Saturday, January 30, 2010

McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinburg, Ontario


The small picturesque village of Kleinburg, Ontario is nestled atop the Humber River / Ridge Rivers, just north of Toronto.

The area, protected as parkland, is a haven of trees and wildlife and home to the McMichael Art Gallery, the Cinespace Film Studios | Kleinburg Studios, and the Kortright Centre for Conservation.

Several famous movie stars are often spotted around Kleinburg, making it a popular tourist attraction. 

The TV show Doc starring Billy Ray Cyrus was filmed there, and in 2006, The Sentinel was filmed at the McMichael Art Gallery.

Kleinburg was home to Canadian author Pierre Berton for nearly 50 years until his death in 2004.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Canadian Landscape

Located in the northern portion of North America Canada has a total area of 9,984,670 sq.km making it the second largest country in the world.

Canada's southern territories run alongside the entire northern boundary of the continental United States. From there Canada stretches north to the Arctic Ocean, east to the Atlantic Ocean, and west to the Pacific Ocean, giving Canada the longest coastline in the world!

Although Canada is the second largest country in the world it’s population is rather small for its size with only 34 million people, in contrast to 145 million in Russia, the largest country in the world.