2. 3. Canal that travels 202 km across eastern Canada.
  3. 4. Only North American city with fortified walls north of Mexico
  4. 5. Black activist who led early efforts to desegregate Canada.
  5. 6. National park where one can find rocks from the earth's mantle.
  6. 7. Head of the Shawnee Nation who was killed in battle in the War of 1812.
  7. 9. Waterfall in Jasper National Park.
  8. 10. Named “Kjipuktuk” in Mi'kmaq, which means “Great Harbor.”
  9. 12. Largest city in Manitoba.
  10. 14. The “Gateway to the North”
  11. 15. Paleontology museum in Drumheller.
  12. 16. Railroad tycoon who led the development of the Canada-Pacific Railway.
  13. 17. Hotel that was the site of the First and Second Quebec Conferences in WWII.
  14. 18. Canada's oldest national park, home to lakes Moraine and Louise.
  15. 19. Warned British forces of an American attack in the War of 1812.
  16. 21. Capital of Canada
  17. 27. Hosted a “Mock Parliament” to convince the Manitoba government to permit women's suffrage.
  18. 28. Series of bombings and kidnapping by the Front de Liberation du Quebec
  19. 30. Canada's longest serving Prime Minister who sought to improve Anglo-French relations and led the colonization of the Canadian West.
  20. 32. Waterfalls shared with the US. Think “Maid of the Mist.”
  21. 33. Canadian counterpart to Glacier National Park.
  22. 35. Largest city in British Columbia.
  23. 36. Battle that led to the end of French control of Canada.
  24. 43. Sculpture set outside the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  25. 44. Canada's first Indigenous Senator.
  26. 46. City known for its stampede