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Canada's Newest National Park Is Only Accessible by Floatplane or Snowmobile
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis wild, pristine corner of Canada’s Northwest Territories is also considered sacred ground by the...
Residents flee, airlifts begin as wildfire approaches capital of Canada's Northwest Territories
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThousands of residents fled the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories ahead of an approaching...
City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada's Northwest Territories
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoResidents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories as a large...
Who was Tenskwatawa? How a Shawnee tribal leader who resisted U.S. treaties ended up in KCK
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoWell before Kansas or Missouri were declared official territories, much less official states, dozens...
March 1 is Ohio's birthday! Fun facts about the state, from beer to presidents and planes
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFriday marks the 221st birthday of our great state. Although Ohio wasn't officially granted...
Why are Ohioans called buckeyes? The term was once an insult
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOhio is known as the Buckeye State because buckeye trees were prevalent in the area when the...
Why Ohio is fighting over a National Forest named for ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agowayne national forest Every region of the country has its own local heroes. The actions that made...
Why doesn't Michigan's Upper Peninsula belong to Wisconsin?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIt's a question most anyone looking closely at a map of the area wonders — why does that huge land...
Smallpox caused devastation among Northwest tribes including Eastern Washington Natives
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 27—As explorers and fur traders entered the Pacific Northwest by the 1700s, so did smallpox. Today, experts describe the infectious disease's blow to regional tribes as devastating, sometimes ...
Four spring blooms that will be making an appearance soon
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBelieve it or not, winter is coming to an end, and spring blooms are just a few weeks away. Tulips...