Settlement

Canada's culture has been shaped by the diversity of its settlers. This sub-theme considers their impact on Canada's landscape. Sites such as Kitwanga Fort, a Tsimshian village in British Columbia, Stirling Agricultural Village in Alberta, a distinctive Mormon dryland farming settlement pattern, and L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, the only authenticated Viking settlement in North America, illustrate the great variety in Canadian settlement and settlers.

L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Only Authenticated Viking Settlement in North America

People and the Natural Environment

The relationship between human activity and the natural environment is recognized through the commemoration of places such as Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada's first provincial park, and Grizzly Bear Mountain and Scented Grass Hills in the Northwest Territories, a landscape associated with the history, culture and traditions of the Sahtu Dene; people such as writer, conservationist and lecturer Archibald Belaney (Grey Owl); and events such as the Preservation of the Plains Bison, which celebrates the purchase of bison and their distribution throughout the Canadian national parks in Western Canada.

Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Canada's First Provincial Park (1893)

Archibald Belaney(Grey Owl) Writer and Conservationist