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The Giant Canada Goose subspecies was believed to be extinct in the 1950s until, in 1962, a small flock was discovered wintering in Rochester, Minnesota, by Harold Hanson of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
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The largest subspecies is the B. c. maxima, or the " Giant Canada Goose ", and the smallest ( with the separation of the Cackling Goose group ) is B. c. parvipes, or the " Lesser Canada Goose ".
Due in part to the interbreeding of various migratory subspecies with the introduced non-migratory Giant subspecies, Canada Geese are frequently a year-around feature of such urban environments.
Other department stores in Canada are: Sears Canada, Ogilvy's, Les Ailes de la Mode, Canadian Tire, Giant Tiger, Co-op, Costco and Holt Renfrew.
* In Canada: A Buck or Two ( 163 +), Dollarama ( 560 +), Everything For a Dollar Store, Great Canadian Dollar Store ( 100 +), Dollar Giant ( 50 +), Your Dollar Store With More ( 180 +)
The company currently operates 90 stores across Canada, branded as Hart, Bargain Giant or Géant des aubaines, primarily in smaller and suburban markets.
Two de Havilland Giant Moths were fitted with Shorts floats at Rochester, and the first was flown in June 1928 ; both were delivered to Western Canada Airlines Ltd.
The Friendly Giant was honoured as a Masterwork by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada in 2005.
The Sleeping Giant is a formation of mesas and sills on Sibley Peninsula which resembles a giant lying on its back when viewed from the West to North-Northwest section of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Trees over 90 m tall may still be seen in the Pacific Rim National Park and Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia ( the Carmanah Giant, at tall is the tallest tree in Canada ), and in the Olympic National Park, Washington and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California ( USA ); two at the last site are just over tall.
Best known by his ring name, Giant Haystacks, he wrestled in such places as Great Britain, the United States, Canada, India, and Zimbabwe.
Golden Giant ( 100 % owned ) was located approximately 25 miles ( 40 kilometers ) east of Marathon, Ontario, Canada, and had been in production since 1985.
Following several more acquisitions Carnival is now part of NBCUniversal International Television Production alongside newer additions Monkey Kingdom, Working Title Television, Chocolate Media and Lucky Giant in the UK, Lark in Canada and Matchbox Pictures in Australia.
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Other animals found in the relatively open habitats of the high Andes include the huemul, cougar, foxes in the genus Pseudalopex, and, for birds, certain species of tinamous ( notably members of the genus Nothoprocta ), Andean Goose, Giant Coot, flamingos ( mainly associated with hypersaline lakes ), Lesser Rhea, Andean Flicker, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, miners, sierra-finches and diuca-finches.
The Tang Dynasty Giant Wild Goose Pagoda of Chang ' an, built in 652 AD, in modern-day Xi ' an, China.
* Construction of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang ' an ( modern Xi ' an ), Tang Dynasty China, is completed in this year during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, built in 652 AD, located in the Chang ' an # Southeastern Chang ' an | southeast sector of Chang ' an.
After it was built in 611 by Emperor Yang of Sui, the tower stood at a height of tall ( 90 ft. taller than the brick-constructed Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ) and 120 paces in circumference ; unfortunately it no longer stands.
* A large monastery with ten courtyards and 1897 bays ; this monastery was home to the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ( built in 652 ), which still stands today at a height of 64 m tall.
Shaanxi History Museum, which located to the northwest of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in the ancient city Xi ' an, in the Shaanxi province of China, is one of the first huge state museums with modern facilities in China.
Other notable bird species present in the Colca include the Giant Colibri, the largest member of the hummingbird family, as well as the Andean Goose, Chilean Flamingo, and Mountain Caracara.
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (), is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi ' an, Shaanxi province, China.
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