. Canada : a descriptive text book . and much more endurable than a milder but moister the west the chinook winds from the Pacific sweep over the plainsand prevent the extremes that are experienced further east. Beyondthe mountains, in British Columbia, the climate is generally mild. Onthe coast it is very mild. In Eastern Canada the climate is subject toextremes but in the southern part of Ontario it is much modified by thepresence of the Great Lakes, as is also the case in Nova Scotia andPrince Edward Island owing to the sea breezes. Fogs are frequent along 14 CANADA. parts of the
. Canada : a descriptive text book . and much more endurable than a milder but moister the west the chinook winds from the Pacific sweep over the plainsand prevent the extremes that are experienced further east. Beyondthe mountains, in British Columbia, the climate is generally mild. Onthe coast it is very mild. In Eastern Canada the climate is subject toextremes but in the southern part of Ontario it is much modified by thepresence of the Great Lakes, as is also the case in Nova Scotia andPrince Edward Island owing to the sea breezes. Fogs are frequent along 14 CANADA. parts of the east coast in the spring and autumn. The snow-fall inthe east is much heavier than that in the west. There is usually goodsleighing for three or four months in New Brunswick, Quebec andNorthern Ontario. The southern part of the latter province gets verylittle snow and the same is true of most parts of British is a fair snow fall in the territories, which in the western part,however, is soon swept away by the British Columbia. CANADA. 15 CHAPTER III. THE GOVERNMENT—THE PEOPLE—LIFE OF THE PEOPLE. eANADA is a self-governing Colony of Great Britain. A Governor-General from Britain represents the Queen and takes about thesame part in the government as does the Queen in that of theEmpire. He represents British authority, but acts according to theadvice of the Canadian Parliament. The Dominion of Canada is a Fed-eration composed of seven Provinces and several Territories. The pro-
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