Guess where? – Game 1

How to play this game:

• Match each image with the right province or territory on the map.
• Click on the image to enlarge it.
• Take it to the next level and guess the exact name of the location and the year when the picture was taken.

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  Map of Canada depicting the provinces and territories with 13 numbered thumbnail images spread around the map. There is a blank spot on each province and territory where you can enter the number of the corresponding image.

  • Image 1 – Rock from South Beach
  • Image 2 – Rocks at Hopewell
  • Image 3 – Waterfalls
  • Image 4 – Canadian National Railways station and yards
  • Image 5 – Dog teams carrying mail
  • Image 6 – First through train between Montreal and coast
  • Image 7 – On the shore
  • Image 8 – Lobster traps and markers on shove below
  • Image 9 – Cowboy riding a bucking bronco
  • Image 10 – Wheat, children outside of Reliance Grain Co. Limited grain elevator
  • Image 11 – Cod being dried out on fishing flakes
  • Image 12 – People watching a plane arrive
  • Image 13 – Highway

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• Answers

  1. Quebec
     Percé Rock from South Beach
     Percé Rock, Quebec, 1916. Reference no. a011350
  2. New Brunswick
     Rocks at Hopewell, N.B.
     Hopewell, New Brunswick, no date. Reference no. a021073
  3. Ontario
     Canadian Falls, Niagara Falls
     Niagara Falls, Ontario, ca. 1870-1873. Reference no. a031559
  4. Manitoba
     Canadian National Railways station and yards, Winnipeg, Manitoba
     Winnipeg, Manitoba, no date. Reference no. a047871-v8
  5. Northwest Territories
     Dog teams carrying mail
     Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, 1923. Reference no. a059980-v8
  6. British Columbia
     First through train between Montreal and coast, [B.C.]
     British Columbia, 1886. Reference no. a066579
  7. Prince Edward Island
     On the shore near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island National Park, P.E.I.
     Near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, 1953. Reference no. e010949138-v8
  8. Nova Scotia
     Lobster traps and markers on shove below
     Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Aug. 1952. Reference no. e011175872-v8
  9. Alberta
     Calgary Stampede, Alberta. Cowboy riding a bucking bronco
     Calgary, Alberta, 1940. Reference no. e010980791-v8
  10. Saskatchewan
      Saskatoon & Wheat, children outside of Reliance Grain Co. Limited grain elevator
      Saskatchewan, between 1939—1951. Reference no. e010980239-v8
  11. Newfoundland and Labrador
      Newfoundland cod being dried out on fishing flakes at Pouch Cove
      Pouch Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, October 1948. Reference no. e010948808-v8
  12. Nunavut
      People watching a plane arrive, Cape Dorset, Nunavut
      Cape Dorset, Nunavut, 1960. Reference no. e010835984-v8
  13. Yukon.
      Alaska Highway
      Yukon, ca. 1943-1965. Reference no. e010781534-v8