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Parks Canada

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Parks Canada (Parcs Canada), also known as the Parks Canada Agency (Agence Parcs Canada), is an agency of the Government of Canada run by a chief executive who answers to the Minister of the Environment. [1]

46 relations: Bay of Quinte, Canadian Confederation, Canadian Heritage Rivers System, Canadian Register of Historic Places, Carillon Canal, Catherine McKenna, Chambly Canal, Cultural heritage, Department of Canadian Heritage, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Events of National Historic Significance, Firearm, Gatineau, Government of Canada, Habitat conservation, Interstitial program, James Bernard Harkin, James Smart (civil servant), Lachine Canal, Lake Ontario, Laurier House, Law enforcement officer, List of National Parks of Canada, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Canada), Murray Canal, National Film Board of Canada, National Historic Sites of Canada, National Landmarks (Canada), National Marine Conservation Area, National Park Service, National Parks Act (Canada), National Parks of Canada, Nature, Ontario Parks, Parks Canada Players, Persons of National Historic Significance, Pingo National Landmark, Rideau Canal, Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal, Sault Ste. Marie Canal, St. Peters Canal, Tay Canal, Trent–Severn Waterway, Use of force.

Bay of Quinte

The Bay of Quinte is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada.

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Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation (Confédération canadienne) was the process by which the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.

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Canadian Heritage Rivers System

The Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS) (Le réseau de rivières du patrimoine canadien) is a joint program administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canada's river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to encourage the public to enjoy and appreciate them.

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Canadian Register of Historic Places

The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP; Le Répertoire canadien des lieux patrimoniaux), also known as Canada's Historic Places, is an online directory of historic sites in Canada which have been formally recognized for their heritage value by a federal, provincial, territorial and/or municipal authority.

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Carillon Canal

The Carillon Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Quebec.

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Catherine McKenna

Catherine Mary McKenna (born August 5, 1971) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.

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Chambly Canal

The Chambly Canal is a National Historic Site of Canada in the Province of Quebec, running along the Richelieu River past Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Carignan, and Chambly.

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Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and preserved for the benefit of future generations.

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Department of Canadian Heritage

The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (Patrimoine canadien), is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies and programs regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, official languages, status of women, sports, and multiculturalism.

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Environment and Climate Change Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada (or simply its former name, Environment Canada, or EC) (Environnement et Changement climatique Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act (R.S., 1985, c. E-10), is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as preserving and enhancing the natural environment and renewable resources.

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Events of National Historic Significance

Events of National Historic Significance (also called National Historic Events) (Les événements d'importance historique nationale) are events that have been designated by Canada's Minister of the Environment, on the advice of the national Historic Sites and Monuments Board, as being defining actions, episodes, movements or experiences in Canadian history.

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Firearm

A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.

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Gatineau

Gatineau (locally), officially Ville de Gatineau, is a city in western Quebec, Canada.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada), formally Her Majesty's Government (Gouvernement de Sa Majesté), is the federal administration of Canada.

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Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitat areas for wild plants and animals, especially conservation reliant species, and prevent their extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

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Interstitial program

In television programming, an interstitial program (or wraparound program or wraparound segment) refers to a short program which is often shown between movies or other events, e.g. cast interviews after movies on premium channels.

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James Bernard Harkin

James B. Harkin (30 January 1875 – 27 January 1955), also known as the Father of National Parks, was a Canadian-born journalist turned bureaucrat with a passion for conservation but also widely renowned for his commodification of the Canadian landscape.

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James Smart (civil servant)

James Smart (February 29, 1888 – July 21, 1957) was a Canadian civil servant.

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Lachine Canal

The Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine in French) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.

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Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Laurier House

Laurier House is a National Historic Site in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 335 Laurier Avenue East (in the Sandy Hill district).

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Law enforcement officer

A law enforcement officer (LEO) or peace officer, in North American English, is a public-sector employee whose duties primarily involve the enforcement of laws.

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List of National Parks of Canada

Canada's National Parks are protected areas under the Canada National Parks Act, owned by the Government of Canada and administered for the benefit, education, and enjoyment of the people of Canada and its future generations.

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Minister of Canadian Heritage

The Minister of Canadian Heritage (Ministre du Patrimoine canadien) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who heads the Department of Canadian Heritage, the federal government department responsible for culture, media, sports, and the arts in Canada.

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Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Canada)

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change (Ministre de l'Environnement et du Changement Climatique) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

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Murray Canal

The Murray Canal is a canal in the municipalities of Quinte West and Brighton, Ontario, Canada, and runs from the western end of the Bay of Quinte to Presqu'ile Bay on Lake Ontario.

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National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada (or simply National Film Board or NFB) (French: Office national du film du Canada, or ONF) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor.

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National Historic Sites of Canada

National Historic Sites of Canada (Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being of national historic significance.

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National Landmarks (Canada)

A National Landmark is a type of protected area in Canada.

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National Marine Conservation Area

National Marine Conservation Areas (NMCAs) is a Parks Canada programme responsible for marine areas managed for sustainability and containing smaller zones of high protection.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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National Parks Act (Canada)

The Canada National Parks Act, An Act respecting the national parks of Canada (the Act) is a Canadian federal law that regulates protection of natural areas of national significance.

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National Parks of Canada

National Parks of Canada are protected natural spaces throughout the country that represent distinct geographical regions of the nation.

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Nature

Nature, in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, or material world or universe.

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Ontario Parks

Ontario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada.

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Parks Canada Players

The Parks Canada Players theatrical troupe was founded in 2003 by Parks Canada to promote and preserve Canadian heritage through innovative theatre in Eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Persons of National Historic Significance

Persons of National Historic Significance (National Historic Persons) are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country.

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Pingo National Landmark

Pingo National Landmark is a natural area protecting eight pingos near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories.

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Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston, Ontario.

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Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park

The Saguenay–St.

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Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal

The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal is a canal and set of locks linking Lake Saint-Louis and Lake of Two Mountains at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the very westernmost point of Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada.

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Sault Ste. Marie Canal

The Sault Ste.

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St. Peters Canal

The St.

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Tay Canal

The Tay Canal is the portion of the Tay River in the Eastern region of Southern Ontario, providing a connection between the town of Perth and the Rideau Canal at Beveridge Bay on Lower Rideau Lake.

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Trent–Severn Waterway

The Trent–Severn Waterway is a -long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn.

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Use of force

The use of force, in the context of law enforcement, may be defined as the "amount of effort required by police to compel compliance by an unwilling subject".

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Canadian parks service, Dominion Parks Branch, Parcs Canada, Parka (beaver).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_Canada

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