First Children Encyclopedia

Canada and Alaska

What is the tallest mountain in North America, at 6,194 m (20,320 ft) high?

The Americas

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Vancouver

Island

The Trans-Alaskan Pipeline

The USA’s largest oil-drilling area is

in Alaska. A huge overground pipeline,

1,287 km (800 miles) long, carries the oil

from Prudhoe Bay to the port of Valdez.

Northwest Territories

Victoria Island

Ellesmere

Island

Queen Elizabeth

Islands

Alberta

British

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Juneau

Salmon

Mountie

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Musk ox

Yukon

Territory

Edmonton

Yellowknife

Saskatchewan

Alaska (USA)

Huskies

pulling sled

Moose

Calgary skyline

Valdez

Anchorage

Walrus

USA

Victoria

Whitehorse

Timber

Totem pole

Fur seal

Canadian

Mount McKinley

(Denali)

6,194m (20,320ft)

Canada is the second-largest country in the

world, and Alaska is the largest of all the US

states. Despite their huge size, both places have

small populations because much of the land

is covered in thick forest

or frozen for most

of the year.

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