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The Danish West Indies (Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands) were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Croix. Water Island was part of the Danish West Indies until 1905, when the Danish state sold it to the East Asiatic…

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Before becoming part of Canada, Alberta was home to several First Nations like Plains Indians and Woodland Cree. It was also a territory used by fur traders of the rival companies Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company. The…

Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada. Saskatchewan has been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous groups. Europeans first explored the area in 1690 and first settled in the area in 1774. It became a province in 1905, carved out from the vast North-West Territories, which had until then…

Manitoba is a province of Canada. Indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now Manitoba for thousands of years. In the early 17th century, British and French fur traders began arriving in the area and establishing settlements. The Kingdom of England secured control of the region in 1673 and created a territory…

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called Canada and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years’ War, Quebec became a British colony:…

The British West Indies (BWI) were colonised British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Guiana (now Guyana) British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands…

Ontario is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a term thought to be derived from Ontarí:io, a Huron (Wyandot) word meaning “great lake”, or possibly skanadario, which means “beautiful water” in the Iroquoian languages. Prior to the arrival of the…

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. It is the fifth-largest continent and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is…