Find Out... Jimmy Rankin's' top five MUST-see Nova Scotian Treasures!

Origin of the Name: “From words in both Cree and Ojibway that refer to the straits formed by the Lake Manitoba Narrows. The waves washing over the limestone rocks sound like the Great Spirit Manitou.”

Did You Know... “that when an Islander says they are going “Up Island,” they are going to any part of the island that is north of Victoria?”

Did you know... “that at 137 m long and 70 m high, the Capilano Bridge is the longest and highest suspended footbridge in the world?”

Did you know...  “that King Street in Saint John, New Brunswick is the steepest main street in all of Canada?”

Mandatory. “The Calgary Book of Everything is a must-have for any Calgarian. It should be mandatory reading for anybody living in the city.” - Bruce Ritchie, Lite 96

It Has It All. From fox hunting Victorian-style on the Prairies, to the crooked trees of Alticane, to sipping cappuccinos on Broadway in Saskatoon, or spa hopping and tunnel touring in Moose Jaw, this is the MUST list every Saskatchewanian MUST have.

You know you're from Hamilton when - “You can look in 4 directions and still see a Tim Horton’s each way”

From savouring wild blackberry desert wine in Cobble Hill to gazing up at the country’s largest tree in Cheewhat Lake, this is a MUST have.

Home Run.  “You'd have to be foolishly ambitious or ludicrously naive to attempt a book of "everything" about a city that has dizzying diversity. Judging by the finished product, Jim Hynes is neither one nor the other, hitting a home run with the Montreal Book of Everything.” - Hour Magazine

Origin of the Name:  “Toronto” evolved from the Iroquois word tkaronto, or “place where trees stand in water.” It was originally applied to the narrow south end of Lake Simcoe, where aboriginal peoples built fishingweirs.

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You know you're from Edmonton when - “the biggest boat in your city is inside the biggest mall in your city”

24 SUSSEX. “Please know that this charming book is a welcome and fitting addition to my library at my home here in Ottawa.” - Prime Minister Stephen Harper

A Must Have. From chilling out on the Columbia Icefields, to munching on sweet potato fries at Dadeos, to rappelling through Rat's Nest cave, to line dancing at a free pancake breakfast or rocking out at the Labatt's Blues Festival, this is the MUST list every Albertan MUST have.

Did you know... “that no snakes, raccoons, skunks or porcupines call Newfoundland home?”

From watching whales on the shore of St. Vincent’s to the best bang-for-your-buck breakfast, it is all here.

You know you're an Islander when -  “you learned to drive a tractor before you learned to drive a car”

“This is a fantastic and informative book, packed with interesting facts. A wonderful resource for Saskatchewan!” - Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco

MARVELOUS “A marvelously eclectic compendium — historic, contemporary, geographic, economic, meteorological, sociological, anthropological, political, positive, negative, important, trivial and just plain fun — that goes a long way to explaining who we are.”  —Stephen Kimber, author of Sailors, Slackers, and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War