ALBERTA TO NORTHWEST TERRITORIES COLLECTION

ALBERTA




Quick Facts About Alberta:
Entered dominion on September 1, 1905
Provincial Capital: Edmonton
Population: 2,696,826
Land Area: 663,741 sq km
Highest Point: Mount Columbia: 3,668 m
Lowest Point: 173 m, along Slave Lake in N. Alberta



"Wild Rose Country"





















MANITOBA

"Friendly Manitoba"

Quick Facts About Manitoba
Entered dominion on July 15, 1870
Provincial Capital: Winnipeg
Population: 1,113,898
Land Area: 652,600 sq km
Highest Point: Baldy Mountain: 819 m
Lowest Point: Hudson's Bay, sea level























NEW BRUNSWICK NOUVEAU BRUNSWICK


Quick Facts About New Brunswick:
Entered dominion on July 1, 1867
Provincial Capital: Fredericton
Population: 738,133
Land Area: 73,720 sq km
Highest Point: Mount Carleton, 807 m
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean, sea level










NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR


"World of Difference"

Quick Facts About Newfoundland and Labrador:
Entered dominion on March 31, 1949
Provincial Capital: St. John's
Population: 551,792
Land Area: 406,081 sq km
Highest Point: Mount Caubvick, 1,597 m
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean, sea level

















THIS SET WAS ISSUED IN A GROUP OF THREE PLATES INSTEAD OF THE USUAL TWO PLATES











NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

"Explore Canada's Arctic"

Quick Facts About the Northwest Territories:
Land was purchased from The Hudson's Bay Company in 1870. The boundaries were set in 1912 and re-set in 1999, with the creation of Canada's third territory, Nunavut.
Territorial Capital: Yellowknife
Population: 39,672
Land Area: 1,379,028 sq km
Lowest Point: Arctic Ocean, sea level







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