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This WikiProject was formed to foster better articles covering Geography of Canada topics with a spirit of cooperation. This page and its subpages contain suggestions on formatting and layout of articles as well as to do lists for Geography of  Canada articles.

Contents 1 Scope 2 Featured Articles 3 Featured article candidates 4 Good Articles 5 Good Article candidates 6 Relations 6.1 WikiProject Geography 7 Participants 8 To do 9 Templates 9.1 Infoboxes 9.2 Navigational boxes 9.3 Map templates 9.4 Stub tags 9.5 User templates 9.6 Talk pages 9.7 Volunteer recognition 10 Resources

Scope

This project covers the creation and editing of articles related to Geography of Canada and sub-topics such as:

• rivers
• volcanoes (category, list)
• mountains (category, list)
• earthquakes (category, list)
• lakes (category, list)
• islands (category, list)
• seas
• geology
• parks.

It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Canadian geography in a fair and accurate manner.

Featured Articles

• Banff National Park - September 9, 2006
• List of National Parks of Canada - February 7, 2008

See also: Category:FA-Class Geography of Canada articles

Featured article candidates

none.

Good Articles

• Anahim hotspot - June 18, 2008
• Bowie Seamount - November 7, 2008
• Columbia River - November 11, 2007
• Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Canada - February 4, 2007
• Franklin's lost expedition - March 20, 2008
• Mount Garibaldi - June 26, 2008
• Mount Edziza volcanic complex - September 15, 2008
• Silverthrone Caldera - August 13, 2008
• Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field - August 20, 2008

See also: Category:GA-Class Geography of Canada articles

Good Article candidates

none.

Relations

Parents

WikiProject Canada and WikiProject Geography

WikiProject Geography

• WikiProject Mountains
• WikiProject Rivers
• WikiProject Lakes
• WikiProject Earthquakes
• WikiProject Glaciers
• WikiProject Volcanoes
• WikiProject Protected Areas
• WikiProject Glaciers
• WikiProject Cities

WikiProject Canada

Provinces/territories Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Canadian Territories Communities Montreal Ottawa Prescott-Russel Saskatchewan Communities Toronto Vancouver

Canadian Topics Education in Canada Canada Roads Canadian sport Canadian football Canadian geography History of Canada Politics Government Electoral districts Political parties and politicians Canadian Law Entertainment Canadian music Canadian TV shows Degrassi Canada-related tasks in other projects Canadian cinema Military history task force Notice Boards Canada Quebec

Participants

• Qyd (talk · contribs)
• Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
• Black Tusk (talk · contribs)
• Skookum1 (talk · contribs)

To do

• Add images requested in Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Canada
• Add maps requested in Category:Wikipedia requested maps in Canada
• Expand articles in Category:Canada geography stubs
• Add infoboxes to Rivers of Canada, Lakes of Canada, Mountains of Canada, Parks in Canada
• Assess articles in Category:Geography of Canada using {{WikiProject Canada|geography=yes|class=|importance=}} on article's talk pages.

Templates

Infoboxes

• {{Infobox Settlement}} - for communities
• {{Country geography}} - general geography, works for provincial/territorial geography too
• {{Infobox Island}} - for Islands of Canada (list)
• {{Infobox lake}} - for Lakes of Canada (list)
• {{Earthquake}} - for Earthquakes in Canada (list)
• {{infobox River}} - for Rivers of Canada (list)
• {{Infobox Waterfall}} - for Waterfalls of Canada
• {{Infobox Mountain}} - for Mountains of Canada (list)
• {{Infobox Mountain pass}} - for Mountain passes of Canada
• {{Geobox Mountain Range}} - for Mountain ranges of Canada
• {{Infobox protected area}} - for Parks in Canada

Navigational boxes

• {{Canada Geography}} - geography by province

Mountains

• {{Canadian Rockies}} - for pages related to the Canadian Rockies
• {{Arctic Cordillera}} - for pages related to the Arctic Cordillera

Parks

• {{National parks of Canada}} - for Canadian National Parks
• {{Alberta parks}} - for parks and protected areas in Alberta
• {{Saskatchewan parks}} - for parks and protected areas in Saskatchewan
• {{New Brunswick parks}} - for parks and protected areas in New Brunswick

Other

• {{Alberta rivers and lakes}} - for rivers and lakes in Alberta
• {{GulfIslands}} - for Gulf Islands
• {{DiscoveryIslands}} - for Discovery Islands
• {{Canadian Trails}} - for Hiking Trails in Canada

Map templates

• {{Canada provinces map}}

Provinces

• {{Location map Canada Alberta}}
• {{Location map Canada British Columbia}}
  • {{British Columbia regional districts map}}
• {{Location map Canada Manitoba}}
• {{Location map Canada New Brunswick}}
• {{Location map Canada Newfoundland}}
• {{Location map Canada Nova Scotia}}
• {{Location map Canada Ontario}}
• {{Location map Canada PEI}}
• {{Location map Canada Saskatchewan}}
  • {{Saskatchewan census divisions map}}
  • {{Alberta census divisions map}}

Cities

• {{Location map Canada Calgary}}
• {{Location map Canada Edmonton}}
• {{Location map Canada Lethbridge}}
• {{Location map Canada Montreal}}
• {{Location map Canada Ottawa}}
• {{Location map Canada Vancouver}}

Stub tags

• {{Canada-geo-stub}}
  • {{Alberta-geo-stub}}
  • {{BritishColumbia-geo-stub}}
    • {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub}}
    • {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub}}
  • {{Manitoba-geo-stub}}
  • {{NewBrunswick-geo-stub}}
  • {{Newfoundland-geo-stub}} (for Newfoundland and Labrador)
  • {{NorthwestTerritories-geo-stub}}
  • {{NovaScotia-geo-stub}}
  • {{Nunavut-geo-stub}}
  • {{PrinceEdwardIsland-geo-stub}}
  • {{Ontario-geo-stub}}
  • {{Quebec-geo-stub}}
  • {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub}}
  • {{Yukon-geo-stub}}

User templates

• {{User WikiProject Geography of Canada}}

Talk pages

Tag talk pages with {{WikiProject Canada|geography=yes|class=|importance=}}

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Volunteer recognition

{{subst:The Maple Leaf Award| ... }}

		The Red Maple Leaf Award
		Award for editors that contribute to Canada, and Canadian geography related projects and topics.

Resources

• Atlas of Canada (and Commons:Atlas of Canada)
• Maps of Canada
• The Canadian Encyclopedia online
• World Lake Database
• University of Alberta. Atlas of Alberta Lakes
• World Waterfall database. Waterfalls in Canada