Confederation not only brought together upper and lower Canada but also built on to the country with the purchase of Rupert’s Land and the sending of surveyors to map out places that no European man had ever been before. These actions now mean that we as Albertans can go and enjoy the mountains without falling down a gorge we didn’t know was there or that people living in the Yukon can do so because that land is Canadian land, not Hudson’s Bay land. Ultimately, Canadians take pride in the landscapes that they are surrounded by and that pride contributes to our sense of national identity. Huge aspects of that identity were created by the Confederation of Canada which has, in more ways than the one represented here, changed the way Canadians view and love this country of
Confederation not only brought together upper and lower Canada but also built on to the country with the purchase of Rupert’s Land and the sending of surveyors to map out places that no European man had ever been before. These actions now mean that we as Albertans can go and enjoy the mountains without falling down a gorge we didn’t know was there or that people living in the Yukon can do so because that land is Canadian land, not Hudson’s Bay land. Ultimately, Canadians take pride in the landscapes that they are surrounded by and that pride contributes to our sense of national identity. Huge aspects of that identity were created by the Confederation of Canada which has, in more ways than the one represented here, changed the way Canadians view and love this country of