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variations and distinctions from province to province and region to region. Canadian
culture has also been greatly influenced by immigration from all over the world.
Many Canadians value multiculturalism. There were, and are, many distinct
Aboriginal peoples across Canada, each with its own culture, beliefs, values,
language, and history. Much of this legacy remains celebrated artistically, and in other
ways, in Canada to this day. Part of the emblem of the Vancouver 2010 Winter
Olympics is an inukshuk, a stack of rocks in human form that is a part of Inuit culture.
12. History
The earliest discovery of the new World was made by Norse seafarers known as
Vikings. It is said that in 985 AD Norse seamen sailing from Iceland to Greenland
were blown far westward off their course and sighted the coast of what must have
been Labrador. The report of forested areas on the strange new coast encouraged
further explorations by Norse colonists from Greenland, whose settlements lacked
lumber.
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