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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | These sites – some more than 5,700 years old – hold clues that whisper to all who visit. The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recognized the significance of these places, and their irresistible call has been answered by travellers from around the world eager for a glimpse into the art, culture and lives of our ancestors. Curious? Begin your journey through time in Alberta at the evocatively named Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump. Here for thousands of years, Aboriginal peoples of the Plains hunted bison by herding them over the edge of the sandstone cliff. At British Columbia’s SGang Gwaay, a now-abandoned village on Haida Gwaii, the weathered remains of 10 houses and 32 mortuary and memorial poles still stand in an area long-inhabited by the Haida. Travel to the opposite coast in Nova Scotia and see the landscape of Grand Pré, shaped by Acadians in the 17th and 18th centuries, or stop in the old town of Lunenburg, where 18th and 19th century settlers raised wooden structures whose colours delight visitors to this day. Then wrap up your journey in our nation’s capital to find the youngest of these World Heritage sites. Officially opened in 1832, the Rideau Canal is a monument to the achievements of Colonel By, his Royal Engineer officers and the thousands of workers who built the 47 locks of this 202-kilometre waterway. |
| Face value | $1.20 & $2.50 |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA BL190 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 2739 |
| Catalog code | Canada post # 403935145; Yvert et Tellier CA F2989 Stanley Gibbons CA MS3040 |
| Series | UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Canada |
| Place in series | 2 |
| Stamp colour | Multicolor |
| Stamp use | Souvenir Sheet |
| Print run | 160,000 souvenir sheet |
| Issue date | 16/05/2014 |
| Designer | Lara Minja of Victoria-based Lime Design |
| Paper type | Tullis Russell |
| Print technique | Lithography in 5 colours |
| Printed by | Lowe-Martin |
| Perforation | 13+ |
| Height | 100.00 mm |
| Width | 130.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
