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As noted in the expert answers: Canada has a larger surface area than the USA. Canada has a much smaller population than the USA. With 3 expert answers, this can be retired from the featured questions.
Your question does not specify what time period you are referring to. I will assume you are asking about the colonial period of Canada's history. Therefore, the answer is: the land north of the Great Lakes was controlled by Britain, since Canada was one of her colonies. The area north of the Great Lakes was at that time part of the the colony of Upper Canada (After 1840 called Canada West). This colony was made up mostly of English-Canadians and American Loyalists.
Lakes through which the International Boundary between Canada and the US runs includes, in addition to four of the Great Lakes, Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, Lake St Clair, and approximately 40 smaller lakes in the Quetico Park area.
The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway is how most goods are shipped to Europe. Canada ships beef, pork and sweet corn to Europe.
The great lakes affect Ontario's climate because they put moisture into the air which cools the climate. Without the lakes the area would be dry and hot.
central North America in the United States and Canada
The Canadian shield.The Canadian shield was the area of Canada that had most of its surface scrapped up by ice age glaciers. It covers half of Canada and the glaciers that scrapped the shield also made the huge holes, that are also known as the great lakes.
Canada is one of the largest countries in the world, in terms of surface area, and it has lots of rivers, lakes, mountains, and other natural features. The most important Canadian river is probably the St. Lawrence, which connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean.
If ranking lake size by area, the largest in the world that start with the letter 'G' are the Great Bear Lake in Canada and the Great Slave Lake in Canada. These lakes are between 11,000 and 12,000 square miles.
The two largest lakes in the world that start with the letter 'G' are Great Bear Lake in Canada and Great Slave Lake in Canada. These are the largest by area.
It is the Hudson Bay.
Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes explored by the French. Its surface area is 23,000 square miles.
The Northwest Territories in Canada has the two largest lakes. The first is the Great Bear Lake, which is the largest lake in Canada and 3rd in the world. The second is the Great Slave Lake which is the 9th largest lake in the world
In addition to four of the five Great Lakes, lakes that are partly in Canada and partly in the US include Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, Lake St Clair, and approximately 40 smaller lakes in the Quetico Park area.
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Chain of lakes, east-central North America. Comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, it forms a natural boundary between the U.S. and Canada. The Great Lakes cover an area of about 94,850 sq mi (245,660 sq km) and constitute the largest freshwater surface in the world.
The answer is France!