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Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world, [5] [6] on Ellesmere Island ( Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. [7] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station, off what is ...
Slims River. Coordinates: 61°00′40″N 138°29′30″W. The former mouth of the Slims River, at Kluane Lake. Slims River in 1992. The Slims River (Ä’äy Chù) was a glacially fed river in the Canadian territory of Yukon. [1] Until 2016, [2] it originated in the Kaskawulsh Glacier, then ran approximately 15 mi (24 km) into the southern ...
A museum called "Zippo/Case visitors center" is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, at 1932 Zippo Drive. This 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m 2) building contains rare and custom made Zippo lighters, and also sells the entire Zippo line. The museum was featured on the NPR program Weekend Edition on Sunday, January 25, 2009.
Yellowknife (/ ˈ j ɛ l oʊ n aɪ f /; Dogrib: Sǫǫ̀mbak’è) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada.It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about 400 km (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River.
Lift service includes a gondola, chairs, High-speed quad with heated seats and bubbles and magic carpet lifts. Banff Sunshine is the first ski resort in Canada to feature a High-speed quad with heated seats and bubbles. This chair was constructed in 2015 and is known as Teepee Town XL. The annual snowfall is up to thirty feet (over nine meters).
ATG – Germany [40] Australasian Ropeway – Australia, manufactured chairlifts between the 1960s and 1970s. Badoni – Italy [41] Bell – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways between 1877 and 1968 [42] BM Lifts – Canada. Breco – United Kingdom. Cables & Monorail – France [43] CECIL – France [44] Ceretti & Tanfani – Italy.
Lift slab construction (also called the Youtz-Slick Method) is a method of constructing concrete buildings by casting the floor or roof slab on top of the previous slab and then raising (jacking) the slab up with hydraulic jacks. This method of construction allows for a large portion of the work to be completed at ground level, negating the ...
The Toronto CMA includes the cities of Brampton, Markham, Mississauga, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Toronto and Vaughan. ^ The City of Waterloo, as well as the cities of Cambridge and Kitchener, form parts of the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA. ^ The Windsor CMA is formed around the City of Windsor.