North America
Come join us for the best North America adventure travel destinations and adventure tours with Trusted Adventures. We offer you authentic and fun 1 to 2 week active vacations and adventure travel tours in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Vancouver Island, British Columbia and Alberta and many other Canadian adventure destinations. Adventure travel to Mexico and the USA too!
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Trusted Adventure Knowledge: (things you probably would not know if not for Trusted Adventures)
1-The first human inhabitants of North America are believed to be of Asian origin. They crossed over to Alaska from northeast Asia roughly 20,000 years ago, and then moved southward toward the Mackenzie River Valley.
2-North America is the only continent that has every kind of climate.
3- Vancouver, Canada is tied with Zurich, Switzerland for the highest quality of life of any city in the world.
4-The average American consumes enough caffeine in one year to kill a horse.
5-Basketball was invented by a Canadian. Dr. James Naismith invented the game while working in Boston, as a means of keeping college students fit during the winter months.
6-The USA buys more oil from Canada than from Saudi Arabia.
7-Canadians call their currency The Loonie. There is a picture of the common loon - a Canadian bird - on the back of the coin.
8-Tequila is the national drink of Mexico. Tequila existed long before Mexico became a nation. Several Mexican tribes distilled a type of tequila on simple pot stills in the 16th century.
9-It costs more to buy a new car today in North America than it cost Christopher Columbus to equip and undertake three voyages to the New World.
10- The Trans-Canada Highway is over 7604 kilometers in length and is the longest national highway in the entire world.
