<p>In this patriotic celebration of Canada's superlatives, complete with 300 color photographs, kids are presented with thousands of unique facts, figures and feats that make the country unique.</p><p><i>Canadian Geographic Canada for Kids</i> offers a truly different look at the country and features facts and figures for each province and territory within its borders.</p><p></p><ul><li>A trio of Canadians lay claim to the invention of the plastic garbage bag. The three, one from Winnipeg, another working in Lindsay, Ontario and a third from Toronto, came up with variations of the polyethylene bags in the 1950s.</li><li>Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce invented the world's most popular sailboat: the Laser, a race-worthy vessel that could be carried on top of a car.</li><li>Niagara Falls have moved back 11 kilometers in 12,500 years and are the world's fastest moving.</li><li>At 243,000 kilometers in length, Canada's coastline is the longest in the world. To walk it would take 33 years.</li><li>Canada's Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world. </li><li>The United States and Canada share the longest undefended border, measuring 8,890 kilometers long.</li><li>Wood Buffalo National Park is Canada's largest national park, and among the biggest in the world.</li><li>The Hudson's Bay Company, founded in 1670, is North America's oldest continuously operating company.</li></ul><p></p>