Things.

"Le nord n'est pas dans la broussole; il est ici."
[The North is not on the compass. It is right here.]

-Pierre Morency, as quoted by Adrienne Clarkson.


That night I felt the winter in my viens,
A joyous tremor of the icy glow;
And woke to head the north's wild vibrant strains,
While far and wide, by withered woods and plains,
Fell fast the driving snow.

-from How One Winter Came in the Lake Region, Wilfred Campbell, 1893


"I prefer my landscapes inhabited."

-from Why I Hate Canadians, Will Ferguson


Also, Murray Pomerance's article, "Canadian Flag," in diagram form, because I had a bit too much time on my hands while studying for my Cana exam today.