More Fun Facts - Canada's North, it's not just all snow by Jessica E. Subject

Hello peeps! It's finally Spring here in Canada! Yay! Although meteorologists are calling for colder temps and that yucky white stuff overnight and into tomorrow. *cringe* Anyway, it's just one day. I'll get through it.

At the end of March, Kacey shared with you some fun facts about Canada. Well, I'm here to share more, but I'm focusing on Northern Canada today. Why? Well, it has to do with my most recent release under my other name, Paisley Brown.

1. Baffin Island, located in Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world at 195,928 sq mi (507,451 km²) in size.

2. In the winter, the Dempster Highway (Dawson City, Yukon to Inuvik, Northwest Territories) extends another 194 km to Tuktoyaktuk when portions of the Mackenzie Delta freeze over.

3. Canada's highest point (5959m ~ 19541ft) is Mount Logan, located in Kluane National Park in the southwestern part of the Yukon.

4. There are eight officially recognized languages of the Northwest Territories: English, French, Inuktitut, Cree, Dogrib, Gwich'in, Chipewyan, and Slavey. Citizens of the Northwest Territories have a right to any of the above languages when receiving services from the government, in court, and in proceedings involving legislature.

5. The DEW Line or "Distant Early Warning Line", was a system of radars that were spread across the Arctic portion of Canada. These were used to detect missiles and Soviet bombers, however, when intercontinental ballistic missiles became the main delivery system for nuclear weapons, these radars became outdated. Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, these stations are rarely used for any significant purpose.

6. Alert, located at 82 degrees 28'N, 62 degrees 30'W, is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. It is located on the Northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island in the territory of Nunavut.

7. Nunavut became Canada's third territory on April 1, 1999. It is the largest territory and makes up one fifth of the Canada's land mass.

8. Snag, Yukon holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada -63 degrees Celsius (-81F). This was recorded on February 3, 1957.

9. The largest non-polar ice field in the world can be found in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory. It covers an area of 40 570 square kilometers of which 16,900 square kilometers are located in Canada, the remainder being in Alaska.

10. Two of the largest lakes in the world are found in the Northwest Territories – Great Bear Lake and Great Slave Lake.

Although my latest release doesn't take place in Northern Canada, it does take place above the Arctic Circle, where the Aurora Borealis are beautiful.

Sexy Suitors from Space

By Jessica E. Subject writing as Paisley Brown

ISBN: 978-0-9919320-6-1

A vacation to the far North...

Heather is gifted a week away at a resort in the Arctic Circle by her grandmother, a chance to finally move on after finding her fiancé in bed with another woman.

With two Nordic hunks to keep her company...

The two sexy studs make is easy to get over her failed relationship. That is, until they tell her their secret.

Are the two men really extraterrestrials or just a fantasy created by her lonely soul?

Caution: Includes alien probing, anal sex, and a hot MFM ménage.

Available From:

Amazon US / UK / Canada / Australia

All Romance | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iBooks | Smashwords

Until next time!

Interesting Facts about Canada... Plus a #Giveaway!! #KaceyHammell

On Friday evening, my son came home all excited about some of the interesting things about Canada he didn’t know…and was THRILLED to tell me that there are NO snakes on the island of Newfoundland. LOL He knows the way to my heart, and I think I should consider moving there.

But I digress a bit, that’s a whole different blog! LOL

So I thought I would share a few of the interesting facts he was excited to tell me about.

And I’m offering up an EBOOK copy of 69 Mustang to anyone who comments below. Winner drawn on Wednesday of this week.

So, here's the facts:

>> Canada’s name comes from a misunderstanding between Jacques Cartier and some Iroquois youth who were pointing out a village (for which they used the word “Kanata”). They were actually trying to identify the small area which is present day Quebec City, but Cartier used the similar-sounding word “Canada” to refer to the whole area.

>> The Stanley Cup has its own bodyguard!
  
>> The Narcisse Snake Dens in Manitoba have more snakes in a concentrated area than anywhere else in the world. Tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes gather there every year.

>> There are no snakes on the island of Newfoundland.

>> Canada officially got its own national flag on February 15, 1965 — almost 100 years after it became a country (in 1867).

>> In 1962, Pincher Creek, Alberta experienced the fastest, biggest temperature change ever recorded in Canada as a result of a Chinook--a warm, dry wind that comes off the Rocky Mountains. The temperature rose from -19C to 22C in just one hour.
 
>> Forget the Loch Ness Monster: Canada has its own mysterious lake creature, Ogopogo, who reportedly lives in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia.

>> If you visit Dawson City, Yukon, you can join the “Sourtoe Cocktail Club” — all you have to do is finish a drink (of anything!) with a real human toe in the bottom. The club’s motto says, “You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow — but the lips have gotta touch the toe.”

>> Between 1984 and 2008, it was illegal to sell pop in cans in PEI. All carbonated drinks had to be purchased in refillable glass bottles. PEI was the only place in North America to have a “can ban.”

 
And remember to share your thoughts/a comment below, and be entered to win an Ebook copy of 69 Mustang, which is set in my hometown. *g*

Until next time,